Join me in Williamsburg tomorrow for a performance with Shayfer James. I’m super excited to be playing a show with this talented singer/songwriter/pianist. It’ll just be a duo. Shayfer on piano and voice. Myself on the drums. Hope you can join us.
Wednesday, March 18th
with Shayfer James
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
9:30pm
FREE
Join me for a solo acoustic performance at the Bowery Electric in the Map Room. I’m planning on playing some new songs and maybe a few new covers to keep it interesting. You should come!
No cover. No Fuss. Free show.
Sunday, March 15th
Solo Acoustic
The Bowery Electric – The Map Room (main bar)
327 Bowery at 2nd Street, New York, NY
8pm
FREE
After my set, there’s another show happening in the neighborhood at Rockwood Music Hall. My friend Adam McDonough is in town from Nashville. I played drums for his CD Release Party. I’m planning on heading to his show right after my set.
Back in January, I wrote a post called Writing Is Rewriting. It referenced a new song called “Walking On.”
Today, I’m happy to debut that song for you as a video. The song has a bluesy, porch stomper vibe to it. I hope you enjoy it!
(And if you do enjoy it, please share it. Here’s the link to copy/paste: http://youtu.be/pe2KHE6Yo5E)
Thanks to everyone who joined me at Pianos Upstairs Lounge this past Wednesday night! It was such a thrill to play this show. I even debuted a new song.
Thanks to MJ for taking this awesome photo.
And here was the setlist.
Tonight’s show (1/24) at Espresso Joe’s is cancelled due to weather. Looks like I’m 0-2 on January shows. The good news is that I have reschedule dates for both cancelled shows already. Mark your calendars.
Wednesday, February 25th 8pm
Pianos Upstairs Lounge
Saturday, March 21st
Espresso Joe’s
Please join me next Tuesday for a solo acoustic performance at Pianos in the Upstairs Lounge. This is a great little spot to grab a drink after work and enjoy some live music. Laid back. No cover charge, no pressure. Perfect for easing into the new year.
Tuesday, January 13th
Solo Acoustic
Pianos Upstairs Lounge
158 Ludlow St.
New York, NY
8pm sharp
Hope to see you there!
Here’s a YouTube playlist of five songs from my performance at Espresso Joe’s last month. Thanks to my parents for capturing these on their iPhones!
The playlist includes:
If you can’t see the video playlist embedded below, click here.
Today, I’m releasing a new record into the world! It’s a recording of my recent performance on Banding Together: A Webathon to Benefit the Spondylitis Association of America.
Things you won’t find on the record:
Things you will find on the record:
The recording features a half hour of original music, recorded in a way that captures the live performance with high fidelity. I worked with Missile Silo Studios to mix and master it professionally, so it sounds good coming out of your sound docks, speakers, and earbuds. (Read more about the recording process here.)
The record is available as a digital download.
Pay what you want for it. You can even grab it for free. I’m proud of the way it came out and I just want you to have it!
After you download it to your computer, you can easily add it to iTunes, Spotify, or any other music player. Just drag the files into your player.
I hope you enjoy it!
Banding Together, a benefit webathon to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America is now underway!
Be sure to listen at any time during this weekend and remember to donate at blowupradio.com. Below are the days, times, and websites where you can listen to my performance.
Saturday 10/18 @ 1:10pm on 40FootHoleStudio.com
Sunday 10/19 @ 1:10am on 40FootHoleStudio.com
Monday 10/20 @ 4:20pm on Blowupradio.com
Monday 10/20 @ 10:20pm on Blowupradio.com
Hope you are able to tune in!
Each year, it gives me great joy to record a live set of original music to benefit a great cause.
Lazlo, who runs NJ’s blowupradio.com, has put together a webathon of epic proportions… all in the name of raising money for the Spondylitis Association of America. He combines his talents for gathering some of the best local original music artists with his dedication to finding a cure for this disease. It’s truly a labor of love for him. And for that reason, it gives me great pleasure each and every year to take part in this webathon.
I’ve pre-recorded a live acoustic set of original music specifically for this event. Just me, my acoustic guitar, my voice, and my songs. All songs were recorded live in one take.
From Friday, October 17th through Monday, October 20th you can tune in online to listen to the benefit webathon and donate to a great cause. There are two online stages. Each will be broadcasting live sets beginning noon on Friday and not finishing until 11:30pm on Monday! That’s a lot of live music! I encourage you to check out the full schedule of performances right here.
My set will air four times over the course of the webathon:
40FootHoleStudio.com Stage
Saturday 10/18 at 1:10pm
Sunday 10/19 at 1:10am
Blowupradio.com Stage
Monday 10/20 at 4:20pm
Monday 10/20 at 10:20pm
I’ve donated one of my songs to the exclusive compilation album for this event. It’s only available to those who contribute a tax-deductible donation!
It was a lot of fun to pre-record this year’s set from my apartment. I took a different approach on the technical side of things. I’ll share some of those details in a future post.