singer songwriter guitarist wordsmith
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
It’s the spring season of First Friday Artwalk, and V1 will be teaming up with the mighty Tonsil Yeti to give you ROCK WALK. That’s right, come get some. Show starts at 9pm, so when you’re done cooing over paintings and sculptures, come booze it up at Mia’s to the sonic jetwash of V1.
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Saturday, April 14th, 2012
V1 returns to the Hotel Monte Vista’s subterranean cocktail lounge, with special guests ENORMODOME. It will be large.
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
My rock band, V1, will be playing at Flag Bike Revolution, just after First Friday Artwalk. There’s a whole BREWERY next door to the bike shop (at 3 South Mike’s Pike), so beer acquisition is covered. It’ll be a floor show, and fun as hell, so come by and put your fist in the air as we unveil new tunes from the upcoming second album, and favorites from the debut album.
Viva la Bike Revolution!
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
It’s finished! Our debut album, “blood smoke mud rain,” is completed and will soon be available as CD, download and flash drive. For now, you can hear very high quality wave versions of all the tunes on our Bandcamp page, or hear .mp3′s and watch live concert videos at our Reverbnation page. (You can also help the band climb the local rock charts on Reverbnation by “liking” us via Facebook and listening to the tunes. At full volume, of course). I’d like to thank Ryan “Dr. Serious” Elewaut for his invaluable help at the mixing board, especially the 3am sessions. Our bassist, Nate Davison, has left for Spain, and we’re actively seeking a new bass player for the U.S. version of the band. Nate will be sorely missed. Enjoy the album, and stay tuned for news of its availability.
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Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Mixing and tracking on the debut V1 album is going well, and the album will be ready for pre-release this Friday at Mia’s Lounge, when V1 joins up with 2BUKU and The Oak Street Choir. Preview tracks will be posted when they’re ready. In the meantime, here’s a preview of the follow up album— a song that we spontaneously wrote mere moments after I had cleared the room of all recording gear and microphones. Luckily, our trusty Kodak Zi-8 minicam was rolling, and we managed to capture the song as it was born. The sound quality is as good as we could manage, considering the tiny microphone in the camera. Vocals were added in studio, just so that a semblance of the tune gets across.
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
A rather well known musician friend of mine remarked recently that, when I’m playing solo acoustic gigs, as opposed to slinging an electric guitar with my band, V1, I appear to be somewhat constrained. That might be the case, as I’m not interested in blowing out the room with an acoustic guitar in my hands. But I would argue that my acoustic gigs allow me to go to sonic places not afforded me when I’m in a rock band context. I have the freedom to adjust to the room, as the crowd or the mood changes, and can explore very small, quiet landscapes, then bloom into more intensity when the moment is right. While I don’t consider myself a folk musician per se, I can strip down the song to a simple guitar part and allow the lyrics and my singing to carry the song. When the crowd is truly listening, and we find ourselves on the same wavelength, I’m extended the grace of being able to deliver the songs in the same way that my wife gets to hear them late at night when I’m sitting on the edge of the bed, softly pulling the notes out and letting the music breathe. And it’s at those times that I remember why I so dearly love to play guitar and sing the words that have so much meaning to me. That is what I want to share— that love.
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
You can now find me on Reverbnation.
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Friday, April 1st, 2011
I’ve added a new tune to the “.mp3s” page. The song came to me on the day I learned that my on-again-off-again musical partner, Tim Luckenbach, had taken his own life. This is officially the first track recorded for my upcoming solo CD.
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
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