Pro tip for situations that may involve bow abuse: incredibow.com - they are cheap and survive anything a punk band can throw out (including my beating drunks on the head with it).
Yes!! This is my plan… gonna order the High Tension one in a week or two…
New Eli August & The Abandoned Buildings Music Vid:
Just some kids in the basement making one of them good old fashioned “band makes a video of the band playing the song” Points for spotting the 80s cartoon references in the background. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOrLSb-xG8
Jamming with Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band… you can’t really hear me much…
A collection of Pro-tips from the weekend:
1. If you’re going to try to sight-read music, you may want to bring glasses so you can see
2. If you’re going to try cymbal crashing with your bow, consider using an invincible bow, or it may break
3. If you’re going to jam with Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band, you should probably bring an amplifier … or be really drunk (or both)
4. Always have a backup plan, in case your rig fails (not mine)
5. If the power goes out on stage - keep rocking out
6. Eli August secret shows always have the best booze
7. When in doubt, get the cello out!!
8. When traveling, bring a sweatshirt…
The two highlights of SPWF were: 1. Eli August Secret Show 2. Breaking my bow by hitting the cymbal too hard during an Eli set (picture to follow)
What were your highlights??!!
This was a Triumph
I’m making a note here: Huge Success
It’s Hard to Overstate my Satisfaction
Here I am..on the Road again. Here I am heade to #SPWF
Playing there as Wandering Cellist, and with Eli August & The Rose West
I just say Wild Wild West with fancier dressed people.
I haven’t actually seen that, so I can’t use that as a metric… sort of like how I have to play Portal by tomorrow, or I can’t cover the song I haven’t learned from it yet…
Totally just got name-dropped in WHYY’s radio discussion of Steampunk , featuring Mano from The Divine Hand Ensemble & Gil Cnaan!!!!!
On my way to record New York state of Mind with The Noise Beneath The Apple
Really need a better stock response for “what is Steampunk?”…