So, the December 3rd show was as amazing as I’d hoped. Luckily, the lovely and talented Sophia Cacciola captured most of it on video, which you can find here. Here’s my favorite song of the night, “Big Machine”:
You may have noticed from the video above that I’m sharing the stage with a dashing new rhythm section: Mike DeLisle, of Logan 5 and the Runners and various solo projects; and Benny Grotto, drummer in Motherboar and producer extraordinaire at Mad Oak in Allston. So far plying them with alcohol and pizza seems to keep them in line. Time will tell.
Also, my number one New Year’s resolution is to record an album. Updates to follow as plans solidify.
The aforementioned Positronic Rays will reunite to be part of a pretty awesome lineup at the Rosebud in Davis Square on Friday, December 3rd. I’m not sure how much the show costs, but I am guessing some amount between $5 and $10.
I will be playing with a full rhythm section for the first time EVER, which is pretty exciting.
The amazing blog Boston Band Crush (up for a Boston Music Award this year) gave the show a much more thorough plug than I did, and you can check that out here.
I was lucky enough to participate in One Night Band this year. For those of you who aren’t familiar with ONB, 40 Boston musician are split into 8 random bands of 5 members each, locked into a room together without food or deodorant for about 9 hours, and then expected to perform 3 original songs and 1 cover for an adoring audience.
I’m friends with Mike, and knew I’d enjoy working with him, and have had the great pleasure of joining MEandJOANCOLLINS on stage, so I knew Jim was amazing. Magen Tracy (of St. Helena and most recently Low Static Romance) raved about working with Nate, so I was super excited to get started. I’d never met Benny before but assumed he was going to be like most drummers: necessary but not all that participatory. Mike, naturally, immediately made us choose a theme. We chose space, because space is awesome.
The rest of the day was a blur. We wrote and rehearsed for 7 hours straight with one twenty minute break. It didn’t feel like anything at all, just five people on the same page, wanting to have fun and sound good. All of us participated in writing and arranging, and we were all pleasantly surprised to find out that our drummer is actually a well-known engineer and producer at Mad Oak in Allston. I’ll never judge a drummer by his or her cover again.
The final product, presented here in its entirety for your viewing and listening pleasure: a rock opera about Spaceman Max, intrepid explorer.
