Pat Metheny is a jazz master. I’ve seen him solo as well as in duos, trios, quartets, and beyond, but nothing quite like this. I’ll be brief because I explained it a little more on the SoundCtrl blog. I just wanted to share with as many people as possible how amazing Metheny is.
Sam Lessin of Drop.io runs the Y+30 meet up group. He contacted me and the rest of SoundCtrl to help him brainstorm questions and promote their event TOMORROW with Lyor Cohen, CEO of Warner Music Group. My top five questions that Jesse Kirshbaum didn’t initially think of were the following:
The other event coming up is SoundCtrl’s Social Media Week event entitled Social Media Currency (note: register for the event here). It’s being held at the old Tower Records on 4th and broadway on February 3 from 6-11pm.
For the time being, there’s a really chill art exhibit going on there called Never Can Say Goodbye, but they’ve been kind enough to let us use the spot for our event. Hope you guys can make it. Press…feel free to drop me an email at soundctrlblog[at]gmail.com.
If you don’t know Daniel Lanois, you definitely know the albums he’s produced. The Maker is one of my favorite songs EVER especially this cover by Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris:
I found out about his new project Black Dub when I was scanning the Bowery Presents calendar. I’m 100% going to this show and I don’t even care if actually have to pay for it. The music is funky, soulful, jazzy, and bluesy while maintaining the Lanois sound that I have grown to love. Also, a great addition to the band, is the Brooklyn singer Trixie Whitley.
The album hasn’t come out yet, so check out some of these live and studio videos (more videos here):
Before the New Years, I sent a bunch of friends a long extensive email outlining everything I wanted to do for my birthday. Most of them laughed because only I would do something like that, but in reality, it was the best birthday I’ve ever had.
On Monday, I started the new job and headed straight to dba afterward for a vodka tasting with my friends Gabe, Jackie, and Josh and Mark (2/5 of The Canon Logic). Now I gotta mention that I AM NOT really a liquor fan, but I’m always open to try new things (almost) no matter what. The most interesting was the organic tomato vodka. However, I was disappointed that he couldn’t find a bottle of soy vodka. I ended the night early because I knew the rest of the week would be overwhelming for me given how overly ambitious I can be.
Tuesday, aka my actual birthday, was a trip and a half. I got some old and new friends in New York to come out to Brooklyn Bowl for drinks, food, bowling, and music (Real Estate). The biggest surprise of the night was Mike Lassins from To Be A High Powered Executive. The first show I ever booked was getting them to open for The Benevento Russo Duo, so it was great to reconnect with him. Between the fried chicken, rock n roll fries, Brooklyn lager, and a bourbon nutella shake, I couldn’t bowl for the life of me, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t fun. While we were bowling, Real Estate was playing and I was hearing A Ghost Is Born-era Wilco with an interesting beach vibe as well. I’d see them again. Feel free to check out some pics from the show here.
Wednesday, I went to Jimmy Fallon again. Check out the video below to see me bob my head like an idiot.
After Fallon, I had a low key pizza night. I was happy that Annie and Abbi could make it out. Abbi got me black truffle oil, which helped me step up my pizza game even more.
On Thursday, I had planned on going to MOMA for the Tim Burton exhibit, but after a BBM from my friend Vanessa, I changed my mind. I ended up going to the Vampire Weekend CD Release party at Spin and winning the ping-pong tournament with my buddy Alex. He’ll claim it was all his doing, but I got skills too!
Friday, a couple friends from Philly came up to visit and we went to the Export Nola Fest at Sullivan Hall. Big Sam’s set with Christian Scott and Will Bernard was incredible. Amazing energy!
THEN Saturday came along and I had nothing in me. I pushed myself to go to a private screening for Soundtrack for a Revolution at Tribeca Cinemas (thanks Sarena!!!). Essentially the flick is about the music of the civil rights era, but they had contemporary musicians like The Roots, John Legend, and Joss Stone sing them juxtaposed to old footage and interviews. It made the movie THAT much better by the fact that I was a row away from Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee!!! Drained from the movie, I had nothing left in me, but I told some friends I would go to their apartment in the West Village. Long story short, it’s 2am and I get invited to the SNL after after party (which I didn’t know existed) and don’t get home til 630AM.
I woke up around 11AM, got brunch with my buddy Andrew in Brooklyn Heights, walked around a bit, made dinner, and finally PASSSSSED OUT around 9PM…all things considered, that was the best birthday yet. So my 10 hours of sleep on Sunday was down right necessary!!!
Mumford & Sons – Another slamdunk from Glass Note. I like to call this power folk because of it’s energizing and soulful sound. It makes me want to fist pump to a banjo.
A Sunny Day in Glasgow – These Philly natives’ myspace says that they play “dreamy pop music”, but sometimes dreams can take a turn for the worst. Songs range from 10 seconds to 10 minutes, but the truth is that interludes are a long lost art for most albums these days, so I’m glad they’re bringing it back.
Chiddy Bang – Hip-Hop…from Philly??? Can’t be. BUT these college freshman aren’t trying to compete with or emulate The Roots. They’re able to pull off sampling Sujfan Stevens and Radiohead. ALSO, they have killlller live show.
Here We Go Magic – Secretly Canadian is more and more becoming one of my favorite indie labels. These guys (and gal) are all over the place. They can sound like a freak combination of Atlas Sound, Paul Simon, My Bloody Valentine, and Tortoise (with vocals of course). I will def be at their Music Hall gig.
Do you think you’re band is better than these guys? Email Me (subject: 5 New Bands) with one song that defines you and a brief one or two sentence description of your sound. No more. No less.
Top 4 Pics from SoundCtrl’s Social Media Week event
4 02 2010I’ll write a longer recap tonight on the SoundCtrl blog, but I thought I would share my favorite pics from the event last night that my friend Emily took (click for her other AMAZING pics).
One last thing: we announced the FlashFwd program, so if you want a free trip to SXSW, please check it out here!!!
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