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Don’t miss Dave Grohl taking over Chelsea Lately this week!

February 4, 2013

One of my favorite television talk show host, Chelsea Handler of Chelsea Lately is out on vacation this week. I always look forward to hearing her tales from her travels but this time I am even more excited that she is out on vacation! She has none other than my fave Dave Grohl filling in for her all week as guest host of the show. Dave is going to be hosting the week with music themed guests and I am sure we will be able to hear the latest on his Sound City Players project. Dave recently released his documentary; Sound City: Real to Reel which is about the history of America’s greatest unsung record studio hidden in Los Angeles, Sound City Studios. Dave also has been performing with what he calls “Sound City Players” that is comprised of an all star lineup of musicians which are featured in the film including Rick Springfield, Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, and many more including Grohl’s Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic and Foo Fighters bandmates Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Pat [Read More]

LUCE and Tender Mercies join the fight against cancer!

January 29, 2013

I am back in the Bay Area after a long week at my favorite convention, NAMM. Now that I am back I wanted to let you all know about an upcoming local event featuring two incredible bands that are helping in the fight against cancer. Notes4Notes.org has organized a special event featuring two amazing local bands, Luce and Tender Mercies for a benefit concert being held at the historic Town Hall Theatre in Lafayette, California. Save the date of Thursday, February 21st with doors opening at 6:30 pm and concert starting at 7:30. There are a limited number of tickets available and I encourage you to get your tickets early. You can head over to Notes4Notes.org website and purchase them online today since space is limited. Notes4Notes.org is a non-profit organization that is bringing live music to benefit breast cancer treatment and prevention. Proceeds from this concert will support the International Center for Integrative Medicine (ICIM – www.icimhealth.org) in its effort to treat and prevent breast cancer. Now that you know about the cause, let’s talk about [Read More]

Start your love affair with Angels Fall

January 18, 2013

Angels Fall One of my favorite things about working in the music industry is when I experience what I call, “5 second-in love affair” with a band. How best to describe this… Well, it is when I get to listen to a new band that I have never heard about before and I play their music and within the first 5 seconds our love affair begins. This doesn’t happen as often as one would think. It is just something different than the usual excitement about the band. It runs much deeper, it is through hearing their music that I am just spellbound by them. Today, it happened once again. Within 5 seconds, the music of Angels Fall had me start my love affair and I am completely hooked. Angels Fall is from Los Angeles and is Joel Jorgenson on Vocals and Guitar, Ben Jindra on Bass and Vocals and Jordan Plosky on drums. Their acoustic driven rock songs with an alternative edge, deliver much more than great sounding music. They can transport you to a [Read More]

NAMM Metal Jam 2013 hits the Whiskey on the 23rd!

January 17, 2013

NAMM METAL JAM 2013 NAMM is only a week away and it is going to be an exciting one this year. One of highlights of this upcoming NAMM week will be the NAMM Metal Jam 2013 which is being held at the legendary Whiskey A-Go-Go on January 23rd. I have loved the last few Metal Jams that I went to but this time the list of All Stars is going to blow you away!!! You are in for an incredible night of awesome talent set to grace the stage. This is going to be an all ages show and is open to the general public, unlike the convention. So anyone can get their Metal on at this show. Tickets are only $12.00 and can be purchased on ticketweb.com. Make sure to get your tickets because this is going to be Sold Out and this is one not to miss. There will be members of so many incredible Metal bands to include Anthrax, Racer X, Queensryche, The Iron Maidens, Lynch Mob, Hurricane, etc. You really want to know, [Read More]

Time for An Evening with Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October

January 17, 2013

One of my favorite singers has just announced his solo tour to highlight the release of the third edition of his book! Yes, Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October has just announced dates for his solo tour titled, “An Open Book” An Evening with Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October. This coincides with release of the expanded 3rd edition of his book of lyrics and writings dubbed “Crazy Making” due out on April 1, 2013. These shows sound like they are going to be a lot fun and insightful as to the writings of Justin. Included with spoken word by Justin, there will be a Q & A session, and acoustic songs. You can also buy one of the very limited meet and greets with Justin and sit in on his sound check. As soon as I got the email, I got our tickets to the Santa Ana show at the Observatory on April 5, 2013. This should be perfect timing for Ryan to finish the vest that he made for Justin. We saw Blue October just [Read More]

Haunted by Heroes heading back to the Whiskey for CD Release Party!

January 15, 2013

With NAMM being almost a week away, I need to tell you about another band that will be playing at the Whiskey during NAMM week. Haunted by Heroes are known as the World’s Youngest Rock Band and these kids will be rocking the Whiskey on January 25th opening for Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions) & Warren DeMartini (RATT). What an incredible talent these boys have and they haven’t even hit their teen years yet! I actually saw them play last year at NAMM and was blown away by their energy at their young ages. If you closed your eyes when you listened to them, you would have never imagined that the great rock and roll was coming from a group of 12 year olds! At the time, I didn’t know where they were from but I did hear a lot of buzz about these kids. I was even more surprised to find out they were also from the Bay Area. I loved growing up in San Mateo and it is awesome to have these kids be from Pacifica. [Read More]

Dear Papi, It was always “My Way” with you!

January 14, 2013

Dear Papi, I know you the first thing you are saying… “what are you doing using your work to talk to me!!” Well, today I just need to share and it is all about you…. My father… My love of my life… My world… I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think of you as my best friend or my hero in my world. I know how some people have changes in their relationships with their fathers, but I don’t think ours ever changed. Even when you were strict about my skirt from school being 3″ below the knee! or about not having boys call the house for me when I was 13 or about staying up past midnight on a date when I was 16! I still respected you and thought of you as the hero of my world. With all our faults together, yes, we could started a lot of riots, put liquor stores out of business, crashed a few cars, broke many laws and commandments but what we didn’t do was [Read More]