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Connecting => Community => Gigs => Topic started by: lbpesq on July 05, 2023, 09:51:18 AM
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Wolf, (Sonicus), and I have helped co-found a new band: “Dead Enough”. Our first gig is later this month. All Bay Area Alembicians, and anyone visiting out this way are invited.
Bill, tgo
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Outstanding! :)
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Looks good, Bill and Wolf, I’d surely go if I was in your area :)
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Bet you all will have a blast. The pot luck feature sounds like a bonus.
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It's a great "only in Berkeley" venue. More like a big living room filled with old black light posters, record albums, old People's Park and other protest photos (the owner was a hippie photographer back in the day), and about 15-20 Lava amps on the house piano. It also has a light show, but, with a nod to modern technology, it is projected by computer ... no glass plates, oil, water, and overhead projector. Aside from chairs, there are a couple of couches and a fireplace. People bring food and drinks. It all goes on a table in the back and everyone grazes. The place is about 10 minutes from me, and about 1/2 mile from Wolf. And with the music at 7-10 p.m., no 2:00 a.m. load outs, or schlepping equipment from the car into the house at an ungodly hour. Real comfy place to play.
Bill, tgo
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Dream gig. Enjoy!
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We had a rehearsal tonight, went through the set list for Friday, except for Dark Star. (You don’t practice Dark Star, you PLAY Dark Star!).
[size=78%]I feel lucky playing with these guys. Four of us have played in different projects with each other over the years, but this configuration, with a lead guitarist we found on craigslist, really seems to click. Wolf (Sonicus) on bass, strong drummer who knows the material cold, excellent keyboard player with strong lead vocal. The lead guitarist came from a craigslist ad. Really gets the Jerry thing without just copying.[/size]
We’re even playing a couple of old Pigpen tunes (the keys guy loves Pig): “Chinatown Shuffle” and “The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)”
Bill, tgo
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The first gig is coming up... just a couple days away now. Have ya' picked out a guitar or two yet? ;)
Have a good gig, and play "Tennessee Jed", for me. :)
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Sounds like it will be a real good time…have fun! :)
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The first gig is coming up... just a couple days away now. Have ya' picked out a guitar or two yet? ;)
Have a good gig, and play "Tennessee Jed", for me. :)
Haven’t worked out TJ yet, maybe for the next gig.
Guitar-wise, I plan on bringing two:
The Franken-Strat I out together with Warmoth body (Flame Koa over Black Korina), Modulus Blackknife neck, and Alembic PUs and electronics. (seen here: https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16621.msg167889#msg167889); (https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16621.msg167889#msg167889);)
My Ferlembic (Fernandes Masterhand with Alembic guts). (seen here: https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=20043 (https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=20043))
I was considering bringing my ‘76 Series 1, but my back is really barking at me these days and the Series 1 is a bit on the heavy side.
Bill, tgo
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I as well look forward to the continued cultivation and development of the aspect of familiar musical interaction that can occur within this genre of music and improvisational art forms. It is such lightning in a planed perfect storm that I seek within this music genre ,whilst in the flow of consciousness. That MAGIK in the brightest darkness gathers my interest. To achieve such musical alchemy, one needs the correct elemental ingredients. It is my belief that DEAD ENOUGH contains such elements that shalt extrapolate gold trinkets from the fog of unbeknownst origins for the ears of our listeners.
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Creating those moments when you feel like an observer to the event and your fingers just know where to go. 😎
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The gig was a blast! Decent size crowd for the venue, VERY enthusiastic response. Heck, we even had a few twirlers! The videos are starting to pop up on youtube. Here’s a couple from the first set:
Bill, tgo
Mr. Charlie
Sugaree
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Sounds great!
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Really nice sound quality, listening on an iPad and Wolf’s bass has clarity. Recall another video from a few years back where Wolf was with you and it had the same great production. Does Philip do the sound and audio for you guys all the time?
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Hello Paul,
Thanks so much for the compliments. Philip Gangi has been active in the San Francisco music scene as a freelance photographer for many years. He did several videos of shows that I played bass in while I was in DEAD GUISE. The sound that you are hearing is just the integral equipment that is installed and connected to the hand held DSLR that he uses to make his videos. He has not provided services as a sound or audio person. I actually would be pleased if he made use of a tripod to steady his shots at times :) . He is quite prolific however in what he does his way, and he is quite a positive and congenial person. My bass “stage sound”, is the Alembic sound with the interface or preamp EQ attenuated per my ears to in what my opinion best suits the specific individual scenario.
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Enjoyed both videos!
Stage dog is a nice touch.
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Sounds great, looks like you guys were had a good time :)
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Thanks! We’re really excited about the band’s potential. We need to work a bit on intros, outros, and transitions, but we’re all quite pleased with the results of our first gig. Here’s a couple more where we played a couple of tunes that are not associated with the Dead, but what we think they would sound like “Deadized”.
Bill, tgo
Eyes of the World > For What It’s Worth
Come Together > West LA Fadeaway > Come Together
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Nice West LA Fadeaway. I was anxious to hear what you would play behind the lead guitarist, (because this has kinda' become one of my go-to warm-up tunes for guitar) but I got totally wrapped up in what bassline choices Wolf was making! Well done!
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Very nice, and those song combinations work well :)
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Really nice. Great musicianship.
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Mine sincerest gratitude doth I bestow thee all for such words of encouragement and kindness. In keeping fluidity of my various choices in variations of what notes that I might play whilst welding them into the harmonic structure, supportive with the drummer; I am once in a while actually somewhat pleased with what I have played. For this gig, I would choose to claim that " Sugaree"& “Wharf Rat” meet such criteria with regard to what I had played on bass. I like to work with an attentive drummer in this genre, and I feel that this drummer does justice to what I am trying to do as a bassist for these tunes. The last drummer in Dead Guise also did such.