$8!!!!!???????

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

So, I just found out that online tickets to the Gramercy show have some sort of service charge.  And I don’t mean some sort of regular $2 service charge….I mean, bend over and prepare for a royal screwing $8 service charge…

Now listen, if I’m paying $40 to see someone, I have come to expect this sort of nonsense, but on a 12 dollar ticket??  Seriously!!!?

As you all know, I am, and always have been, all about the fans, so please buy tickets the day of the show at the door.

NOTE #1: Tickets day of at the door are $14….but hey, at least it’s better than $20!

NOTE #2: It’s gonna be a hell of a night, well worth the $20 it would cost you if you’re feeling a bit crazy and wanting to splurge.  However, I encourage you to put your money to better use, and buy me a margarita next time you see me…

Back Scratch Session 2

Monday, June 29th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

What’s the deal with everybody dying?? Could global warming have anything to do with it???!!!! I don’t know about you, but I’m not taking any chances. I’m going green baby…..GREEEEEEEN!!!!!

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Tonight I have the pleasure of playing in the second ever back scratch session at the Red Lion. If you don’t know what this is about, read on……………………….

After the rousing success of the first session, the musical madness returns to the Red Lion, on the world famous Bleecker Street in NYC.

Martin Rivas and Craig Meyer welcome 7 other singer/songwriters to join them for tonight’s jam session. Who knows what sort of reinterpretations we’ll hear this time. Each artist will play one original song, one cover, and then reinterpret a song by one of the other artists playing that night – and no one knows who is gonna draw which name, or which song they’ll “Back Scratch” with!

Featuring Rebecca Haviland, Greg Mayo, Martin Rivas, Bess Rogers, Casey Shea, Brent Shuttleworth, Jill Stevenson and Live Society.

No Cover! Come join the musical love fest, and just enjoy the night with lots of fellow music fans…. tell a friend to tell a friend…

Tags: back scratch, bess rogers, brent shuttleworth, greg mayo, jill stevenson, live society, martin rivas, rebecca haviland, red lion

Hard Work…

Friday, June 26th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Looking at videos of Michael Jackson in his prime is so inspiring….yet depressing.  It’s obvious the man just wanted to be loved…it was the one thing he missed out on while he sacrificed his childhood working to be incredible.

Maybe he was pushed to do it, maybe he wanted it for himself, but one thing is for sure – he worked and worked and worked for it…how else could it look THIS easy??

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Watching this makes me want to be THAT good….at anything….better get to work…

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What Really Happens In The Studio…

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Day 3 of recording Mr. Wesley is underway, and there’s no better way to start a day in the studio than checking out some youtube classics.

Here are a couple of my favorites we viewed this morning….funny enough, I think the underlying music on both of these videos is really gonna help us direction wise from a production standpoint….

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The Legend

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

The one and only Luke Wesley, Mr. 11, began recording his debut album about 3 hours ago, and Peter Block and I are in the producer chairs….move over George Martin!  We’re scheduled to do 10 songs in the next five days, and the album will be released in the Fall on Engine Room Recordings.  Quite exciting.

Luke’s got some of the best songs around, so we’re just gonna do our best to not mess them up!  I’m not making any promises though…………………………..

Looking forward to a great week in the studio!  NIIIIIIIIIICE!

Tags: engine room recordings, luke wesley

Guaranteed Party!

Friday, June 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Make Music New York is back for a third year of over 875 free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on the first day of Summer.

On Sunday, June 21, from 11 in the morning until 10 at night, musicians of all ages and musical persuasions — from hip hop to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock — will perform on streets, sidewalks, stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks and gardens.

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I’m joining in the fun this year at Matchless.  I can’t say I’ll look as good or play as well as that bird does, but I’m sure as hell gonna try.

Should the dreary weather around here finally subside, the stage will be set up outside….just around the block from McCarren Park.  They’re also offering $6 MARGARITAS & TEA INFUSED VODKA LEMONADE, 50 CENT WINGS, and a full menu of food items.  This is what is known in the business as a GUARANTEED PARTY people!

Sunday June 21st 1-9pm
Outside Matchless
557 Manhattan Ave @ Driggs

Local Correspondents Presents:

2pm — Ivan and the Terribles
2:50pm — The Courtesy Tier
3:30pm — Great Elk
4:10pm — Lowry
4:50pm — Jessi Robertson Band
5:30pm — Casey Shea Band
6:10pm — Matt Singer
6:50pm — Dinosaur Feathers
7:30pm — Chris Cubeta and The Liars Club
8:10pm — Willie Breeding Band
9pm DJ Cowboy Mark !!

www.barmatchless.com
www.localcorrespondents.com
www.makemusicny.org

Tags: chris cubeta and the liars club, dinosaur feathers, great elk, ivan and the terribles, jessi robertson, local correspondents, lowry, make music new york, matchless, matt singer, paul basile, the courtesy tier, willie breeding

1 Month To Go!

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Thanks to the wonderful Jocelyn Mackenzie from Pearl and The Beard for creating this flyer for the big Gramercy Show! My goodness, it’s not only a flyer, but a pinwheel too!!  Click here if you want a high-res version for printing and pinwheeling!

July 11th will be here before we know it, and sadly, I’m STILL trying to figure out what songs are gonna be on ABCs, Volume 6.  Suggestions are welcomed…

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Tags: pearl and the beard, singles, the gramercy theatre

Christmas In June??

Monday, June 15th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Something just doesn’t feel right about writing a Christmas song in the middle of June, but that’s exactly what I’m doing today.  A music supervisor friend has asked Sir Wes Hutchinson and I to throw together a little number for his holiday compilation cd, and we’ve teamed up with the masterful Andy Baldwin to make this masterpiece really happen.  Apparently December is right around the corner in the advertising community, and all those evil corporations around the world need holiday songs NOW!

Only problem is, how the hell do we find inspiration!???  It’s been raining for the past week, and when it hasn’t been raining, it’s been humid and sunny.  To be honest, the closest I’ve come to snow as of late is frozen margaritas…hmm, that actually sounds tasty…but I digress.  No one’s given me any presents lately, and I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a reindeer in months! Not to mention Claus, that fat bastard.  (Just messing with you Santa!)

I did see a vertically challenged man earlier today on the subway, and I tried envisioning him dressed in red and green with big-pointy-curled shoes and a Santa hat, but then he caught me looking at him, and I didn’t want him to think I was some sort of freak….but I didn’t want him to think that I thought that HE was some sort of freak either….so I kept looking at him, and he at me.  I just wanted him to realize I meant no harm, but there’s a small window between going from “hey, I mean no harm” to “wow, this is really awkward.”  I missed said window, and sure enough, it turned into a bit of a stare off.  After a few more seconds, which seemed like eons, I decided I’d be the bigger man (literally).  I smiled at him and nodded my head as if to say, “hey elf man, it’s cool.” However, the smile NOR the head nod was reciprocated.  Oh well…

The point is, we may be out of luck.  We will have to draw on our combined years of Christmas time to get us through this session.  However, I was just told by Mr. Baldwin that Christmas in Australia (his homeland) is actually during their Summer.  The equivalent of say, Christmas in June…great…this is not going to help the cause……..

Tags: andy baldwin, christmas, wes hutchinson

The Big Question…

Friday, June 12th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Casey Shea
Saturday, June 13th – 9PM
Rockwood Music Hall
FREE!

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Well tomorrow is the big day (June Margarita Club that is) and in an unprecedented move of stupidity, I’ve agreed to fill in for a last minute cancellation by one Mr. Wakey!Wakey! and play a show later in the night.

Sooo, I encourage you, not only to come out to Pianos for Margarita Club at 4:30, but if you’re still standing, to come by Rockwood Music Hall immediately after the party for The Say So’s at 8 and yours truly at 9.   The big question is will I still be standing??

UH OHHH!

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

June Margarita Club
Saturday, June 13th – 4:30PM
Pianos (Corner of Stanton and Ludlow)

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The last “meeting of minds” was a huge success….we owned 95% of Pianos with our biggest turnout to date!  That being said, we want MORE….full domination, total closure, the fire department being called, that sort of thing….so spread the word and lets destroy Pianos once and for all!

Fun and drinking starts at 4:30 @ Pianos, on corner of Stanton and Ludlow on Saturday 13th June….we roll through to the end of happy hour (7pm) and then, well God knows where we’ll all end up!

Love,
The Margarita Club Officers (Casey, Dean, Hacker, THE RAT)

PS – join the group if you haven’t already done so http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52692037937# and spread the word between friends and colleagues!

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