December 2nd, 2007 | Comments: 1
Well, that was fun! My voice held up (I had been sick the days before), the band sounded great, lots of nice people came, and I sold some CDs. It was a very good time. Thanks to all of you who came out to see us. Here’s the set list:
River Summer (Magellan & Pele)
Fight the Sea
Half-Hearted Stab
Buenos Aires
Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles cover)
Supply Lines and Deadlines
Waiting for my Real Life to Begin (Colin Hay cover)
Sunday Best
Untitled
Glory of Love (Peter Cetera cover)
Emily’s Song
Had it Up to Here
Fire
Break at the Seams
The Flame (Cheap Trick cover)
Janitor Warrior
All My Ex-Girlfriends Have Girlfriends Now
Friday afternoon before the concert I was on KTOO radio’s Juneau Afternoon with Jeff Brown. Jeff played a couple tracks from the CD and interviewed me about my musical upbringing, songwriting process, and the CD. You can listen to the stream at KTOO’s site.
I also finally updated the site so all of the songs on Magellan & Pele have lyrics up. Many of them also have background info and demo clips, so check those out if you’re curious.
My plans for the future include finishing writing a bunch of song-pieces I have laying around. After this week the holiday concert season (and thus stressful crunch time at work) will have passed, so maybe I’ll get a chance to do that sooner than later.
November 22nd, 2007 | Comments: none
8 PM, the Canvas gallery, pay-what-you-want, CDs available for $7.
Rehearsals are going great. It’s a blast to play with the guys again, “the guys” being Simon on bass, Dale on drums, and Darin on guitar.
The songs are taking on new lives with the live arrangement. It’s a lot of fun to hear them with a little breathing space and stripped-down arrangements after getting so used to the CD versions. And for the first time in a long time there will be guitar on some Mike Maas songs! Cue the plagues and rivers of blood. A couple of the synthier songs on the CD are going to be rockier live.
Of course, I write this as though people have heard the CD, which most haven’t, considering I never really promoted it. So I’m looking forward to introducing people to my labors. It should be a good time, hope to see you there.
November 7th, 2007 | Comments: none
This Friday I emerge from my musical hibernation to play percussion in Rory Stitt’s Requiem. Northern Light church, 8 PM, suggested donation $10. I get to wail on a big bass drum. Much fun.
I’m also planning to finally celebrate the completion of Magellan & Pele with a concert later this month, penciled in for Nov. 30th at the Canvas. More on that soon, hopefully.
June 2nd, 2007 | Comments: none
You can now purchase (and preview) M&P at the iTunes music store.
May 6th, 2007 | Comments: none
Yeah, as I suspected that was a little too ambitious to get a song written and recorded in those fading days of April. Some things came up in my non-musical life that were a hindrance. Nonetheless I have quite a few little song-seeds germinating and am confident one or more of them will soon blossom. It is, after all, springtime.
And if you missed it, check out the awesome press I got in the Juneau Empire.
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