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Back as a solo act…

Back as a solo act…

So my time with Nudge has come to an end. I won’t go into gory details publicly of my displeasure with how the situation was handled, but it basically came down to scheduling issues that I created by demanding that my weekends with my kids are free. Priorities, you know? I do wish them well…

The good thing is it frees me up for finally having more ownership in my musical endeavors. Whether that’s a new power trio with me back on bass with my buddies from The Extractors Ed and Lee, a bunch of solo acoustic gigs, an acoustic duo of some sort, or finally working on my album, it’s a brave new world, and this time, it’s going to be MINE.

I have to start making shit instead of just talking about it or regurgitating it. Talking about it makes you an entertainer, agent or a critic. Making it makes you an artist. And I’m tired of not being an artist. (Though I won’t stop being an entertainer, too, because that pays…)

And that’s all for now.
TMS

So things with Nudge are kind of taking off!

So things with Nudge are kind of taking off!

In a pleasant turn of events, the new band is doing great! Even with summer vacations mucking things up and the occasional on-stage brain fart, we’ve managed to string together some truly decent shows and are being booked back at all the places we’ve played, which is fantastic.

Progress is being made in the repertoire department as well, as we’re adding eight new songs for the next show. As a special treat to my loyal readership, here is the list of songs we’re working up:
*All Star – Smash Mouth
*Harder To Breathe – Maroon 5
Epic – Faith No More
*Lithium – Nirvana
Psycho – Puddle of Mudd
Somebody To Shove – Soul Asylum
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Song 2 – Blur

Kind of an eclectic list, but all 90s and newer, as is the Nudge way.

I’m especially jazzed about playing “Epic” because I got to come up with some effects to cover the guitar harmonies in the solo. It’s pretty dang neato.

We’ve got a little chunk of BUSY coming up, so here’s the list of upcoming shows (COME SEE US!):
Friday, July 25th – Fast Eddie’s at 620 and 183
Saturday, August 2nd – Baby A’s Stonelake
Thursday, August 7th – Blind Pig Pub (on 6th Street)
Friday, August 8th – Shooters Billiards on 620

Then I go on vacation.

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Hopefully you are having a wonderful summer!
TMS

NUDGE Me Back To Guitar

NUDGE Me Back To Guitar

Crap grammar aside, it’s my silly way of saying that I have joined a new band – and I’m back on guitar! Yes, I have joined the local 90s-and-more cover band Nudge (www.nudgeatx.com) as guitarist/vocalist. This is big because I haven’t played guitar in a band on any sort of regular basis since my days in Dial-9…and that was over 8 years ago! I’m very excited. I played a great show with them Friday night on minimal rehearsal and it seemed to come together really easy. I look forward with what we’ll be able to accomplish.

Regular readers of this blog might wonder what’s going on with the project I was putting together with Lee – that’s still likely to happen in some form. It will be worked around the new band and hopefully with it I will continue to get to sing a lot of lead (sharing with Lee, of course) and play bass, because I know that’s an itch that I will need to scratch.

For now, I have a lot of guitar to play and a lot of songs to learn. But it’s totally worth it.

Check out www.nudgeatx.com and come see a show. And have a great June!
TMS