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A SAMPLING OF CURRENT, RECENT AND PAST PROJECTS:
- This month sees the return of area high school musicians recording at oilpan studio as they apply for western states orchestra positions. Good luck
- Sept 2, 2023 Martian acres is Performing in Lyons at the Diner bar 7 to 9PM next to Western Stars. Looking to see my friend Chrystal Decoster!
- BOCO Cider in North Boulder is a great venue and our audience is the best. Thank you for a couple of great gigs the summer.
- Be on the lookout for big red engine at boulders mapelton hill porchfest sept 17th 2023.
- big red engine is performing at elks lodge on concurrent fridays. our next one is june 23rd! 6PM/8PM
- I took up boxing for a few months and it was the best experience! Corner Boxing gym in boulder is the place to go! ask for carrie barry!
- started a new project with scott allen, drummer/percussion with the goal of using a new mic and software from audigo. great quality mic that wifi's or bluetooths to a phone with video sync. very fun and now we are creating video to go with the music. name & website is coming!
- june 10th, 2023: performed with lisa bell and dennis wanebo in lisa's backyard concert series. we had fun and made new friends.
- june 3rd, 2023: I joined dennis wanebo at beau jo's pizza for a fun night of covers and originals.
- received radiation for a tumor in my lung december 2022 and started teaching guitar lessons again in march. it is june and I am still healing!
- as of sept 2022 i am focused on singing three part harmony with dennis wanebo and billy brennan, Busking with deano bartos and working on a new right hand strumming technique. If i can keep my fingernails from wearing down i may achieve it!
- 2020: performed with dennis as Martian acres, our one gig this year in october, at the boulder airport for an outdoor film hosted by boulder film festival. we had fun and many friends came too!
- created in my studio and while living at caribou ranch are my video labors of love.
- Here is my CD of original music created with lots of guitar!
- Mixing new music for tipamijo a new finnish artist with ANNA FRICK at airshow mastering assisting us in getting the sound as good as possible!
- Open Mic - bob story will be hosting EVERY SUNDAY AT 2PM during july at Kettle and spoke brewery. I will be Using a new taylor grand pacific 517 to create my harmonic backdrop. plus Fine brews on the patio!
- Martian Acres, dennis wanebo, bob story and chris malley are performing at Kettle and Spoke on July 6th at 6pm. we tend to have fun. come join us!
- New Music Store lessons by Bob story @ Monkton guitars in broomfield, 1505 w. 1st ave. run by my friend dave williams. tuesdays and wednesdays. let me know if you are interested.
- tipamijo is a finnish artist who contacted me last year to produce his music. Turns out we go way back. like 1994! we have created a style of music i will call "west texas viking Beach rap" for now! HEy I am still on my 1st cup of coffee when i post this! the first song, hot summer features dennis wanebo and antione westbrook trading vocals in a mix of west texas rap, california beach music and rock n roll! parents buy this because your kids will think your cool and kids you already know! help put us on the map.
- Looking forward to hanuman festivities with amanda botur in boulder on june 15th at boulder high school at 2:30 sharp! amanda has a beautiful cd called sAngam - confluence.
- Martian Acres played a gig at the post in lafayette on june 9th and many thanks to the crowd that attended and made our day!
- March 1st I have a solo performance for Boulder International Film Festival, Bad Ass Women Chefs. I am looping food themed songs for the night! Thinking, grapes, strawberries, honey, sugar and spam!
- Feburary 23rd. Performing at ETown Hall with Bobby Pelz, Tom Wasinger, Michael Wooten, Andrew Zalizniak, David Willard, Damaris Andrews and Nick Forester for Bobby's 65th Birthday Party! All are welcome.
- Broomfield/Westminster area guitar students I will be teaching near US36 and 120th beginning in April. A new guitar store, Monkton Guitars is opening at 1505 W. 1st Street, Broomfield. Contact me for more info.
- House concert in North Boulder with Susan Rose and Rebecca Folsom on Jan 19th. 50 people attended this event and I sang for my largest audience!
- Emily Bond is a composer of music that is contemplative and interesting. Please take a listen to her music that was mastered at my place, OilPan Studios.
- Looking forward to working with Rebecca Folsom and 14 singers for an upcoming vocal workshop series.
- I played lap steel, acoustic and electric guitar at an eTown Hall show Sept 14th for Amanda Botur's cd release party. Band members included, Paul McDaniels on bass guitar, Eric Moon on keys, Christian Teele on drums, John McVey on guitar, Leann Roberts, BJ Suter and Ashley Johnson on background vocals. I had a fun time with an awesome audience and think we rocked da house!
- Performed a set of music with good friend Dennis Wanebo for his sons recent marriage. We hired Dan Steelman on bass and Joaquin Armstrong on drums. These guys killed it without a rehearsal. Thank you.
- Created multiple videos for a YouTube channel that guitarists, improvisers and lovers of music I hope will dig.
- Martian Acres is coming out of hibernation and will perform at Kettle and Spoke on August 18th. We will revive some MA classics!
- Anticipating Amanda Botur's cd release party and concert at ETown on September 14th. I will be on guitar with some of Boulders finest musicians.
- Released my first cd of original music called Ride. Created at OilPan Studio using skills acquired as songwriter, producer, musician and guitarist. It is a collection of songs that has flavors from all my influences. Country to jazz to rock and blues. Acoustic guitar, lap steel, electric guitar soundscapes looping over programmed drums. I hope you love it!
- Summer is upon us with the solstice behind us and I am booking shows at Kettle and Spoke in Boulder, CO. Contact me if you or know of someone who is looking to get out and perform.
- Getting ready for Vocal Freedom Showcase May 18th. Rebecca Folsoms class is taking it on the road!
- Compile video, photos, music for Susan Rose's, Bad Hair - A Salon Gone Rogue. Very funny. Thank you to Max for getting this started.
- Performed at local pub, Kettle & Spoke with Chris Malley, Dennis Wanebo and taking All Over the Map with Susan Rose our new trio vocal group on it's first ride!
- A full schedule of sound editing podcasts for Legal Talk Network these past two weeks. Subjects as diverse as Youth Homelessness, Capital Punishment and Trial Academy for Lawyers. Fascinating!
- Created artwork for Dennis Wanebo's new CD called The Stranger & Other Apparitions. Enjoying the cd's cover artwork by Sushie Felix, A Sweeping Squall.
- Enjoying my wonderful students dedication and mastery of their respective instruments, Ukulele, Slide, Acoustic and Electric guitar. From Grace VanderWall to Dick Dale I careen thru the musical universe to show them the technical and fun!
- My son Max is getting ready for All State Orchestra in Fort Collins, CO later this week. I am very proud of his effort and accomplishment!
- Getting ready for two classes this week with Rebecca Folsoms vocal class's. It is always fun to hear singers grow!
- Rehearsing with Larry Simpson, Dan Steelman, Marcy Baruch, Lisa Bell and Janis Kelly for Tapestry Revisited The Songs of Carole King. Lannie's Clock Tower Feb. 9th.
- Completed mixing for Dennis Wanebo's CD, The Stranger and other Apparitions. Very happy with the outcome and looking forward to playing it live. Mastered at David Glasser's Airshow studio.
- Amanda Botur's CD is mixed and mastered! I think I used every guitar I owned on this one with many open tunings.
- Currently singing in a trio with Dennis and Susan Rose and having a fantastic time! Might call it Martian Acres Revival. Also planning a house concert for the near future. TBA
- Jaipur Literature Festival solo looping show Sept 15th at the Teahouse in Boulder CO.
- Played guitar for Lisa's backyard party with Moors and McCumber at www.moorsandmccumber.com/
- On our tour of Ireland Dennis and I jammed with a pub full of Irish musicians that was the highlight! Beautiful singers, hilarious story tellers and great instrumentalists kept us going until the wee hours of the morning.
- Finishing Dennis Wanebo's new CD. Created demo's of all songs for Christian Teele to track drums down for us, loaded all of his tracks into Logic and recorded bass and guitar for all tracks. Dennis and Grace Wanebo vocals where all done here at OilPan Studios. I am ecstatic how it sounds and can't wait for others to hear.
- Update on this: I have heard some basic mix's and they sound great! Working with Amanda Botur a yoga teacher and singer of kirtan ( a musical form of narration or shared recitation, particularly of spiritual or religious idea) writing arranging a new body of work to put on a CD.
- Tapestry Revisited The Songs of Carole King, created by Janis Kelly, Lisa Bell and June Turnbull
- Build a new 495 ft. recording space and studio in 2015 for teaching, rehearsals, recording and creative space! Done! Added air conditioning that is coming in handy in the heat.
- Lisa Bell a Boulder, CO. vocalist and producer. We wrote and co-produced these releases in 2010 and 2013.
- In 2010 toured Northern Italy with Lisa Simmons of Hippie Tendencies and Lisa Bell's, The Italian Project for 3 weeks.
- Lincoln Avenue Songwriters Society a songwriters support group that helped me take the step to sing a song I wrote!
- Martian Acres is an original project with Dennis Wanebo, vocalist, songwriter, ex-lawyer and co-producer. 3 cd's, Middle of the Night, From Waltz to War and III. From country to folk to rock we have tried to hit all our favorite genres.
- Rebecca Folsom vocal freedom workshops supporting 8 vocalists. Recently I performed with her students at Cafe Sole in South Boulder.
- Mark Lindsey Brier's 2009 "Easy Love" cd recording classical guitar duties at Immersive Studios in Boulder for producer Dik Darnell. Thanks to David Oaks for his latin class at MI!
- Mr Cat Productions- Los Angeles, California production company working shows for the world's greatest bass players at NAMM to Santa Monica Pier for 4th of July concerts. Never a dull moment! Shout out to Nancy and Arturo!
- Touring with The Original Drifters in the 80's doing shows from Chicago to Florida! They did not have the best PA gear but it never mattered because they always performed like it was their last show and everyone always love them.
- In 1990 I gave up Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jeff Beck concert tickets to go work 4 months on a Princess Cruise love boat traveling all over the Caribbean hitting Martinique, St Thomas, Virgin, and other islands that may not be on the map anymore!
- Toured with Exile in Europe for 6 weeks and had my first pizza with tuna!
- Toured from LA to Nashville playing with a band I have long forgotten but the last gig was at the famous Bluebird Theater in Nashville TN where my family and friends came up from Chattanooga to see us perform.
- Performed on lap steel and bass with Louisville CO band Many Mountains as well as recording their current musical offering at OilPan Studios.
- Christmas shows throughout Boulder with Lisa Bell, Dennis Wanebo, Chris Malley, Mark Oblinger, Rebecca Folsom.