UCA, Bella Dubby, Pat Tamburro, Boba, Winchester

December 2005 at University Circle Arabica
Live music starts at about 8:30PM on Friday and Saturday nights in December, we might even have the fire going, if it's not lit, just ask the guys to get it going, heh.

Wednesday November 30
ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH STEVE2.NET
From 8pm until about 11PM Signup at 8pm - acoustic jammers, poets, short story tellers, and singer songwriters are invited to participate. We have a piano and a small PA at our venue, no need to bring anything other than an instrument and or your voice talent!

Saturday December 3
Brent Hopper and Brittany Reilly
Brittany Reilly and Brent Hopper: Bluegrass, reggae, folk, acoustic roots fusion duo. They have some cute pictures of themselves posted to their website, heh.

Friday December 9
Paul Stranahan
Paul Stranahan – Solo Marimba.

Saturday December 10
Jonah Lipsky (Jwail) and friends on tour
Jonah Lipsky – "ECLECTIC ONE MAN BAND SPACEFUNK CONGLOMERATION” - chck out Jonah's MySpace page for some tunes, pictures, and his tour itenerary.

Wednesday December 14
ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH STEVE2.NET
From 8pm until about 11PM Signup at 8pm - acoustic jammers, poets, short story tellers, and singer songwriters are invited to participate. We have a piano and a small PA at our venue, no need to bring anything other than an instrument and or your voice talent!

Friday December 16
Laura Webster & Willoughby Run
Hathaway Brown music teacher Laura Webster and her acoustic band Willoughby Run, they make really nice sound together and Laura is a fabulous singer. Good sweet holiday music without the, uhm, christmas nostalgia (unless of course they play some christmas songs - gee, they might)


Other things you should know about:

Singer Songwriter Rebbeca Wohlever
I have it on 'good word' that the musically elusive and obviously talented singer songwriter Rebbeca Wohlever (and friends) will play an acoustic set of original (and maybe a cover tune or three or more?) songs at BOBA in Akron at 356 S MAIN music from about 8-11 on SATURDAY DECEMBER 17 and since I haven't seen mention of it on the Boba Blog it's probably not a bad idea to call ahead and just make sure that this event is still happening during that weekend. I will confirm this event before the 17th and mention it again on my home page before that weekend, and I might post an MP3 or two of hers if Rebbeca will let me, heh.

Pat Tamburro L'Accordeoniste at Bella Dubby in Lakewood:
Last Friday I heard Pat for the first time at Bella Dubby and, wow, he can really play the accordian - very entertaining! I really enjoyed listening to Pat play ragtime and jazzy bluesy standards - he even gives dance lessons before his set! Check Pat out playing accordian and singing at Bella Dubby on the last Friday of the month! You can reach him by email at PatTamburro@yahoo.com - go ahead, he won't mind.

And more going on at Bella Dubby:
Bella Dubby Art Gallery & Beer Café in Lakewood at 13321 Madison Avenue (216-221-4479) continue to offer a very high quality smoke-free and kid friendly atmosphere within which to enjoy coffee and deserts, the fabulous art on the walls, and the great Brooklyn Brewing Co. IPA and Brown Ale! If you haven’t stopped in, make a point to do so – perhaps the opening reception for Cleveland’s Screaming Photo Exhibition on Sat. December 3rd at 6PM and also Sat. December 10 at noon Yep, this promises to be a super sweet show as a kind of a history of Cleveland area “misfits” from the late 70’s to the mid 80’s featuring photos by Cleveland area luminaries like Janet Macoska, Anastasia Pantsios, Steve Wainstead, Theresa Kereakes, and Jim Lanza. Music by St. Andrew and book signing by Brad Warner, author of “Hardcode Zen”. If you have questions about the show contact jim@hellbomb.com

Winchester in Lakewood:
The Winchester in Lakewood at 12112 Madison Avenue, Lakewood/Cleveland, Ohio 44107 has been offering acoustic music in a huge room with plenty of space. They host a songwriter circle and other events that you might be interested in – for instance (from the Winchester website): Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 "Acoustic Live" This version of our Acoustic Live series features SIX acts. The Lockhearts featuring the beautiful Rebecca Lockheart, Stadium of Saints, John Fegy, Jherrid Reeder, Heidi Longauer and Strange Cargo. The idea is that the entire night is acoustic. Even bands that normally play in the electric format (like the Lockhearts) will perform rare acoustic shows. Admission is only $5.00 at the door. Don't be late. 9pm.” (John Fegy has played many open mike events around town and I hope this will be a great performance night for John and that he will have lots of listeners)

Open Recording:
Gee, I still don't have any MP3 versions of any of the songs from the two open recording events at UCA and at Riders Inn, when and if I get em I will post em up here.

Open Mic Recording Parties!!

Gosh, we had the best time at Strange Night III last weekend, there was a full roster of talent in the house and Adam came totally prepared with something like a dozen microphones and a small P.A. as well as a couple dozen tracks of DAT recording equipment and plenty of tape - Mark B. was super gracious and accommodated the request for munchies and so we had small sandwiches and chips and dips for the artists and, well, it was just great!

Of the three Strange Nights we have hosted at U.C.A. this one was probably the most happening and we have easily ended up with about 48 rough tracks of original 'bleeding edge' Cleveland acoustic music to work with - almost makes my mouth water thinking about all those raw recordings!!

The performances were graceful, the artist were totally cool, and if we decide to do another CD we have plenty of material to work with...The only downer being that Stu from YSTOP records did not show up, however, we had several YSTOP recording artists in attendance.

So, what's the best way to follow up the excitement of an Open Mic Recording Party? How about ANOTHER Open Mic Recording Party!! And that's exactly what happened on Tuesday night at Riders Inn, at the Song Writers Circle with Jim Snively, yep, Ben and Sean brought a laptop and a couple of microphones and did two track stereo recordings straight to hard drive - and again, the performers rose to the occasion, there was plenty of energy in the room to work with, and I hope we can hear some of those tracks in the near future. I have asked Sean for MP3 previews, so far I don't have any. Stay tuned.

Rocky River Starbucks, Open Mic

Hi, we had a GREAT Open Mic at University Circle Arabica last Wednesday - thanks to everyone who cam by to perform: Carrie and Zack and Rick, Alysa, Emily, Mark Ruppe, Caitlyn, Richard and the Mount Nepal Orchestra - what fun! Last week I stopped into the Starbucks Open Mic at Rocky River, and it was very calm, to calm, they don't have a 'scene' yet but I suppose they would like to grow one, which will be difficult at best without a dedicated host - and without a P.A. or microphone or, uhm, anything at all!! They are all a bunch of real nice people there though, the barristas anyhow, they seem to all be musicians. Century Tavern has a nice open mic, great place to play, Chris and Veronica bring in a real good P.A. to play through (a big Fender rig) and I am gonna keep my eye on things out there - can't wait to play there again soon, had to cancel a Saturday night couple weeks ago).

Tim Fry has his C.D. release party tonight at the Winchester Tavern in Lakewood should be fun, I plan on dropping in there (if I can find the place)

The U.C.A. is gonna be 'converted' into a recording studio again on Sat. Nov. 12 as per Adam Probert and Strange Love Recording and this time Adam is bringing MORE DAT tape to cover about 5 hours of actual recording. YSTOP Records will be in attendance with several artists from their roster. More details pending, if you want to be recorded, plan on hanging out from between 7pm and 11pm.


More later...