Just wanted to let you know that Marshall Mason and I (Tarradiddle) will be playing the feature spot at the Red Rock Open Mic in Mountain View from 9-9:30pm on Monday, Dec. 12. Hope to see you there!!
201 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 967-4473
I haven’t been playing out much these days as you may have noticed, however, this coming Tuesday night, Nov. 1, I’ll be doing a nice long set at Coffee Society in the Pruneyard, in Campbell, CA (www.coffeesociety.com/stores.html). The evening starts at 7pm when Rebecca and Gary Parks (our hosts, www.rebeccaparksmusic.com) will kick the evening off with a short set, followed by Hank Van Buren (www.stragglyrs.com, www.autumnandthefallguys.com), and I’ll be wrapping up the evening. Actually, I’ll be rawking, or lulling, depending on my mood. This is a night of only original music, no cover tunes to try and keep ASCAP and BMI from hoarding the cash register.
I would love to see you and I’d love for you to hear me so come out, have a drink and enjoy a relaxing evening at this great coffee shop.
If you’re interested, I’ll be playing an hour set, probably starting around 7:30-8ish at Blair Lair in Sunnyvale. There will be some really great poetry and other performers that do cameos as well. It’s going to be a great evening. If you’re interested in attending, email me back at news@rhythma.com for the address.
I got asked today to fill a spot at the Farmer’s Market in Campbell tomorrow, the first day of May. I’ll be performing from 9am -1pm. Lord help me. I’m going to bring out my keyboard and computer, and looper and create some ambient textures. I wasn’t sure I was ready to play out with this equipment and style but I’ll give it a go, probably earlier in the day and see how it feels. It’ll be a live experiment and I should be partially asleep and probably still dreaming so that should add to the whole design. Come out and say hi.
I caught a nasty cold a couple of days ago which really impacted any and all creative productivity. This was a disappointment, not because I was sick but because I was in the middle of producing a song that was going really well and had me pumped. Suddenly, I wake up Sunday morning and I’m trashed. So… life gave me lemons, and I love lemonade, so I decided go thru the videos that I’d remembered to take of shows I’d done, which isn’t many because it seems that a video camera is one of the last things I remember to bring to a show, and pull out the juicy bits and upload them to YouTube. There are quite a few songs that I need to process and upload, but for now I’ve uploaded the following:
Rhythma – I Am That, written by Sean Michael Imler
Rhythma – Going to War, written by Sean Michael Imler
Tarradiddle – Valentine’s Day, written by Marshall Mason
Tarradiddle – Walk Away Clean, written by Sean Michael Imler
The benefit concert for the Support Network (www.supportnetwork.org), the domestic violence program of the YWCA of Silicon Valley, is happening this Saturday! Every cent of your $20 will go to this cause, and the music will be great.
HARMONIES FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
An Intimate Evening of Acoustic Music
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 at 7:30pm
Mission City Coffee Roasting Company
2221 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA 95050
Tickets $20, sold at the door only.
ARTIST LINE-UP:
Sean Michael Imler
Rhythma
www.rhythma.com
Rebecca & Gary Parks
www.rebeccaparksmusic.com
Tim Schwalbach & Mike Masuda,
The Incredible Shrinking Band
Daphna Rahmil
www.daphnarahmil.com
Even if you can’t make the show, please visit the Support Network website and consider volunteering or donating. I’ve been volunteering for almost two years now, and it’s been very rewarding to watch victims become survivors and take back their lives.
Well, you know I’ve been doing this solo thing for quite a long time now, and I love having guest musicians performing with me. However, I stumbled into a really great situation recently. I was having a hand analysis done by a talented man named Todd Zimmerman who combines palmistry with medical hand analysis to help you with life purpose information. It was very fascination and really accurate. Anyhow, after chatting for a while, turns out he’s a didgeridoo player and hand percussionist, and his group was looking to possibly add a guitar player. So I went and jammed with them and it was utter magic. The music combines my guitar and percussion with their amazing wooden flute player Kenneth Hooper, and bassist and percussionist Daryl Lowery. As you can see, there’s a lot of percussion and a great dance vibe. The music is world beat tribal rock (that’s my description anyhow).
We’ve done two gigs so far, one at the Campbell farmer’s market which was exceedingly well received, and another at The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology which was awesome. Everything is really fresh with us and much of what we play is improvised, but we’re starting to get a nice collection of songs together. But the vibe is awesome.
You can check out some music clips I’ve recorded on our new web site which we just launched yesterday.
Souljourne.com — Please sign up on our mailing list there.
This Saturday night, September 25, we’ll be playing a great show in Mountain View at 7:30pm at a yoga center.
Yoga Is Youthfulness Studio
590 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA
Tickets – $25
For tix and info, go to http://yogaisyouth.com or call 650-964-5277
I realize the ticket price is a little steep. It was set up before I joined the group and the yoga center set the price. However, I will make sure that no one is turned away for lack of funds. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a sliding scale, just ask for me. I want to encourage you to come out and join the experience. The energy will be beautiful and some wonderful spirits and angels will be present.
This is going to be a great night of music @ The Blue Rock Shoot in Saratoga, CA on June 6th, starting at 6:30pm. It’s a benefit for my favourite charitable cause, Doctors Without Borders. Admission is a requested donation of $10 and 100% of the proceeds from the door will go to Doctors Without Borders.
Playing will be folk rock artist Rhythma, SF Bay Area’s power folk trio Tin Cat, and Americana singer/songwriter Chris Hanson. Food, wine and beer are available at the venue and there’s plenty of parking in the back if you can’t find it on the street. Get there early because seating is limited.
