I'm a writer and musician. I've been writing and recording music since my junior year of high school. For several years, I had a band called Daisy Glaze in Bloomington, Indiana; we got some press in magazines like High Times and Flipside and The Big Takeover. Since then I've primarily recorded under my own name, though recently I've been playing with a new band I formed here in San Diego with Paul Szewczyk & Ryan Tully-Doyle called KING MANDOM.
As long as I've been doing music I've been writing as well, for years in the field of music journalism but also including fiction, nonfiction, and various other bits here and there. Recently I have been doing a lot of copywriting and search-optimized writing.
What bands are you or have you been in?
Daisy Glaze, King Mandom, November Fifth, Generic Caviar
They were a B-town band. Chuck moved to San Francisco around the same time I did ( maybe a few years after) and I played drums for him for a while. I did some demo recordings with him at Tiny Tellephone here in San Francisco. The band changed it's name to Lessick at some point.
Yeah, Go Mango didn't make it either. Half the Bloomington bands booked didn't make it. So, those poor folks got stuck with a "headliner" that was a screeching noise/improv band that was too weird for Bloomington, much less rural Southern Indiana. The sound man was a total genius, though: he took all my guitar feedback and pumped it loud through the mains without flinching. Gutsiest soundman ever.
Daisy Glaze, huh? I remember some deal at Depauw University sometime in '96 or so. It was an outdoor show on a concrete stage in front of some reflecting pool or some such nonsense. The person booking it recruited a bunch of Bloomington bands. They recruited the Catkillers, an improv band I was in for several years. We were supposed to follow Virginia's Scrapings, but Phil & co. never showed, so we ended up following Daisy Glaze . . . by about three hours. We hit the stage at sundown . . .
Before I left for London in '93, Daisy Glaze presented me with a beautiful crepe paper poppy. I have that poppy hanging next to my computer to this day. It shares a hook with the necklace I'm wearing in my user pic. I can't believe it's lasted this long and that I haven't lost it in the many moves I've made in those years.
Sounds like you're doing well and keeping yourself good & busy.
I discovered music via my parents collection, as many kids do. First up were Elvis and The Beatles. I played these records to death. "Lucy In
The Sky With Diamonds" was the most amazing thing my 7 year old mind
could imagine- I couldn't understand…
I discovered music via my parents collection, as many kids do. First up were Elvis and The Beatles. I played these records to death. "Lucy In
The Sky With Diamonds" was the most amazing thing my 7 year old mind
could imagine- I couldn't understand…
This group, named for its spiritual founders is to discuss the ephemera of Hoosier folklore. The entire historical, musical, cultural, and folkloric expanse of the Hoosier state is our stomping ground here.
I like the Zine idea- online or print. Obviously there are serious hurdles to the print version. My focus right now, with changes to the site, are mostly focused on things we can do, programming/design wise, that will enable bands and members to spr…
Online zine that turns into a publicated zine.. With a link to the mix-tape of the month. There is so much music on here, it has to be somehow highlighted.