Sunday, September 12, 2010
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Tung N Groove returns to the Hylton as part of their 2010 Reunion Tour! You can expect cheap swill, loud music, and tons of fans packing the dance floor.
Showtimes are at 9:30 both Friday and Saturday nights. You might want to get there early, as there is no cover charge, and seating is limited!
The band asks you to help spread the word, and tell everyone you know attend. And of course, we thank you for your continued support.
Posted by
MC
Labels:
2010,
Gigs,
Hylton,
Redcliff
Monday, July 7, 2008
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Here's a new track for you all to listen to. Once again, audio will be presented in this manner until I can iron out some details with respect to an audio player that will reside permanently in the sidebar.
Enjoy.
By the way, the first song (Burnin' Up) has been removed for the time being.
[Ed Note: I have spent several hours scouring the web, and learning a bit of javascript. There is a full-featured streaming audio player located on the sidebar. Right now, the playlist features the two songs I have uploaded -- more will come in the future.]
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MC
Labels:
Audio,
Hylton,
Recording
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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 This post is long overdue, so sue me.
Seriously, please don't.
The month of August has been very busy for the members of the band, even if we only managed to get out and play two weekends.
Since the back-to-back weekend, we have been working very hard, by kicking up our heels, sitting on our rear ends, and enjoying what a "normal" work day is supposed to be.
That's right, I'm still catching up on lost sleep.
What an astounding two weekends it was! Once we got the willies out of our system, which I thought, may have crippled us at the beginning. Setting up a new PA from scratch -- not knowing how it will perform or what to expect is always unnerving. I still think there is a little way to go in terms of getting the sound right, but I think we are 90% there in that department.
The first night was nerve-wracking. It seems to be when you haven't played in a while. There were lots of blunders, missed endings, and forgotten lyrics, for example, but no major train wrecks. I took the opportunity to spend Thursday night in my "traditional" Royal Hotel style -- drunk out of my wits. I further punished myself by going to work the next day having only three hours' sleep, I might add a tad hung over.
By Friday, the improvement was immense. It was like a 200% improvement over the previous night's performance. We managed to have packed houses both Friday and Saturday, and I have a sneaking suspicion that we turned a few heads.
The staff and management of the Royal enjoyed our repertoire and professionalism. I am confident that we will be back again soon -- like November, maybe.
The next weekend at the Redcliff Hylton was just as successful. We managed to enjoy busy nights on both Friday and Saturday. Some familiar faces from the weekend before even arrived and stayed a while. Could this be the beginning of a devout local following perhaps?
Thanks to everyone who came out those weekends. Spread the word; we will be back sooner than you can say "Australopithecus".
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MC
Labels:
Gigs,
Hylton,
Redcliff,
Royal
Sunday, May 20, 2007
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 There isn't much left to be said about this last weekend's gig at the Hylton. The number of patrons that came to the Hylton to check us out was, for the most part, above average, and they were very supportive of our material, with a select few exceptions, whom were obviously in the minority.
I'm not about to sit and gripe about the things that went wrong this weekend. There are certainly many things that require improvement, and there are those who need attitude adjustments, but thankfully those do not belong to any band members -- or anyone close to us anyway. Yes the gig was an rousing success, and honestly, I felt it went far better than I had expected.
I thought about posting a bunch of pictures from this weekends' performance, but given the time it would require to tweak some 50 pictures, and a few video files, I decided against it. Instead, I may post the odd photo here and there, with a few interjections by me. For example, the photo that accommodates this post is entitled "Ouch! My Eye!!!".
Tung N' Groove has a lot of work to do before we hit the stage again this summer. More posts are to come in the near future. Ciao!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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This is it -- finally!
This is the culmination of two years' worth of drinking, planning, scheming, drinking, contemplating, and practicing. Tung N' Groove takes flight tomorrow at the Redcliff Hylton.
And boy, are the guys pumped.
It seems like we have been rehearsing three times per week for the last two months, trying to get enough material together to play a full night. 32 songs -- that's what we managed to get until time ran out. That's three sets -- about a full dozen songs short. At this point, there's nothing we can do, except bite the bullet. We may have to repeat material late in the night, but in a bar, the clientèle usually rotates, so we should manage. By August, we will be ready to gig again, with material to spare.
This evening was spent loading equipment into the bar, setting up, tuning our instruments, and ensuring the PA system worked, as well as getting a good sound out of the PA. I even brought my new Canwoods out to play them this weekend. It took quite a bit of time, but I felt that we got a really big sound out of a (relatively) small PA. Even DH commented that the band sounded really big, fat, and overall good, yet retaining enough headroom to keep the sound clean.
I'll say this another way: We are going to be a loud band, but not too loud. Just loud enough to sound really big.
Once we had the sound happening, we test drove a couple songs in front of about 10 patrons. From my perspective (behind the drumkit), I felt the balance of instruments was pretty good, which allowed me to relax. I think we all felt comfortable on the stage. I didn't have to push, or hit the drums too hard. All in all, it was grooving.
A few of the patrons who listened to our soundcheck received our material positively. I think that's a good sign for this weekend. It's going to be a blast. I speak for the entire band when I say that we can't wait until tomorrow.
Only one thing remains: How the hell am I going to sleep tonight?
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