Creamy Goodness will be rolling into Port Clinton tomorrow for a gig at Erie Islands Resort & Marina. We’re playing from 5-9PM. This is a fantastic venue with indoor and outdoor bars and pools, and plenty of people ready for a party!
Toledo Music Expo promotional appearance on WTOL-11
To promote the Toledo Music Expo, I did a promotional video at WTOL-11 with Chavar Dontae and keyboardist Terry Rice. This shoot was part of a busy weekend, including a gig with Chavar at SoundTrek Friday night, and the Music Expo on Satrurday night. Check out the video:
Our setup in the studio:
This was what I saw while performing:
Busy week…
Busy week for the acoustic duo! We’re playin Casa Barron’s in Perrysburg on Tuesday, June 7, Quimby’s at on Thursday, and Nick & Nino’s on Friday!
New venues!
Quick gig update:
I’m pleased to announce that the Lebowskis will be appearing at two new venues in the next few months! Look for the us at the grand opening of the new Quimby’s in downtown Toledo (same location as Avalon) on April 14, and Casa Barron in Perrysburg on June 7.
Rock on!
New Year, new venues!
A lot going on since my last posting. John and I landed a regular Friday night slot at Nick & Nino’s in Monroe. Great food, friendly people, and a good venue to check out some acoustic guitar music! Stop by and join us Fridays 7-11PM for some good times!
I’m also happy to announce that we’ve started playing The Blarney Irish Pub in downtown Toledo. Our next date is February 10, and you can check us out from 8-12.
More soon!
Back at Jed’s in Perrysburg!
Weather permitting, John and I will be at Jed’s in Perrysburg tonight, from 7 to whenever. I’ll update as needed.
Cheers!!
UPDATE:
Good gig tonight! No weather issues, save for two or three minutes of sprinkling during our last set. Inclement weather is one of the risks of an outdoor gig. But, with this setup we can clear out quick…like ninjas!
Wednesday duo gig at Jed’s
Had a great gig at Jed’s in Perrysburg tonight! Lots of friends and family out. And, a successful first outing for my RC-20XL Loop Station (used it on “Wish You Were Here”).
Everything went well, and it looks like we may land a regular Wednesday slot here. Another benefit of these acoustic gigs – there are way more opportunities to play outside when the weather’s nice! Looking forward to next week!
New gizmo!
I recently picked up a Boss RC-20XL Loop Station. Short story, the Loop Station allows me to create a real-time “loop” of a guitar part, and play another guitar part over top of the first one. There are a lot of tunes where I can thicken up arrangements by layering guitar parts. I’ll hopefully be ready to use the Loop Station on a few tunes at our upcoming Jed’s gig on July 14!
New gig project: acoustic duo!
For a while, I’ve been gigging regularly with the Rayz, a rock cover band. We cover a lot of ground, including corporate events and shows ay Put-in-bay. Last year, my buddy John and I noticed a lot of musicians doing small ensemble gigs around town, so we decided to put together a guitar duo. Over the past ten years, the cover band business in Toledo has changed quite a bit. When I started in the late 90’s, cover bands would get booked at bars and nightclubs for two or three night engagements. One load-in, one load-out, two or three shows. Today, multi-night engagements are way less common. And, pay per band member has dropped noticeably. Put those two factors together, and the economics of a four or five-piece band are not too favorable.
What’s really taking off are acoustic soloists and duos. It’s better pay per musician, way less gear to move, and often the hours are earlier. It’s certainly enough positives for me to give it a shot!
At this point, we’ve got a small P.A., and a night’s worth of material together. Now, we’re starting to book gigs as “The Lebowskis,” and are looking to up our game a bit. For me, one goal is to really work on my vocal harmonies. New project, off and running!
Back to the drawing board…
As I wrote last week, my practice habits have been unstructured and unfocused, and as a result have not been very helpful in moving my projects forward. So, starting this week, I’m rebuilding a practice schedule from the ground up.