The Summer of Help compels you
July 19th, 2007
Just a reminder that we have an imminent live performance on the horizon:
FRI JULY 27 @ 8:00 PM
CLUB MIDWAY
25 Avenue B
(btw 2nd and 3rd Streets)
New York, NY
Another early show. And we are getting very excited about this one; it looks like we will have Shifty Dan and Lazy Thumbs Bill coming down from Boston to join us; they’re gonna make some noise and flesh out the bare bones set Mike and I rehearsed during our recent sightseeing jaunt through Connecticut. Usually Get Help practices via email, so when we can get a good run through done while driving, we feel that much more confident. And now, with Shifty and Lazy Thumbs on board, we are certain every conceivable probability has been accounted for, virtually nothing can go wrong, and no man can stop us. It’s a rare feeling. We hope to see you there.
New Low
July 9th, 2007
We conclude today’s Sasquatch sighting with a new track, ‘New Low’. This is the Get Help wheelhouse of distorted reverb guitars, this is a back-to-base guitar anthem, something you might have heard on a mid-90’s Matador sampler.
This was my first blow-through with my shiny new Pod, a wonderful tool for making music late at night in an apartment with paper thin walls and, uh, thinner-than-paper floors and ceilings.
Everything about this track was invented from finding the guitar sound. I’ve noticed that once I get a particular sound, in this case the distorted-reverb rhythm track, song ideas from my memory banks are triggered, and the song writes itself. Writing in this method usually presents the uncopyrightable danger of completely ripping off a song without realizing it. But in this regard my memory is much like the squirrel’s in autumn, who hides food in multiple locations so that their winter pantry isn’t decimated by a single winter theft, yet inevitably ends up forgetting where they hid 10-20% of their spoils.
In the squirrel’s case, these lost acorns grow into oak trees. In my case, it remains to be seen.
The Summer of Help continues
July 9th, 2007
It’s hot in the city streets, and the city streets are hot. Help yourself to two flavors of Get Help this month:
Tuesday July 17, 9pm
PA’s LOUNGE (Band in Boston Residency)
Somerville, MA
Our very first show was at the Band in Boston Flophouse, and its necessity mothered some invention; invention which has left an enduring imprint on how we go about writing and playing our songs. So while we may not exactly owe them our first born…um, no. We owe them our first born. Moving on, this concert will feature the full experience: Bill, Dennis and Dan will be bringing the noise as well.
Friday July 27, 8pm
CLUB MIDWAY
New York, NY
There isn’t much of story here, other than to say it’s Mike and I performing as a duo, it’s an early show, and we may be joined by some special guests. We hope to see you there.
Oh and because they were lying around, here are two more mp3s from our first Band in Boston set.