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Last night’s show was fun, thanks to everyone for coming out. These three shows I’ve done with the new band have been pretty encouraging. I’m not someone who actually really enjoys performing or being on a stage, but I do get a huge kick out of an energetic, happy crowd and instigating a good time.  So I’m gonna let that motivate me into more show bookings and hope it’s enough.

Hey, we’ll be playing in Kingston at The Mansion on January 7th:

Facebook events here and here.

Seriously gotta get moving on these album demos. Here’s one:

The First Thing About Me (demo)

The mix is a disaster, but I MOVE ON. It’ll be the last track on Guess Who’s a Mess.

Venue: Cafe Dekcuf
City: Ottawa, ON
When: July 31, 8pm
Cover: $10

Event listings:

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Venue: The Tranzac Club
City: Toronto, ON
When: August 7, 7pm
Cost: $12

Event listings:

Facebook
MySpace
Eventful
Upcoming
last.fm

The regular t-shirt store only has the products I design in it. So it’s annoying to make one of every product with every design. So for the next month I’m trying out this make your own merch thing:

Select from the three Brad Sucks designs and alter their colors — add your own designs and text, select any product they’ll fit on. Let me know what you think.

Here’s a demo for track #2 off Guess Who’s a Mess:

In Your Face (demo)

Usual disclaimers: mix was quick and dirty, I have no talent, etc.

I’m coming out of hibernation soon. So here are some places I’ll be:

• May 17 – Toronto, ON – Toronto Audio Engineering Society: I’ll be speaking on a panel on May 17 from 2pm-4pm. It’s called “How You Are Delivering to Your Market“, a topic on which I am clearly an expert since I have not delivered anything to my market lately. More info: torontoaes.org
• May 28 – Ottawa, ON – Jonathan Coulton: My pal Jonathan Coulton will be in town and I will be there. There was some talk about doing a song together but I’m not sure what’s happening there. We’re doing a song together, who knows what it could be!
• May 29 – Kemptville, ON – VegStock: This is an outdoor music festival that happens right around the corner from my house. It’ll be the first show with the new band and will be kind of a disaster test.
• June 10 – Montreal, QC: There’s a potential show in Montreal for this date but it’s not 100% yet.
• June 11 – Ottawa, ON – The Cajun Attic: This will be a show.
• June 12 – Kingston, ON – The Mansion: This will be another show.

I’d like to get to Toronto and maybe a few other places this summer but I am not the greatest booker. If you have any hook-ups let me know.

If you happen to be any of those places, please say hi.

Update: June 10th, 11th and 12th shows are no longer happening!

Update #2: Updated the Jonathan Coulton show to confirm my participation.

I’ve been asked where my Rock Band tracks are. Why are they not in the store since independent tracks just went live and they looked pretty good in my preview back in November?

I asked and basically: the play-testing process is super slow. We’re hoping this’ll speed up as interest in the Rock Band Network increases but unfortunately have no idea when they’ll be up. Baaaah.

Hey, there’s a new Brad Sucks t-shirt. Here’s the design:

Designed by Brandon Ortwein, it’s $16 and looks best on black or navy blue.