Issue #163: JAMO's JAMs and GIGs for 11/5/10

Welcome to JAMO’S JAMS & GIGS for 11/4/10, issue #163. Many thanks to Nancy Coletti for the “Love Letter To Bar Owners” at the bottom of this email….AND, many thanks to Jack Mikolajczyk for these two videos of the week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2hRApdLADA&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXG2ge4H2LM

I have gotten a few very good (and very interesting) responses to my “JAMO’s PAY PROJECT”, buuuuut, I need more. Drop me an email. Put in your two cents’ worth. (I hope that’s your data, not your pay!) This way everyone will know what to expect when they have to deal with the issue of booking their band.

PR TEAM EDIT: GREAT INPUT!!! Check it out at the bottom of the newsletter!
Question of the year: I’m doing a survey of Band pay. I have some data, but I need more to draw any conclusions. I don’t think that anyone has done this before..SO, if you have the courage to be truthful, send me the figures that you have experienced – what do the clubs pay in your area? BE TRUTHFUL!!! Don’t give me your name or your band’s name or even the name of the club if you don’t want to –I will NOT pass any of that on. I WILL give you the results here in a future mailing – no names of clubs or of bands, but some geographic areas if I get enough responses. It’s all up to you!! Here’s what I need: 1) Pay (More for four pieces? Five? Etc.) 2) Town 3) Reliability (Did the owner stiff you? Offer less at the end of the night?) 4) Any comments that you have that are educational; don’t just complain, give me real experience. Thanks, and SEND ME THE DATA! You’ll be glad you did.


Section 2: --------------------- GIGS -----------------------------

Fri, 11/5
The famous CARL VAN CAMP BAND is at the Midtown Tavern in Alpha, NJ from 9-1. Two-for-$20 great dinners, and a bunch o rude people! Come on out! I’ll see you there.

KATO is at the Top Diner Lounge, 1019 Union Blvd., Allentown, PA, 610-432-9821. 10pm start. Go. Learn. www.katoduo.com

LOST IN PLACE is at Bernie's in Chester - Hillside Rd off Furnace Rd off Rt 206 N (2nd right past Rt 24, heading north) from 9:30-1:30.

CROSSFIRE ROCK & BLUES BAND, with Special Guest THE MIMI NOWAK PROJECT are at the Cambridge Inn, 19 Summerhill road, Spotswood , NJ 08884 from 9:30 to 1:30am. www.myspace.com/crossfirerocknblues

FILTHY RICH AND THE POOR BOYS
INTERNATIONAL SILVER STRING SUBMARINE BLUES BAND will be at Harpoon Willys, 2655 River Rd. , Manasquan , NJ 08736 . 9:30 start. 732-223-8880 www.harpoonwillys.com

Sat, 11/6
KATO is at the Top Diner Lounge, 1019 Union Blvd., Allentown, PA, 610-432-9821. 10pm start. www.katoduo.com

LOST IN PLACE is at Maestro206 in Hillsborough - about 2-3 miles south of the Somerville Circle right on Rt 206 - new room and we're the 1st band in there. Let's show them this is another good room for live music!

The MACE GILL BAND is at De Cicco's Bar, 10 Anderson St. , Raritan , NJ . 9:30 start.

The AFTERPARTY BAND is at Pavinci’s Bar & Grill, 453 River Styx Road , Hopatcong , NJ 07843 . 10pm start.

THE DAVE AND KEVIN DUO will be performing at Luigi’s

Rancho Restaurant from 6:30-10:00pm, 480 Rt. 46, Belvidere , NJ 908-475-4462.

Fri, 11/12
DAVE READ will be performing Solo with guest student musicians (Check out Eric and Brent Meyer!) at The Redwolf Inn from 8pm-12am; 130 County Road 519 Belvidere, NJ. Call for reservations 908-475-4772.

Sat, 11/13
TOO STUPID TO QUIT is at Pavinci’s on Lake Hopatcong on River Styx Road, from 9:30-1:30 They be jammin’. I’ll see you there!

LOST IN PLACE is at the Top of the World restaurant in Saw Creek in Bushkill, PA.


Wed, 11/24
The DAVE READ BAND will be performing at J.P. Kelly’s Eatery from 9:00pm-1:00am, 38 Hope Road Great Meadows, N.J. 908-637-0337

Sat, 11/27
DAVE READ will be performing solo at the Mediterranean Bistro and Cocktail Lounge from 7:00-10:00pm, 301 Washington Avenue Washington , NJ . Call for

reservations 908-689-5107. http://www.gigmasters.com/Guitar/DaveRead/

http://www.daveread.com



Section 3: ----------------------------JAMS!!!----------------------------

IN NJ:

NEW NJ Jam on Tuesday nights: Join your Hosts Todd Wolfe & Rob Fraser for open Blues `N' Rock Jams

Tuesday Nights in November at Larry Holmes Ringside Lounge, November 16 - 23 - 30 8PM to 11PM! 91 Larry Holmes Drive #100 , Easton , PA 610-250-0202 Todd Wolfe - Guitar, Rob Fraser - Bass and guest drummer every week! Come on out ... bring your guitars and sticks ... drums and amplifiers provided! Don't play an instrument? That's OK, come out for the hang!

TUESDAY NIGHTS: Peter Prasa hosts McCarthys TuesNightMusicClub, 600 East Main Street , Bridgewater , NJ . 8:30- 12. www.mccarthysnj.com/

NJ Jam EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT: LENNY’S NIGHT OUT at KC’s Korner, 100 Oak Tree Road , South Plainfield , NJ , from 8 – 12. 21 and older only! Starting Wednesday, August 25th 2010 and every Wednesday there after LNO will be collecting non perishable food and supplies for.. M.C.F.O.O.D.S.... Each Wednesday we will have 2 bins out at Lenny's Night Out. If you would like to help out just bring a can of vegetables or soup...or a box of mac and cheese or cereal ... We will then pass it on to the local county food banks which are in desperate need of supplies. Visit http://www.myspace.com/lnoopenmic for directions. They supply everything you'll need. Full back line, Drums, Keys, mics, etc.

Bernie’s Hillside Inn: Every Wednesday is OPEN MIC NIGHT...(9pm)hosted by Jay from C.B. Radio. Hillside Rd & Oakdale Rd , Chester , NJ 07930 . 908-879-7120. http://www.bernieshillside.com/

Karaoke Every Thursday With CATHY 9:00 - 1:00! At The Landslide Saloon 1090 State Route 173, Asbury , NJ 08802-1125 . (908) 735-6919 www.landslidesaloon.com


IN PA:

JAM IN ALLENTOWN , PA : Hey y'all ... Thursday nights at the Pig Pen - 8'ish to 11'ish! Great place to jam, full stage with P.A. and lights so come on out in August! Todd Wolfe & Rob Fraser and guest drummers every week. www.pigpensportsbar.com

Also on Thursdays: Weekly Blues Jam from 6-9 @ Pitchers - 570 Union Blvd Allentown - 610-841-4001. Hosted by BC Combo! Outside, weather permitting - food and drink specials - bring your instrument and sign in!

This week's Line up: Bev Conklin; vocals, Wayne Smith; guitar, Nick Franclik; bass, Gary Rissmiller; drums

WEDNESDAYS: jam in PA: Rob Fraser & Todd Wolfe hosting "open blues 'n' rock jam with a guest drummer each week at the Raven's Nest, 625 Old Bethlehem Road , Quakertown , PA. (215)536-5369 www.ravensnests.com

JAM IN PERKASIE , PA on THURSDAY NIGHTS: open mic from 8-12 at Hawkeye's Country Tavern 1100 Route 113 ( Souderton Rd ), Perkasie , PA 18944 (215) 258-1300. Hosted by Thom Palmer and James Supra. www.hawkeyescountrytavern.com

PA Jam EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT: Our friend ROMAN hosts an open mic jam at Grumpy’s BBQ from 9 to 12ish – 3000 Mauch Chunk Road , Mechanicsville , PA. 610-769-4600 http://grumpysbbq.net/ More info at http://www.romanmusic.net/news.php Take Rt. 22W to the Allentown 15th Street exit and go North 3 miles. The club is on the left. Rock, jazz, blues, it’ll all be there. Say Hi to Roman for me. I miss playing with him.



SECTION 4: Here’s your playlist of new releases from musicians in the area:



NEW!! My good friend Chip Mergott has just released his new CD, “ Islands ” on Notebook Records. (www.notebookrecords.com) It’s available from Notebook, and also on www.cdbaby.com. He now has 8 CD’s on CD Baby. Folks, this guy is a consummate guitar player, and his work is always impeccably recorded. You owe yourself this one.


Gar Francis backs up his bark with a promising bite with a new production of a single by The EASY OUTS “Come On, Come On” on Bongo Boy Records release date: June 22, 2010. “Come On, Come On” is a collaboration between songwriter/guitarist of the legendary 60’s Garage rock band The Doughboys, engineer and owner of House of Vibes Kurt Reil (Kurt is also drummer/singer and songwriter for the Grip Weeds) and the Jersey Shore rock band The Easy Outs. The new single will be only available by downloading it from CD Baby or iTunes for 99cents! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/EasyOuts1

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/come-on-come-on-single/id379141954

Nancy Coletti’s “Black Coffee”; Music from the Great American Songbook! Contact mamasinger@comcast.net. CDs are $13.00, shipping included. OR, go to www.cdbaby.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/nancycoletti

A Pleasant Symmetry - One Universal Language. Ed Pampani’s first album! Listen to some of the tracks on the new album "One Universal Langauge" By " A Pleasant Symmetry" at http://www.reverbnation.com/apleasantsymmetry

You can purchase this new album for only $4.95 USD as a download at this link:

http://www.darkryders.com/A%20Pleasant%20Symmetry.html. For those of you who prefer to buy a CD, you can make purchases via this link:

http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00Z4SYCQ&pp=1

Please give Ed your support!



NASTY NED'S best blues yet! Please order your ROOTS 52 CD direct from the label online at http://www.americanshowplacemusic.com only $10! Verisign Secure Server! All ROOTS 52 CDs purchased online mail autographed on March 6th!!


BOB LANZA’s “Things Ain’t So Bad”, and it ain’t!!! Killer blues from a killer bluesman. It’s available on CD baby, or go to http://www.myspace.com/boblanzabluesband.

TODD WOLFE’s new CD “Stripped Down at Bang Palace ” was just released on November 10th. I guarantee that it’s worth buying! You can get it at http://www.amazon.com/Stripped-Down-at-Bang-Palace/dp/B002S395IK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258837775&sr=1-1 ---or at ---

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8012399

---or at ---

http://www.toddwolfe.com/albums.php



SECTION 5: -------------------------------NOTES!!!---------------------------

If you have any trouble reading this thing, just go to http://jamogigcentral.blogspot.com/, and it will all be there. Marisa Chiara does that for me, and I really appreciate her help. If you meet her at one of our gigs, be sure to say Hi…

A message from Lenny Depiano: “OK, so some of you have been asking us about the LNO change...here it is..... After almost 5 years at KCs Korner LNO is closing the curtain. The open jam as we've known it is changing gears. Starting November 3rd LNO Open Mic becomes Acoustic LNO featuring Lenny D and a guest acoustic performer each week. This will no longer be an open jam night. It will be more of an intimate evening with Lenny and friends. It's still called Lenny's Night Out but we're just putting off the open jam part till we find a new home for it.

LNO has been looking for a new home for the open jam for a while now. KCs was great and still is but the open jam was getting a bit played out at that venue....Like in all aspects of life ... Change is good ..... Like we said Lenny will still be performing at KCs on Wednesday nights from 8 till 12 ... This time we will be having drink specials all night and different players every week so as not to burn out on the same sets each week .. Every week will be a different adventure. A different sound .... From classic rock to cool blues to rock n roll.... Lenny says "Its going to be a lot fun .. I'm really looking forward to working with all the different musicians" " I'll miss the open jam of course but it'll be back before ya know it.....In a new room and a new area"

There will be more about it coming at you in a week or so ... We'll have a line up of musicians and guests to announce. Stick with us here on Reverb Nation by becoming a fan and you'll get all the news as it happens. We want to thank everyone who made LNO what it is for the last 5 years ...There are way too many to list but you all know who you are .. Thanks for making the last 5 years the best of the best. Stay tuned!

CAN’T STOP NOW still needs your votes: Please go http://www.cantstopnow.com/, click on the “Vote” image, then on the “Enter and Vote” image. That’s all it takes to help the band out!!!


PR EDIT: THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE NEWSLETTER! PAY ATTENTION!!

And Now For the “Love Letter To Bar Owners”:

Dear Bar Owner,

As musicians who get all the glory, we feel it’s time to thank those whom we rely upon for the opportunity to showcase our talent and express our creative faculty to the local community.

Because as everyone knows, musicians don't really need the money. We do it all for beer and sex. We're artists. We have no time for such trivialities as kids, mortgages, or car payments.

Some of the things we love:

When you send us home early and pro-rate our pay for the night when it's slow. This gives us a special thrill, since we know that you'll one day give us a big bonus when it's packed. Plus, by leaving early, we can now go watch our friends play at real bars and spend our night's wages.

When trying to book dates, we love when you ask us if we're “free on “the 17th.” Sure, let us check our f...ing calendar. Yeah, we're open that night. Oh…you meant of November. Of this year?

We also love when you say, “Well, we might be doing something next month for Thursdays.” Yeah, we might also be doing something next month. Foreclosing.

One of our fave questions is, “Do you have a following?” Of course we do! We firmly believe club owners shouldn't have to concern themselves with such banalities as advertising. Or promotions. Or drink specials. The responsibility for attracting customers must fall solely with the band. We have no doubt whatsoever the people who saw us regularly at that bar in PA will charter a bus and trek out to NJ to hear us play Smoke on the Water. Put your minds at rest, o’ troubled bar proprietors.


Just a few of the things we'd like to thank you for:

For canceling us forty minutes prior to our arrival at your bar, because as everyone knows, babysitters are free, and frankly, we have nothing better to do on a Saturday night.

For replacing our four-piece band with the clove cigarette-smoking guy and his $129 Fender acoustic guitar, paisley button-down shirt and soul patch. There’s a reason he works for a hundred bucks.

For paying the exact same wage for a band that you paid in 1986. So now we have to work six jobs a week instead of four to make a living.

Thanks for not cashing your own checks. We realize how this complicates your accountant's life, and his happiness is all that matters.

And for having the house music set to the local oldies radio station, we salute you. We love following "Unchained Melody" with "Rock the Casbah."

For not having a stage. It’s a real treat to stand on your wing sauce-saturated carpet. And being on the same level as your patrons makes it much easier for drunken assholes to approach us and fall into our equipment while spewing a three-foot stream of vomit onto the drum kit. Thank you.

Thanks for the track lighting above the stage. Makes us feel like rock stars. Especially when they're colored.

Also, thanks for the break on food and drinks. Fifty percent (or nothing) is such a gift. It’s our distinct pleasure to shell out $3.25 for a shot of Jack that costs you twenty-two cents. Grazie. Merci. Domo. Danke.

Thanks for hiring the three laid-off bus mechanics who threw a band together after the economy shit the bed and will now play for $75 a man. Enjoy their ripping 11-minute rendition of “Cocaine,” complete with 64-bar bass solo and fudged lyrics.

Thanks for canceling us on a Thursday night for the Browns-Lions game on NFL Network.

Thanks for putting TVs directly over our heads, so people can watch “World’s Scariest Videos” while we play. It’s always a thrill to hear such expletives as “WHOA!”, “HOLY SHIT!” while navigating the soliloquy from “Nights in White Satin.”

And let us not forget the bartenders, who listen to us all night without once clapping (if for no other reason than to induce the comatose people at the bar to clap).

And thanks so much for cutting off the jukebox 10 seconds into "Sweet Home Alabama," so that we can hear that collective "AWWWWWW...." from the audience as we hit the stage. Most inspiring.

Thanks for waiting until you've served all drinks, lit every cigarette, wiped off the bar, stocked the coolers and done your side work before moping toward the cash register with the quickness of a tai chi instructor to give us our meager salary while muttering, “They make as much as me, and only worked four f...in’ hours.”
Yes, it’s a travesty, but most high-level universities no longer give out bartending scholarships. And please note that it took us slightly longer to learn our instrument than it took for you to make it through Billy Bob’s Bartending School , not to mention the four extra hours it took to load up, in, and out. And we doubt seriously that you sit at home practicing bartending in your spare time. So thanks for handing over the dough and shutting the f... up.- - - - -

PR Team Edit: Well, that was fun!

SECTION 6: My personal schedule for the next little while. I’m taking some time off to go see you guys for a change!! There are more changes to come, I’m sure.

November:
Sat, 11/5: Midtown Tavern with the Carl Van Camp Band**

Sat, 11/13: Pavinci’s with Too Stupid To Quit**

December:
Fri & Sat, 11/3 & 11/4: Landslide Saloon, with the Tracy Lee Band**

January:
Sat, 1/29: The ICC Club in Bethlehem , PA with the Bill Kutzman Band**


Thanks for listening, folks!

JAMO
http://www.reverbnation.com/jamodrummer
www.myspace.com/jamodrummer


UPCOMING SHOW:
Midtown Tavern Alpha, NJ Fri Nov 05 10 08:00 PM
Pavinci's Lake Hopatcong, NJ Sat Nov 13 10 08:00 PM
Landslide Saloon Asbury, NJ Fri Dec 03 10 08:00 PM