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Jeez, I thought I was the youngest here at 22. I'll feel old this
January when I turn 23. It sure is tough going through school and
trying to be in a serious band. My dad died when I was 19, so that
screwed me up at school, so I still have a bit more to go. But, our
drummer just finished, and is still in that phase where he's looking
for work. Man, let me tell you he has more time than an a retired
person. Unless your going to grad school or going straight into the
work force look foward to your first few post college years, all this
guy does is practice drums.
Jacob, I'm looking foward to hearing some of your stuff. How many
pieces is your band?
Bill
www.freewebs.com/reluctantaquanauts
--- In , "Eric Hutchinson"
<surfinseattle@h...> wrote:
> Hey cool im 23 myself and graduated from UW last year but still
going to
> school and living in seattle. Ive been into surf for about 9 years
but
> haven't really found anyone else who has been interested in
starting any
> bands at least at my age, so i'm kind of the outcast. Anyway, a
lot of the
> bands that I knew from seattle have broken up like King of Hawaii,
Johnny
> Astro, the mercury four, plank, the manatees, etc... some of the
members
> still play but not so much in surf bands ie; thee space needles.
Django
> twango is a band formed by some previous seattle surf bands i can't
remember
> which, i haven't heard them live so I don't know what to say, they
do have a
> website though www.djangotwango. I like to hear some of your
stuff, do you
> have a site or any downloadable material?
>
> Eric
>
> Surf in Seattle?
>
>
>
>
> >From: "jacobdobner" <jacobdobner@y...>
> >Reply-To:
> >To:
> >Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: The best lounge surf band?
> >Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:44:02 -0000
> >
> >
> > > Surf in Seattle?
> >
> >I am from Seattle as well. My friends and I are currently
rehearsing
> >to start playing live and records a demo/album. We have 14
originals
> >right now. We are all in college so it is slowing down are practice
> >schedule. We all live in Bothell actually but two of us go to UW.
We
> >are looking to get some shows. I don't really know the Seattle surf
> >scene. We are going to be playing with some friends "hardcore" band
> >and punk bands. Yuck. But we need shows. We are young, all 20 I
turn
> >21 soon but the rest don't turn 21 for a year, so we can't play
bars
> >yet. If you know anything of the surf scene in Seattle please let
me
> >know. We have a modern/trad sound. Morricone was a big influence
when
> >we started the band. The guitarist is really good for his age. He
is a
> >music major at UW and just know how to write a great melody or
cool riffs.
> >
> >
> >
>
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You are from the Reluctant Aquanauts? If so, your drummer is terrific.
And you are the guy from Gretsch Pages? Our band if four pieces. Two
guitars not two basses or two drums. Are name is officially The 'Verb
as of last night. The other guitarist is getting me a CD tonight so I
can upload some songs. I will try to find a site I can upload some
music for people to hear. The demos are nothing special in the way of
sound but you can get an idea. We are planning a website. I want to
make it informative about surf and our gear for the non-surf people I
send the address to. I am really excited about getting shows in the
next month or two. We are ready to go by February. We decided that we
are going to wear black suits with black ties. Reservoir Dogs type
thing. I haven't seen it done in surf music yet. Maybe except the
Troubadors. But there are a lot of clever bands who have some great
things to wear on stage. The Aquanauts look real cool on stage as do
the Nebulas.
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> Jeez, I thought I was the youngest here at 22. I'll feel old this
> January when I turn 23. It sure is tough going through school and
> trying to be in a serious band. My dad died when I was 19, so that
> screwed me up at school, so I still have a bit more to go. But, our
> drummer just finished, and is still in that phase where he's looking
> for work. Man, let me tell you he has more time than an a retired
> person. Unless your going to grad school or going straight into the
> work force look foward to your first few post college years, all this
> guy does is practice drums.
>
> Jacob, I'm looking foward to hearing some of your stuff. How many
> pieces is your band?
Hey Jacob -
Yeah I'm from the Reluctant Aquanauts.
Thanks for the compliments on our drummer Alex. I feel honored just
to play with the guy and it's too bad not many people know of him in
the surf genre, because if they did he would be considered one of the
top. Hopefully, we can keep him on board for awhile.
Set up a freewebs site for the time being it's fairly easy, you can
also put your sound files on it. www.freewebs.com
Like I said we are looking foward to hearing from another younger
surf band. You guys are lucky you've found a 2nd guitarist, it's
really tough finding 4 guys in their early 20s who are all into this
stuff. So best of luck to you guys!
BTW We did the black dress shirts w/ black skinny ties when we
started. Then I struck gold in form of vintage cardigan sweaters
haha.
Bill
--- In , "jacobdobner"
<jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
>
> You are from the Reluctant Aquanauts? If so, your drummer is
terrific.
> And you are the guy from Gretsch Pages? Our band if four pieces. Two
> guitars not two basses or two drums. Are name is officially
The 'Verb
> as of last night. The other guitarist is getting me a CD tonight so
I
> can upload some songs. I will try to find a site I can upload some
> music for people to hear. The demos are nothing special in the way
of
> sound but you can get an idea. We are planning a website. I want to
> make it informative about surf and our gear for the non-surf people
I
> send the address to. I am really excited about getting shows in the
> next month or two. We are ready to go by February. We decided that
we
> are going to wear black suits with black ties. Reservoir Dogs type
> thing. I haven't seen it done in surf music yet. Maybe except the
> Troubadors. But there are a lot of clever bands who have some great
> things to wear on stage. The Aquanauts look real cool on stage as do
> the Nebulas.
>
> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Jeez, I thought I was the youngest here at 22. I'll feel old
this
> > January when I turn 23. It sure is tough going through school
and
> > trying to be in a serious band. My dad died when I was 19, so
that
> > screwed me up at school, so I still have a bit more to go. But,
our
> > drummer just finished, and is still in that phase where he's
looking
> > for work. Man, let me tell you he has more time than an a
retired
> > person. Unless your going to grad school or going straight into
the
> > work force look foward to your first few post college years, all
this
> > guy does is practice drums.
> >
> > Jacob, I'm looking foward to hearing some of your stuff. How
many
> > pieces is your band?
Thanks for the Freewebs heads up. I really enjoy having the second
guitar. My friend is main lead. Having rhythm underneath really adds
to the sound. It has led us to a Space Cossacks sound.
