Mike and Wendy visit the Rock Band Creators Workshop at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago.
Will you be able to play some Sunspot on your Xbox soon? Watch the video to find out!
SD version here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspotrm143sd-2215237.mov
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 142
Rock show and dance party at Victory Lane in Merrill!
SD version here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_142_sd.m4v
SD version here: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_142_sd.m4v
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 141
Sunspot fights the good fight in Waukesha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0veq3diIo
Download the SD version here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspotrm141-2163861.mov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0veq3diIo
Download the SD version here: http://sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspotrm141-2163861.mov
Monday, September 13, 2010
You don't know how many times I wanted to do this
Yesterday, a Madison street musician slams a critic over the head with his guitar. I don't know if I've ever seen or met him, but they call him "Bongo Jesus" and he damn near broke the guy's hip (the critic was 54 years old but Bongo Jesus is only 31, so I don't know if it's really a fair fight.) Our hand-drumming savior must've had some kind of bad day...
But making music is a very personal thing and artists can be extremely sensitive, musicians more than most. It's like when Jared Leto tried to strangle Frodo because the little man said he didn't like 30 Seconds To Mars. There's something particularly vulnerable about writing songs versus something like acting. You're not playing a character, you're playing yourself (even if you are a character.) When non-artists decide to say something stupid to you, sometimes you want to murder them. Example of stupid?
IDIOT: "I want to hear 'If Everyone Cared'!!"
ME: "I'm sorry, I'm not sure what song you're talking about."
IDIOT: "Oh man, it's Nickelback, it's so sweet. (Disgustingly enthusiastic) It rocks!"
ME: "Cool. (Trying my absolute best not to be sarcastic) I bet it's a great song. But we don't know it."
IDIOT: "Yeah, you do. It goes like this! (Proceeds to sing something incomprehensible)"
ME: "No, I haven't heard it, but we'll have to check it out. Thanks."
IDIOT: "Come on, you're a guitar player, can't you just figure it out? It just goes like this (Once again sings something incomprehensible)"
ME: "No, I'm afraid it doesn't work like that, sorry."
IDIOT: "Yeah, it does. C'mon, you got to play it. It's really easy, just figure it out. C'mon, man, you gotta do..."
ME: PUNCH
I've never actually smacked someone at a Sunspot show in the real world, just in my mind world. I had to kick a guy in the chest once when he grabbed my microphone stand and almost knocked out my teeth, but that goes without saying. To actually hitting a guy for not liking your music- that's ballsy, my bongo-playing friend, that's ballsy. That's the next step I've never taken. It's kind of a butthole move, but secretly, you're a little bit of a hero to anyone that's ever had to deal with harsh criticism of something that they worked and slaved over and it means everything to them.
I get that Bongo Jesus might have just been all messed at the time and was screaming at the top of his lungs being a nuisance, but let's pretend just for now that the critic deserved it. It makes the musician in me feel better.
But making music is a very personal thing and artists can be extremely sensitive, musicians more than most. It's like when Jared Leto tried to strangle Frodo because the little man said he didn't like 30 Seconds To Mars. There's something particularly vulnerable about writing songs versus something like acting. You're not playing a character, you're playing yourself (even if you are a character.) When non-artists decide to say something stupid to you, sometimes you want to murder them. Example of stupid?
IDIOT: "I want to hear 'If Everyone Cared'!!"
ME: "I'm sorry, I'm not sure what song you're talking about."
IDIOT: "Oh man, it's Nickelback, it's so sweet. (Disgustingly enthusiastic) It rocks!"
ME: "Cool. (Trying my absolute best not to be sarcastic) I bet it's a great song. But we don't know it."
IDIOT: "Yeah, you do. It goes like this! (Proceeds to sing something incomprehensible)"
ME: "No, I haven't heard it, but we'll have to check it out. Thanks."
IDIOT: "Come on, you're a guitar player, can't you just figure it out? It just goes like this (Once again sings something incomprehensible)"
ME: "No, I'm afraid it doesn't work like that, sorry."
IDIOT: "Yeah, it does. C'mon, you got to play it. It's really easy, just figure it out. C'mon, man, you gotta do..."
ME: PUNCH
I've never actually smacked someone at a Sunspot show in the real world, just in my mind world. I had to kick a guy in the chest once when he grabbed my microphone stand and almost knocked out my teeth, but that goes without saying. To actually hitting a guy for not liking your music- that's ballsy, my bongo-playing friend, that's ballsy. That's the next step I've never taken. It's kind of a butthole move, but secretly, you're a little bit of a hero to anyone that's ever had to deal with harsh criticism of something that they worked and slaved over and it means everything to them.
I get that Bongo Jesus might have just been all messed at the time and was screaming at the top of his lungs being a nuisance, but let's pretend just for now that the critic deserved it. It makes the musician in me feel better.
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