Hello people and welcome to the last blog installment for 2010. And what a great year it has been! With the completion of Saturday’s show up to the Central Hotel, the Short Change Band once again played over 80 shows for the 2010 season. (Pretty amazing huh?) We owe it all to you - the people who come out each week to party with us and support us. We thank you.
Also in 2010 we managed to release two new pieces of music as well. "The Full Circle" CD and now the compilation CD titled "5 years of Change”. Appropriately titled huh? And, as we end out the 2010 year we continue to work on our newest piece of music called "Back to Basics"…
So now that you're all amazed at our accomplishments for the year, we still didn't purchase a tour bus or chart a single yet - but there's always next year! It's what we love and what we do almost every weekend of the year. (Now that's some dedication for ya)
On to the shows, Friday Night at Davy's was a fun night for the band and a decent show. Pak Rat stopped by and picked a bit. The full moon Friday night sent the place off in its own Ore. Crazy people enjoying a crazy night! We'll be back in January.
Saturday night was the first annual Christmas Party at the Central Hotel. If you missed this one - you missed one sweet show, and a perfect ending to a perfect season of music.
The food was once again second to none, people wanted to party and the band was feeling it too.
Special thanks once again to our hosts - Chopper and Bobby for helping to put on a fantastic spread. You the fans for all the great dishes to pass that were brought to the party and not to mention all the of the musical guests of the evening too.
Special Guests included Herbie, Steven B. Cook, Johnny Brown on Keys and Jeff and Patty Moat too. It’s quite a list in all. The Highlight of the show of musical guests in my eyes was Patty's awesome rendition of the Sugarland song "Stuck on You" - Nice job Patty, Jennifer Nettles would be proud of you for sure.
In closing, once again thanks again for a great 2010 and remember to say a pray for all of our service people still in active tours all over the world and also for our departed friends that we also lost in 2010. Their memories will always be with us.
Have a safe and Merry Christmas from the Short Change Band - We will see you again in 2011.
Peace and Love,
Mikee^Dee
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Short Change Band - December, 2010
Greetings people, just two short weeks is all that separates the time before Christmas and the time past it. Another great year has basically come and gone. This week is another quick installment for the blog as we didn't play any shows over the weekend, but that's not to say we weren't busy.
Saturday morning we were at Goble Studio's in Candor NY. We once again continued to work on the "Back to Basic's" CD. And it can now be said that it will contain 11 brand new cuts. The primary tracks are complete and now we await phase two as we enter into the new year. The CD is probably some of our best work to date. KW has written some very sweet tunes for this album, not to mention some of the awesome Bass work DD has put down as well not to mention I even had a couple of good moments here myself. This is our most commercial mainstream stuff to date. There is truly a song for everyone on this album. I will keep you posted.
Saturday night was movie night up to the ranch as we took in a show entitled “Caveman” with none other than Ringo Starr from the Beatles as the lead role along with John Cossack, and Barbara Bock.
Alright, so it took me about twenty years to catch up, but I did. The Barbequed steaks on the grill weren't too shabby either, along with a spot of Jack… priceless evening! Oh, did I mention the spiked hot cider too?
Sunday came and we headed up to the Silo for our 5th annual Band Christmas Brunch. Gary and the crew up there always make us feel right at home and the food is fantastic. As you can see by the picture we got to tell Santa all of our wishes we had for Christmas as well as the bands intentions for 2011. What a great weekend!
So on to this week’s shows:
Friday Night 12/17 is our last show of the year up to Davy's in Chenango Forks. The show starts at 9pm. Come on out to see us one last time at Davy's in 2010.
Saturday Night is the Big Christmas Party at the CENTRAL HOTEL. The show starts at 5pm. If you come, please bring a simple dish to pass. It’s always a lot of fun. Stop and take just a few minutes out of your busy weekend and say hello to your old friends and have a bite to eat too. Not to mention listening to the band. I'm sure if you ask the boys, they will play some of those new album cuts just for you.
Be well, be good and talk at you all real soon.
Peace and Love,
Mikee^^Dee
Saturday morning we were at Goble Studio's in Candor NY. We once again continued to work on the "Back to Basic's" CD. And it can now be said that it will contain 11 brand new cuts. The primary tracks are complete and now we await phase two as we enter into the new year. The CD is probably some of our best work to date. KW has written some very sweet tunes for this album, not to mention some of the awesome Bass work DD has put down as well not to mention I even had a couple of good moments here myself. This is our most commercial mainstream stuff to date. There is truly a song for everyone on this album. I will keep you posted.
Saturday night was movie night up to the ranch as we took in a show entitled “Caveman” with none other than Ringo Starr from the Beatles as the lead role along with John Cossack, and Barbara Bock.
Alright, so it took me about twenty years to catch up, but I did. The Barbequed steaks on the grill weren't too shabby either, along with a spot of Jack… priceless evening! Oh, did I mention the spiked hot cider too?
Sunday came and we headed up to the Silo for our 5th annual Band Christmas Brunch. Gary and the crew up there always make us feel right at home and the food is fantastic. As you can see by the picture we got to tell Santa all of our wishes we had for Christmas as well as the bands intentions for 2011. What a great weekend!
So on to this week’s shows:
Friday Night 12/17 is our last show of the year up to Davy's in Chenango Forks. The show starts at 9pm. Come on out to see us one last time at Davy's in 2010.
Saturday Night is the Big Christmas Party at the CENTRAL HOTEL. The show starts at 5pm. If you come, please bring a simple dish to pass. It’s always a lot of fun. Stop and take just a few minutes out of your busy weekend and say hello to your old friends and have a bite to eat too. Not to mention listening to the band. I'm sure if you ask the boys, they will play some of those new album cuts just for you.
Be well, be good and talk at you all real soon.
Peace and Love,
Mikee^^Dee
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Short Change Band - Mid-December 2010
Greetings all, I hope you all had a fine week last week as I can say we sure did. This endorsement will be a short and sweet one as the last few have been extensive too say the least. (Be positive)
First, as we start to wrap up the 2010 season I'd like to mention what a great ride it has been. Last weekend we tried to cram a month’s worth of shows in a single weekend. KW was ill last week and we had our doubts about how the shows were going to turnout. And once again, everything was good.
We would like to thank DJ at the Hitchin' Post for having us again on Friday night, the Moose Club in Susquehanna for having us Saturday night as we paid a very special homage to Joe Skiba from the Stinky Boys - You will be missed my brother, but “Mustang Sally” will live on. (Ride Sally Ride)
And finally we would like to Thank Annie for having us play Sunday in remembrance of Beannie. It was a tough weekend for a lot of people. Sometimes the holidays are not always merry for all.
On to this weekend, we have no shows scheduled, but we will be back in the recording studio to try and finish up laying down the basic tracks for album number six. {Back to Basics} So far some really good stuff has come out of the last few sessions. Even Dean (the sound engineer) has commented on how much we have grown as musicians. How many other bands in this area have enough material to release a “Greatest Hits” package and then on to the next installment. You can't say that we don't give KW enough shit to right about, as every week with me, Darrell is always a saga in itself. What a blast!
This Sunday is the bands 5th annual Christmas Brunch, just like a family we are.....
So in closing (see I kept it short and sweet) Make sure you wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to D.D. as he too now enters cycle three of life.
Peace and love (and like it's three weeks till Christmas)so grin and bear it – “Get ‘r Done”,
Mikee^Dee
First, as we start to wrap up the 2010 season I'd like to mention what a great ride it has been. Last weekend we tried to cram a month’s worth of shows in a single weekend. KW was ill last week and we had our doubts about how the shows were going to turnout. And once again, everything was good.
We would like to thank DJ at the Hitchin' Post for having us again on Friday night, the Moose Club in Susquehanna for having us Saturday night as we paid a very special homage to Joe Skiba from the Stinky Boys - You will be missed my brother, but “Mustang Sally” will live on. (Ride Sally Ride)
And finally we would like to Thank Annie for having us play Sunday in remembrance of Beannie. It was a tough weekend for a lot of people. Sometimes the holidays are not always merry for all.
On to this weekend, we have no shows scheduled, but we will be back in the recording studio to try and finish up laying down the basic tracks for album number six. {Back to Basics} So far some really good stuff has come out of the last few sessions. Even Dean (the sound engineer) has commented on how much we have grown as musicians. How many other bands in this area have enough material to release a “Greatest Hits” package and then on to the next installment. You can't say that we don't give KW enough shit to right about, as every week with me, Darrell is always a saga in itself. What a blast!
This Sunday is the bands 5th annual Christmas Brunch, just like a family we are.....
So in closing (see I kept it short and sweet) Make sure you wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to D.D. as he too now enters cycle three of life.
Peace and love (and like it's three weeks till Christmas)so grin and bear it – “Get ‘r Done”,
Mikee^Dee
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