And for fun, another live clip from Yoshis in SF…

The Kandinsky Effect – New Album Promo from Gian de Feo on Vimeo.

There is a filmmaker lurking within the musical vision of Daniel Rosenboom. It’s no coincidence that Rosenboom’s newest album, Fallen Angeles, is named after Los Angeles. After all, what city is more attached to the cinematic world than Hollywood, L.A.’s famous district? But the L.A. that Rosenboom sees isn’t the sunlit, starry-struck paradise of people’s imaginations. Rather, it’s the darker side of L.A., an enigmatic town of broken souls, punctured dreams, and buried secrets. In other words, it’s the L.A. that has fueled countless pulp fiction, and Rosenboom illustrates every sordid mile of it with the shadowy presence of his trumpet.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=90166

The Los Angeles that Daniel Rosenboom illustrates on his latest album, Fallen Angeles, is a ghost. They’re portraits in spectral black and white, a collection of film noir images that unreel with barely contained vigor and explosive imagination.

There’s a lot to absorb here, both sonically and intellectually. Rosenboom is uncompromising in his artistic vision, refusing to settle for commercial accessibility. But the payoff is there on a creative level as Rosenboom has composed a record that challenges and thrills the senses, earning a significantly longer shelf life…

Click the link for more
http://www.jazzcorner.com/news/display.php?news=2376

Here is a quick update: I’ve been on the road for almost the last two months…. On August 23, 2011, I caught a plane to Paris, FR where I joined the Kandinsky Effect for a week of rehearsals… covering mostly new material that will end up on the new record. After that week, we traveled to Reykjavik Iceland… to perform at the annual Reykjavik jazz festival, and record the record at Syrland Studios.

And then from Sep 28 through Oct 22 was a long and extensive US/Canada tour

Super fun, but stoked to be home and sleeping

Links of interest:

http://www.facebook.com/TheKandinskyEffect

http://www.thekandinskyeffect.com/

Sam Minaie, James Hoover, Caleb Dolister – Free Improv

Alex posted videos from his Senior Guitar Recital, March 28, 2011… Fun stuff

Hey folks… It’s been 2 1/2 years since I started working on the second Daily Thumbprint Collection record and the project is getting close.

We’re looking at an album with about 20-25 musicians from across the country on it… including some of my good friends from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Reno, Nashville, and New York.

I look forward to being able to share some music with everyone soon.

Dan’s trumpet mute belt was really the highlight of the show.

I had a blast covering for the awesome John Hall in Frendo…

My first solo-album is finally out. You can find it on iTunes, emusic, napster, aimestreet, etc… It’s taken me 5 years to get this damn thing out, and I would really appreciate some listens, comments, and purchases. Don’t try to buy one from me in person… chances are I’ll just give you one… but you can pick them up without my awareness at cdbaby.com or at live shows (I have them for sale at most shows).

The project is named “Daily Thumbprint Collection” and is entirely a solo-creation (except for appreciated contributions from Sam Minaie and Gavin Templeton on the first track). I wrote it, performed it, recorded it, mixed it, mastered it, and did the artwork and package design. I’m damn proud of it too, so please check it out!

More information or links to buy the album can be found at SNP Records

This is from the SNP Records website:

Daily Thumbprint Collection is a solo album by drummer Caleb Dolister. The album consists of several songs that have been worked, reworked, and then reworked again – some taking as long as 5 years. The initial sound is similar to that of a Downtempo, NuJazz, or Instrumental Indi-Rock album. It seems to be electronic-sounding, containing many ambient background sounds and fluid melodic synth-bass lines. But very quickly, the music starts becoming too unpredictable to be just another mix or loop based album… Many albums in the semi-electronic genre consist of live instruments played with sampled drum samples or loops. This album is the opposite: live drums. Approaching the album in this way seems to have given Caleb Dolister’s solo project a unique sense of life. It’s not just an electronic solo album – the life in the rhythms give it the energy of a rock album. For the listener – it presents itself very much like a personal soundtrack, but will surprise you with ferocious percussive energy and performance throughout.

So apparantly I am far behind in maintaining my website. I’ve been playing with Sol’Jibe (www.soljibe.com) since last September. The experience has been time consuming but well worth it. So far we have toured extensively and have been in several states: California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Baja California (Mexico).

I’ve got a bunch of pictures, but just lost my camera.
I’ve got a bunch of stories, but don’t feel like writing it all down.
I’ve made a ton of new friends, but have forgotten many names…
I’ve gotten to travel around and play music, but I’ve forgotten what color the outside of my house is….
That sort of wraps it up eh?

In other news, SNP Records released a few albums:

Cranium: Phantasmagoria (June 7th)
Axis Trio: The Hand (June 19th)
Daily Thumbprint Collection (my solo album – June 28th)

I spent the earlier part of the day swapping CD’s with Darren. I ended up leaving Co. around 5pm. East Colorado and all of Kansas really don’t have too much in them. I spent the night in Hayes Kansas. The following day I drove 650 miles. I passed through Kansas City, which is kinda cool looking. Then I passed through St. Louis which is cooler looking.

I did take a video while driving past the Arch. Cool stuff. I decided it was time to stop when I saw an exploded car on the side of the road. I spent the night at Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Uneventful. The following day I drove through Kentucky, then into Tennessee and finally arrived at my new home.

Went to the ‘Taste of Denver’ festival. Very cool. I got the opportunity to see the DKO project lead by Darren Kramer. Good band, you can check them out here. Oddly enough, the sax player in this band is the very same person that introduced my parents to each other in Jackson Hole, Wyoming back in the mid-70′s. This was a very crazy, random, small world situation for me. Later that night I was able to sit in with Darren in a Salsa group. It was a great night…

It’s been over 5 months since the last update. One of my new favorite words is skindawg – used to describe only the best of mullets… often found in the woods near the Tennessee / Kentucky border.

I’ve been working on SNP Records. SNP is focused on making records happen. It’s simple. I don’t need to explain too much here, because you can check out snprecords.com

The Sonic Nation
The Electrosonics have reformed under the a new name, The Sonic Nation. We recorded an album and a live show on March 30th, 2007 in Reno at The Green Room. Our first record under the new name is available on August 9th. It is already available for download though – click the cd cover below to download the CD.

We will be doing several shows to support the new album on SNP Records – and hopefully make back our money (please buy it!)

• August 9th – The Sonic Nation w/Purdee Lane @ The Blue Lap – Sacramento, CA
• August 10th – The Sonic Nation @ The Green Room – Reno, NV
• August 11th – The Sonic Nation @ Lost on Main – Chico, CA

Stay in touch at www.thesonicnation.com and say hello at mpspace.com/thesonicnation

The Jimdangles
The Jimdangles, also on SNP Records, are releasing a self-titled CD as well. You can download this album by clicking the cd cover.

We are going to be touring through California, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Fresno, San Louis Obispo, Truckee, Idyllwild, and Reno, Nevada to support this album. Visit http://www.thejimdangles.com for more information on the band, and for current dates and schedules, please visit http://www.myspace.com/thejimdangles

The Mechanical Birds
The Mechanical Birds is a new electronica-rock band in Nashville with:

• Melissa Mathes (vocals)
• Michael Dukes (guitar)
• Jen Stone (keys & BGVs)
• Brad Barrett (bass)
• Caleb Dolister (drums)

Mechanical Birds the record includes Melissa Mathes (featured vocalist) and writers/prodcucers Michael Dukes & Uli Reese. Our first show as a band is Tonight at The Basement in Nashville, TN. We have another show scheduled on Aug 6th at The Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN. For more information on the band, visit www.mechanicalbirds.com or become our friends at http://www.myspace.com/mech_bird

The Captain Midnight Band
Alright, everyone’s favorite Star Wars / Disco / Southern Rock / Jam Band is recording a new album. I’m playing my parts down first, and then the band will be spending the next few months in the studio putting their face-melting skills to the test. We have a gig before the recording on August 3rd in Knoxville, TN at Patrick Sullivan’s – 10:00pm. www.thecaptainmidnightband.com and myspace.com/thecaptainmidnightband

Laura A & The Bad Grades
Laura is putting out an EP soon with Artwork by Cherie Langford. The album is produced by Andy Elis, known for killin the baritone guitar in Nashville, and for much much more.

Soljibe
Cody is headin’ to CalArts in the fall and I am one of the players lucky enough to get a call to work with these guys while he is at school. I’ll have the schedule for this on my myspace page. If you can, be sure to check us out at The Pirate Festival in Portland Oregon!

Wow. Well, this certainly is a way for me to relive almost every moment from last year. Thanks a lot Mr. Calendar. To put this into perspective: I’ve been counting my gigs for the last several years or so… Two years ago, I read an interview about Santana where he commented about playing over 200 gigs in a year. At that time, I was playing about 130-150 gigs in the Reno & Tahoe Area. I set a goal to play at least 200 gigs. In 2005, I managed to play 204 gigs – without touring at all… So in 2006, it looks like I’ve dropped my gig count. It looks like I have a new goal to beat for 2007… although it’s going to be hard now that I am far away from as many opportunities. Maybe 2008?

Let’s see. I’m writing this from the back of a van (not by the river) while on a short road-trip with Captain Midnight Band. We are on our way back to Nashville TN from playing 4 dates around the south. We rocked the hell out of “The Two Stick” in Oxford MS, “Martins” in Jackson MS, “Chelsea’s” in Baton Rouge LA, and “The Maple Leaf ” in New Orleans LA. I am very much in love with NOLA after this trip – even with half of the city still showing huge battle wounds from the Katrina disaster. Oh yeah, I met some tight peeps too… somehow I managed to find myself wandering around the streets of New Orleans at about 8:00 in the morning…. lucky for me, I stumbled back on the van and was able to crash out in a chair for a few hours before getting in the car… oh yeah, I’ll post photos as soon as my camera get’s mailed back to me… hahahaha. Additionally, I am getting a southern style nickname… people have started to call me toothpick (because I often have a toothpick hanging from my grill….). Just a warning….

A recount from the last few months: November was a mild month. I did a couple odd gigs, found a studio space to rent. December brought me back to Tahoe again for gigs over the holidays. The Reno music scene welcomed the reunion of several musicians that had left. Medulla Oblongata Ensemble, Operation Panda, and The Electrosonics all performed. The Electrosonics killed it at the Green Room on New Years Eve to several hundred people. I’ll have videos up from this trip shortly.

Plans for the future: get my recording setup going strong, start making some money by recording demo’s for people, do some quick road trips with the Worsties, get some more electrosonics action going… etc.

There are some good things going on that are worth mentioning. I recently made a trip back to Reno for a recording session with the JimDangles. We recorded at Bay studios in Berkeley, CA. Great engineer, great recording. We are still sorting through the good takes to decide which ones make the album. There is a new photo blog from the entire trip. Included in this new blog are photos of Reno, The Studio, The Jim Dangles, Landscape shots taken from the window of an airplane, and some photos of good ol’ Nashville.

As far as music in Nashville is concerned, I am performing with a band named The Worsties. We’ll be playing a show at the Nashville Scene Music Festival 2 on Friday, November 3rd. This is actually a great group – and I think we are going to put on a good show…

Oh yeah, and my Canadian roommate just recently received his drivers license in the mail from Quebec. His ID has “Female” marked down for his gender. Classic…. hahaha. He has been experiencing a mild case of gender crisis, and now sometimes answers to the name Danielle. I have done my best to inform him that he does not look like a good chick to know… he is determined though to figure this whole thing out.

This may not be that interesting to that many people, but I finally cleaned my room. Haha, ok, but in the process of doing so, I have discovered that I am having trouble listening and enjoying any of the songs I’ve written in the last several years. I don’t think it is because I don’t like them, or don’t like the mixes, or sometimes – the bad writing; I think it is because each song now has become a representation of certain events. I’m not trying to convey that the material makes me nostalgic, but I think it grinds against the “moving ahead” mentality that has brought me to my current location. I’ll be interested to see how this emotional detachment develops.