Dear Indie Rock Musician,

A Letter From the Sound Crew 

Dear Indie Rock Musician,

It has come to our attention that we will be working your show at our venue.  This letter is to identify the  preparations we have made, in order to minimize any responsibilities on your part.

Victor Wooten To Vermont Bass Players: Take Better Notes, Bathe.

Last Sunday, I, along with some of Vermont's highest profile bass players (which I don't count myself among) attended the Victor Wooten bass clinic held at Daddy's Junky Music in Williston, VT.  Wooten, who was in town for the Flynn Theater show with Bela Fleck and (the original) Flecktones, held the clinic from 1-2pm. While the chance to meet and talk to one of the worlds foremost electric bass players was at hand, the Vermont bass players in attendance also received some assertive and off-the-beaten-path advice.

3.31.2011 Toad The Wet Sprocket at Higher Ground

We saw Toad The Wet Sprocket at Higher Ground last night. It was a great show. The last time they came to Higher Ground was apparently 15 years ago, before they had broken up. The band played a few new unreleased songs, as well as, of course, all of their most popular songs from the 90's. As a 6 piece, the arrangements and overall sound of the songs were pretty much exactly as they are on the albums, with the addition of lap steel and keyboard player Johnny Hawthorne to fill out the sound.

November Guest Receives Airplay on 30 U.S. Radio Stations

This afternoon we were delightfully surprised to receive a report containing 30 RADIO STATIONS across the US who have picked up November Guest this week. Here is the current list of radio stations you can now hear us on:

KAXE (Grand Rapids, MN)

WROQ (Greenville, SC)

KRSC (Claremore, OK)

WKPS (State College, PA)

WKWZ (Syosset, NY)

WMSR (Auburn, AL)

KCLC (St. Charles, MO)

WIZN (Burlington, VT)

WMBR (Cambridge, MA)

WMEB (Orono, ME)

WNCW (Spindale, NC)

WOAS (Ontonagon, MI)

WQAQ (Hamden, CT)

WSUP (Platteville, WI)

WUMD (Dearborn, MI)

CFMU (Hamilton, ON)

KDHX (St. Louis, MO)

KFAN (Fredericksburg, TX)

KOTO (Telluride, CO)

KPUR (Forest Grove, OR)

KSUT (Ignacio, CO)

KUMD (Duluth, MN)

MSPR (Moorehead, KY)

WBZC1 (Atco, NJ)

WJHU (Baltimore, MD)

WMLU (Farmville, VA)

WMNF (Tampa, FL)

WMPG (Portland, ME)

WPMD (Norwalk, CA)

WUTK (Knoxville, TN)

And btw, wow, there's a place called Farmville, VA? I wonder if they'll be sued out of existence by Zynga.

Where's Scott? (My Current Musical Endeavors)

As some may already be aware, my lineup of musical endeavors has changed a little over the last few months. As of November 2010, I am no longer with 80's & 90's group Shakedown (I wish them all the best!)

I have branched out into a variety of other music projects. You can catch my performances with the following groups:

PornFunk - Indie rock band from Randolph, VT

www.pornfunk.com

Longford Row - Traditional Irish Music

www.longfordrow.com

November Guest - Indie rock band from Randolph, VT

www.novemberguest.com

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you will be able to stay apprised of all of my upcoming performance dates.

To start with, I'll be performing at Ri Ra's (Burlington, VT) on New Year's Eve (12/31/2010) from 5-8pm, for First Night. If you stop by that evening, you can catch me playing upright bass with Irish band Longford Row.

Cheers!

Gear review: Fender B-Dec 30 Amplifier

Today I'm going to review my Fender B-Dec 30. This assumes you've already perused the product literature and are already familiar with the features listed. If not, you can check it out on the Fender website. It's a small bass guitar amp, designed mainly for practice, but packed with features. I bought it new for around $350. I've owned it for a little over 2 years now, and have used it quite a bit for:

My Theme is Featured on the Buzz Out Loud Podcast

You can hear my Buzz Out Loud theme remix featured at the end of Friday's (7/2/2010) show. I have been dubbed the keytar-playing, "Unicorn Of Rock" by Friday's BOL crew. They seemed to like it though.

Check it out, starting around 36:00

July 2nd, Buzz Out Loud

I told them that my computer didn't catch on fire when I played the riff - only my keytar did. Glad to have been connected via a USB hub!