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My Vinyl Collection Project

Hanging in my Dad's basement making beats live with my record collection. Check back for more!

Netherfriends on the East Coast (February)

I am touring up the east coast! Come see me play. Don't live on the coast? Tell a friend

Feb. 21st The Pinhook Durham, NC https://www.facebook.com/events/205214759603221/
Feb. 22nd The Nile Richmond, VA https://www.facebook.com/events/205214759603221/
Feb. 23rd The Bee Hive Washington, DC https://www.facebook.com/events/482236908507286/
Feb. 24th Philadelphia (anyone want to throw a house show?)

New Visuals

When did we start calling videos visuals?

Netherfriends+ Meth Dad= Metherfriends TOUR!

 

I am going to be touring with BFF Meth Dad through out Florida. See ya there! 

https://soundcloud.com/methdad

Jan 22nd  New Orleans, LA    Circle Bar   

Jan 23rd Pensacola, FL    The Handlebar       w/ The Possibility Wave
Jan 24th Tallahassee, FL    Red Light District      Jeff Mangum After Party DJ Sets House Party
Jan 25th Gainesville, FL Flashbacks Cafe     w/ Kodak to Graph
Jan 26th St. Petersburg The Venture Compound    w/ Godsnack
Jan 27th Sarasota, FL    The Shamrock    2257 Ringling Boulevard  Sarasota, FL 34237    w/ TBA 

Jan 28th    Tampa, FL  TBD         
Jan 29th    Miami, FL  TBD         
Jan 30th   Miami, FL  TBD         
Jan 31st  West Palm, FL TBD          
Feb 1st   Orlando, FL The Peacock Room    w/ Michael Parallax and JSHIH
Feb 2nd Gainesville, FL Colin's House 1112 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville FL w/ Kodak to Graph
Feb 3rd    Jacksonville, FL   Burro Bar        w/ After the Bomb, Baby!
Feb 4th    Tallahassee, FL The Hidden Hand     w/ Aircraft
Feb 5th    Atlanta, GA   Ammazza        w/ TBA

Austin (Cheer Up Charlies) and New Orleans (Circle Bar) Residency

On top of doing my Schubas Chicago Residency, I am doing a residency in Austin at Cheer up Charlies and New Orleans at Circle Bar. Please spread the word and if you or your friend's band wants to play one of the dates, please hit me up: Netherfriendsbooking@gmail.com


Austin- Cheer Up Charlies (Every Wednesday) 
December 5th tba
December 12th Holiday Mountain and more tba
December 19th tba

New Orleans- Circle Bar (Every Tuesday) 
January 1st tba
January 8th tba
January 15th ArchAnimals and more tba
January 22nd tba
January 29th Meth Dad and more tba

Halloween shows

Photo by Ottawa Tavern

Halloween Shows: 

October 25th Velvet Elvis Champaign, IL FACEBOOK
October 26th Ottawa Tavern Toledo, OH
October 27th Saki Records Chicago, IL 197BOO! (performing a set composed entirely of samples from records released in 1972) W/ Big Colour and Everything is Terrible. FACEBOOK
October 27th Burlington Bar Chicago, IL W/ The Embraceables and MPLS Henrys FACEBOOK

Summertime (feat. Jams Dean, Chandler London, Auggie the 9th)

Fall Tour 2012

 Hey friends,


I am planning a long tour. Help out if you want.  Netherfriendsbooking@gmail.com 
LOVE. -Shawn 

Aug 18 Chicago, IL / Schubas (Record Release Performance)
Aug 23 Terre Haute, IN / The Verve 
Aug 30 St. Louis / Firebird 
Aug 31 Columbia, MO / TBD
Sept 2 Kansas City, MO / Front/ Space
Sept 3 Des Moines, IA / Gas Lamp 
Sept 4 Omaha, NE / Side Door Lounge 
Sept 5 Lincoln, NE / Zoo Bar 
Sept 6 Fort Collins, CO / GNU Gallery 
Sept 7 Denver, CO / First Acenders 
Sept 8 Casper, WY / TBD 
Sept 11 Boise, ID / The Red Room 
Sept 13 Seattle / Comet Tavern (I need a local band Netherfriendsbooking@gmail.com)
Sept 14 Portland, OR / Mississippi Studios 
Sept 15 Oakland/ San Fran (TBA)
Sept 16 Santa Cruz (TBA)
Sept 17 Los Angeles (TBA)
Sept 18 San Diego, CA/ Tin Can  
Sept 19 Flagstaff, AZ (TBA)
Sept 20 Albuquerque, NM

Sept 21 Dallas, TX/ Bryan street tavern
Sept 22 Austin
Sept 23 New Orleans
Sept 24 Batton Rouge
Sept 25 Pensacola
Sept 26 Gainesville
Sept 27 Jacksonville
Sept 28 St augustine
Sept 29  Festival Tallahassee, FL
Sept 30 Orlando   
 
October 
Oct 1 Mobile
Oct 2 New Orleans
Oct 3 Atlanta
Oct 4 Conundrum Hall Columbia, SC
Oct 5 Radio Room Greenville
Oct 6 Raleigh, NC 
Oct 9th Brooklyn, NY TBD (Jordan Michael you rule.)
Oct 10th New Haven Taco records show
Oct 11th Boston (TBD)Oct 12th Boston or New Jersey
Oct 13th Philadelphia
Oct18th Pittsburgh, PA
Oct19th Columbus, OH
Oct20th Toledo, OH
Oct21st Lafayette, IN
Oct22nd Chicago
Oct25th Champaign IL
Oct26th Terre Haute
Oct27th Indianapolis or Bloomington

Netherfriends tour Alaska pt. 2

Heading back to Alaska this month. Netherfriends will be touring with bff band: Feeding Frenzy https://www.facebook.com/feedingfrenzyak Peep the dates below:

Jul 12th 12:00pm UAF Wood Center
Jul 13th 9:00pm UAF Pub
Jul 14th 3:00pm AYP
Jul 14th 10:00pm The Marlin
Jul 15th 9:00pm (possible house show)
Jul 17th 8:00pm (possible secret show)
Jul 18th 8:00 PM Denali Fairview Inn Talkeetna, AK, US
Jul 20th 12:00 AM The Rendezvous Kodiak, AK, US
Jul 21th 12:00 AM Wedding Kodiak, AK, US
Jul 22th 12:00 AM TBA Kodiak, AK, US
Jul 24th 12:00 AM TBA Homer, AK, US
Jul 25th 8:00 PM House Show TBA Girdwood, AK, US
Jul 26th 8:00 PM silver tip cafe Girdwood, AK, US
Jul 27th 8:00 PM The Avenue Bar Anchorage, AK, US
Jul 28th 5:00 PM Anchorage Market & Festival Anchorage, AK, US
Jul 28th 8:00 PM S Lounge

Netherfriends Does Nilsson

See it live June 24th at the Whistler! https://www.facebook.com/events/245287828902825/

Netherfriends Does Summer

Netherfriends Does Summer (Pt.1)
Netherfriends Does Summer (Pt.1) by Netherfriends

Pt. 2 Netherfriends Does Summer pt.2 The Isley Brothers, Will Smith, The Beach Boys by Netherfriends Come see the DJ set live June 8th for free at the Whistler:  https://www.facebook.com/events/154429888021541/?context=create

Sweet videos

Website

Hey friend,

I have my own website now! Check it for free shit and tour dates: http://www.netherfriends.us/

NEW WAVE DJ SET

HERE IS MY DJ SET OF NEW WAVE!

Bloomington, IN

Winter tour and Middle America tour

January


11th Little Room Philadelphia, PA
13th Read All Over Books Fredricksburg, VA FACEBOOK
14th Paper Mill House show Newark, DE FACEBOOK
19th House show Potluck Richmond, VA FACEBOOK
20th White Collar Crime Raleigh, NC (FREE)
21st House show UNC show Chapel Hill, NC
23rd?????
25th?????????
26th Conundrum Hall Columbia, SC FACEBOOK
27th the 567 gallery Macon, GA FACEBOOK
28th Trinity Art show Atlanta, GA FACEBOOK
29th ????????? Help? ?????
30th Retrofit Tallahasse, FL
31st House show Gainsville, FL (TBA)

February

1st New Orleans (HELP)
2nd Circle Bar w/ Native America NOLA
3rd NOLA
4th Sam's Lounge Jackson, MS
5th Austin (HELP)
MON 2/6: ???????
TUE 2/7:  Mohawk Austin, TX
WED 2/8:  Fayetteville TBA Grapevine / Ft. Wort (HELP)
THUR 2/9:  COLUMBIA, MO (TBA)
FRI 2/10: The Empty Bottle Middle (America Release party!) Chicago, IL FACEBOOK
SAT 2/11: The Whistler DJ Set  Chicago, IL
SUN 2/12: Riverwest Public House Milwaukee, WI
MON 2/13:  DJ set somewhere???
TUE 2/14:  Mickey's W/ Asumaya MADISON
WED 2/15:  MINNEAPOLIS (TBA)
THUR 2/16:  IOWA CITY (TBA)
FRI 2/17:   Bourbon Theater Omaha, NE
SAT 2/18: Lost Lake Lounge Denver, CO

SUN 2/19 Lawrence, KS
WED 2/22 ST. LOUIS AREA (Cicero's, TBD)
THUR 2/23:  LAFAYETTE / BLOOMINGTON (TBD)
FRI 2/24:   Ottowa Tavern, Toledo, OH
SAT 2/25:  KALAMAZOO (TBD)


Seriously though! Help a brotha out. I just need to get to the south and then up to Chicago. I will play or DJ just about anywhere at this point. Thanks. Netherfriends@gmail.com

Bukowski knows what's up

AMEN!

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My first college essay circa 2005

I found this today on my hard drive. My 19 year old self would be proud of me today.


Sounds Of the Underground. by, Shawn Rosenblatt

Just imagine going to see your favorite band of all time for only $8. Not only is the show so inexpensive, but you also walk into the venue and there are approximately 200 people there. The place is so small you can actually see the sweaty faces of every member of the band including the drummer without the use of binoculars or a big screen projector. Yes, this sounds extremely unlikely and, for the most part it is, but because I enjoy underground music so much, this is the scenario every time I go to see a band play. For those of you who don’t know, underground music (otherwise known as indie “independent” Rock) is a name given to artists and musicians who sign to very small record companies and not major labels (Capitol, Arista, Warner Bros., etc.). In doing this, they do not get airplay on the radio, a music video on MTV, or play those highly overpriced concert venues that I am sure you have attended before. Even though independent artists have to work harder to keep up a decent salary, they are entitled to complete and utter freedom and control of their own music and in the end have the longer and more successful careers than an artist who signs to a major label.
When Dave Mathews recorded his latest album, his record label actually rejected it because his CD had too many sad songs. The label in fact had him write new “happy” songs to put on the CD. When a musician signs to a major label, he is basically throwing all his freedom away as an artist. The label picks which one of the artist’s songs gets played on the radio, what he wears, how much money he can spend on things, and in some cases how he is supposed to act in public. That’s ridiculous! It has happened to almost every major label artist today and this is where the record company suckers a lot of really good musicians. Let's say an up and coming solo artist gets signed to Capitol Records. He gets a million-dollar advance with a promise that he will have a extraordinary career and right away he thinks he has made it big. The artist goes out and buys the Rolls Royce and the multi million-dollar mansion. Yet little does he know that when signed to a major label he will have to use that advance to pay for everything. This includes, the expensive music video, the ridiculous radio promotion cost, the North American tour, the limo rides, the recording time, the lawyers, the managers, and many other things that the artist didn’t think he would have to pay for just because he thought he hit it big on a large label. So if the artist didn’t score big on his first album or go platinum then he will most likely go bankrupt or have to try harder on their next album. This has happened to tons of musicians.
As for an Independent artist, he doesn’t have to worry about half the things a major label artist has to, due to the freedom and control he is given and not the million-dollar advance. Basically, when the artist doesn’t have to worry about making some ridiculous expensive music video, promoting his band for top forty radio, or trying to write the perfect hit to go platinum, he is actually being creative and writing mind-blowing albums. Aimee Mann a major label singer/songwriter from the eighties got fed up with her label and actually went on to an extremely successful career with an independent label she created on her own. When an artist has to drive a van to tour the country and play smaller venues, he is more in touch with fans and can come off as more of a normal person and not some stuck up celebrity. An indie artist will also have more time before and after shows to converse with fans since he doesn’t have a huge schedule of promotion. Regardless to popular belief, there is no such thing as hitting it big on a major label. The artist may one day get the platinum album, but that is done with tons of promotion and extra money and time not well spent. Although it seems like the major artist got it made, in reality the indie artists are the ones who have prosperous careers and go on to do bigger and better things.