Thank you Cafe Nine...

My fellow Americans...

Sorry... been watching a lot of the Democratic National Convention this week. Anyone see Hillary's speech? I thought it was amazing...

Anyway, how've you been? I'm alright, thanks for asking. Been going through some changes which are welcome and unwelcome at the same time. Sometimes life throws something out at you that you just can't avoid. My philosophy is to either deal with it and fight back, or just crawl under a rock and wither away. I always choose the former. If any of what I just said seems veiled, you're right... it is. For the sake of protecting innocent parties, I'm leaving it open for interpretation. Conspire amongst yourselves (insert evil laugh).

So Tuesday was fun. Gerry and I opened up for one Lukas Rossi, the winner of Rockstar Supernova. I have to admit, I didn't watch the show. Those who know me know that I loathe those kind of shows; the ones that leave the viewer with a false impression of what the music business is really like. But I can sense that I'm already going off on a tangent, so let me kick my ass back to the subject: Tuesday. Tuesday was fun. Lukas is a really cool guy. A lot nicer than what I was anticipating, I guess because I was expecting some L.A. guy... Truth be told, he's a fellow Canadian (well, I'm French Canadian American... I was born here). But enough about him. The audience was really great. Met a LOT of cool people that were super receptive to us. Plus, yanno... we WERE at home at Cafe Nine... but a lot of new faces and I think we made a bunch of new friends. Thank you all for being so kind.

And my fellow collegiate students... We're back in school next week. Year #4 for me (in a row - that's a first!) and 7th semester. Wish me luck as I try to balance music, work, school and my buddy Chico (my doggie). Should be fun. I hope to be doing more acoustic touring this fall too. There's a lot of people I'd like to meet and places to see.

Lastly for this one folks... I've been doing some working out and recently discovered steroids. They did something bad to my chin and shoulders. I also had a perm go terribly wrong. I guess this whole make over thing isn't going the way I wanted... Well... tell me what you think...

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Peace, love, rock & roll...

-SA

Yeah! Two Boots...

Hey everybody!

I want to thank everyone for coming out to Two Boots in Bridgeport last night. Lots of fun. Didn't know what to expect from a "sit-down" type place that slings pizza. But it was all very good. A stage, a sound system, lights, a dressing room, a friendly staff... What else could a struggling musician ask for? Kudos to the fellas for playing a great show. My friend Mr. Sean Ryan opened up the show and man he sounded good. You can check out music from his "on-hiatus" band right here.

It seems that Lorin won't be coming back to join us after the summer. Maybe sometime in the future, but right now, family is coming first - as it should. He's a great friend, and we all truly appreciate his effort over the past couple of years. I wish I could of made us all rich rockstars by now, but alas... wishing gets you nowhere.

So that leaves the need for a bass player. Auditions are currently ongoing. But, act fast because I'm really leaning towards Fred playing bass. I might just decide, with his permission of course, to have him fill that position. Not to go on and on about it, but he really came through the other night. Besides being talented, he's a team player. I like that. It may be my name on this project, but we are a band a lot of the time, and there's nothing like camaraderie. Fred knows about teamwork.

Well, you may or may not have heard... one of my personal faves, Will Hoge, is in the hospital after sustaining injuries after a motor-scooter accident. Just want to wish him well, and my thoughts are prayers are with him and his family.

My thoughts and prayers are also with the family members of Mr. Leroi Moore. The music world recently lost a great one as the saxophone player for Dave Matthews Band recently passed due to injuries and complications sustained from an ATV accident. I hope he's blowing his horn with Miles Davis and John Coltrane in that great big jam session in the sky.

On to happier news... Gerry and I will be opening for Lukas Rossi, the winner of the CBS television show, Rockstar Supernova. He's on a solo acoustic tour (something I desperately need to do) and coming through our hometown of New Haven. It's kind of a last minute thing for us, so I do hope you can make it.

Lastly, just want to thank everyone again for your continued support. Please spread the word, post the music on your MySpace & Facebook pages, hand out fliers for the shows (available at www.SethAdam.com), and keep on coming out to see us. And don't be shy... we like to talk to everyone!

Cheers y'all! Have a great weekend!

Peace, love, rock & rolll...

-SA

Fred gets a gold star...

Hello boys and girls! The bad blogger here! Not bad blogging necessarily, more like bad at keeping consistent at it. So let me hop back up on the horse and give you some personal insights, anecdotes, and updates on the musical endeavor that is my life.

First, an insight: Magic Hat is good!

Next, an anecdote: Saturday I woke up in the morning, after a lovely 4 hours of sleep, to a beautiful day. I took the dog for a walk, had some coffee, and got myself on my way. The goal before 12 noon was to get a money order made and in the mail. I head to the post office. I need to get a money order for an amount that my debit card wouldn't authorize, meaning I had to go get cash. So I go back out to my car, roll up the windows, leave the envelope that's already stamped and addressed in the car, and walk over to the bank. As I'm walking over, I notice that I forgot something... my keys in the locked car.

After I finished my business at the bank, I start looking around for something to break into my car with... not something I really want to do. I find a stick and pry open a window, which completely falls off. Yup. I managed to take a window completely out because that's what I like to do (insert sarcasm).

After finishing my business at the post office, I head over to the car parts store so I could get something to fix my window with. On the way there, I get a voicemail from Ron informing me that he's not going to be able to make the show later on. Shit. I call him back, and reassure him that it's all good, we'll take care of it. Family comes first, especially when it comes to his little guy.

So at this point, I'm kinda feeling like maybe I should've stayed in bed.

I give Fred a call, because he rules, he's talented, and any girl that's with him should consider herself a very lucky girl. Recently he's been playing with a band called The Spins (do check them out), and instead of a bass player, he's got this little Fender-Rhodes piano bass. I ask him, "How fast can you learn the bass parts?"

A little after 2pm, Fred and I rehearsed through 2 sets worth of tunes in about 40 minutes time. We packed up our gear and headed out to the show.

Since I've been doing a lot of acoustic shows this summer, I was looking forward to playing some electric at this one. However, upon unloading the van, we realized that Gerry's amp was missing. So I forgo the electric, Gerry uses my amp, and I plug away on the acoustic.

We begin the first set and Fred, pulling double duty on both keys and bass, pulls it off without any problems. The kid's fucking great. That's all. We take a break, get some wine and hit the second set. Again, Fred does it again. And so, this is why FRED GETS A GOLD STAR!

I think this show will go down as one of the most memorable for me. I think everyone was on top of their game. We could've complained, we could've been intimated and frustrated because of some of the adversities of the situation, but we pulled it together and honestly, Fred saved the day. And it sounded fucking great. Not to proverbially "toot my own horn," but damn I was proud and I am a tough critic.

Interesting day, for sure.

And now, for some updates: There are some new shows added to the schedule... I added some background/band information to the band page on the website... Gerry and I are still working on a bunch of new tunes, and now Fred and I have embarked on some writing too... We've been getting some additions to all those radio stations, so please keep up those request calls...

That's all for now... I'll put some past show reviews up next time. Looking forward to Two Boots in Bridgeport on Thursday. In the meantime y'all stay well. I hope life is treating you kind.

Peace, love, rock & roll...

-SA