SUNDAY HERMOSA CONCERT ON THE BEACH

So, for my first time ever, I decided on Sunday to go to the Concert Series in Hermosa Beach. Rebelution, solid up and coming band, whose management company I know pretty well, was playing, and I thought, hmm, mellow day, listen to some tunes at Sunset, cool. So we got there early, got a good spot, and aside from sound sound snafus, it started pretty good. But somewhere along the line I didnt get the memo that the highschools sent out inviting every kid in town down there. And Im even cool with that. But parents, please teach your kids 3 things...
1. clean up after yourselves. the beach was a friggin mess at the end of the concert. unacceptable, especially if youve grown up here, and have any pride in keeping it nice.
2. when people set up their blankets and shit, that sand is tapped. it doesnt mean that you walk all over it, push your crews inside of it, and ruin the older folks good times down there.
3. leave your dogs at home. no place for little dogs - its not even cool for the dogs sake.

I guess its true. Im getting older.
Band was solid though. they should play Saint Rocke.

How long should a band really play for?

Lets face it..I couldnt listen to Bob Marley, well actually, I could, so lets say Dave Matthews, inside of Saint Rocke for more than 2 hours. But I'd also feel jipped if I got only 30 minutes in. So that begs the question - what is the perfect amount of time for a band to play? For the band, they want you to want more after they are off stage. Its good old econ 101. Give them more than they want and they won't want anymore. Give them too little and they won't fall in love with it. So I ask, how long is the PERFECT SET? Im apt to say 60 minutes, with an encore only if the fans want it....nothing worse than encores with nobody clapping. It makes me nervous, like movies where they get laughs out of making fun of people. Agh. Hate that nervousness.

Whats your call?

Words that Suck : ROUTINE

How bad does that word suck? the same way, the same time, the same thing. hmm, same kinda sucks too. the same music, the same vibe. Thats what sets music apart, NOT the same. Got stuck in a routine today, and had to share.

Three Albums on a Desert Island

Bob Marley - Uprising (for the daytime to keep it mellow). definitely not legend though.
Frank Sinatra - Greatest (for cocktail hour, i would find some kind of alcoholic berry to ferment)
hhhhhmmmmmmm. cant decide on a third right now.
i want to hear what other people say.

Another Dealbreaker

Freaking out when ABBA Dancing Queen comes on.

SR Live Recordings

We've just started posting a bit of our archive of music we've recorded at Saint Rocke and want to get your guys feedback on it. There are two different playlists...one is of our wednesday sessions with steve aguilar http://www.saintrocke.com/soundbox.html and the other is of the national touring artists coming through http://www.saintrocke.com/media.html . Let me know what you think. If you do some judging, I might throw out some free tickets to the show of your choice. aj.s

July 4th Highlights

Highlight on the 4th - seeing a punk band on a moving stage rolling up and down the strand. I wish I had thought of that - guerilla marketing style. anybody know what band that was? that was sick.

Is it just me or does anybody feel like the 4th is super tame compared to five years ago? We rolled out at noon, and it felt like a normal busy day. I remember the days where it was chaos.

good weekend for Dealbreakers too - saw a ton of dealbreakers on the strand - all forgivable on 4th of july though.

good weekend of music. highlight for me the ITALS saturday night. sick band. never get tired of the roots.

And lastly, congrats to my buddy Brad Bohl and his wife Leah, and their new son Logan. welcome to the world kid.

Adele

Is amazing. Saw her at Hollywood Bowl last night. unreal. She should play Saint Rocke...

Surprise Show

If you happen to read this, Jim from Pennywise, Matt from Musket and some of their crew are playing a Socially Distorted set tomorrow night (SAT) at around 7pm - should be sick! Im there for sure.

What A Cool Agent...

I just booked Zee Avi (with Brushfire Records) for August 30, and her agent, Robin was one of the coolest agents I've ever dealt with - and that was over email. Not that there aren't cool agents, but in this world, I often times get looked at like a dousch bag venue owner or promoter, which I'm not. I do this for the love of music, and for the love of creating something really cool and unique in the town I grew up in. But to deal with agents like her, finally, a refreshing dive in clean water. check out Zee on Aug 30, she is the next artist to follow Jack, Costa, and the rest of the Brushfire crew. amazing voice.

DEALBREAKERS

So we were hanging out talking about the last post with some friends, and we realized everyone has DEALBREAKERS...things about the dating game that make a potential mate a not-potential mate immediately. Would love to hear if we're crazy, but some of my examples are : driving a yellow bug with a sunflower sticker on the back, painting portraits on long acrylic finger nails, etc. A friend of mine (lady) said...dealbreakers for guys....asking for money on first date, honking to pick you up instead of walking to the front door...and well, i'll let you guys fill some in...what are your dealbreakers? do you have certain dealbreakers inside of bars?

Girls at Bars

Are girls competitive at bars when it comes to guys? Are girls who are friends competitive with eachother? I saw some amazing back-and-forth this weekend at the Nikka Costa show, who by the way, killed it, with two girls fighting over one dude (and the guy wasnt even that cool of a guy). It was some ausumn people-watching. Another day in the bar life.

Would you watch our shows online?

Im thinking about posting our shows in high-def online for our Saint Rocke community to see. Do you think that they would be interesting, ie. should we develop this or do you think its not worth it?

By the way, thanks to Scott, PK and then boys for the show last night (UL). They f'ing rocked it; I have to say, thats the best show I've seen at Saint Rocke in awhile. Super cool dudes too. Which brings me to my other question...

on shows, are people interested in hanging out in the green room with bands? is that something that would interest a showgoer?

Hope everyone is well and rocking.
Ran the mudrun in camp pendleton today. pretty fun.

aj.s

Filming for a Pilot for Reality this weekend

This weekend we're filming both Friday and Saturday at Saint Rocke and around Hermosa for a pilot reality series. Im a little hesitant to do a reality series on Saint Rocke, but the fact that we can spread what we're doing nationally, along with the fact that TV up until now has put the southern california beach lifestyle in a terrible light (who really lives like OC or Baywatch?) makes me want to show what beach living in the south bay is really about.

South Bay Live Music Forum

So since I started Saint Rocke a year ago, I've noticed that the live music scene has somewhat burgeoned, and that there actually is a scene. Not that there wasn't before, but I guess I'm just part of it now. But in this whole scene, there's no where to discuss bands, who is rocking, who is NOT rocking, and cool shit. So I created this blog. If you want to see a certain band, think a band that played sucked, think I should do something different on a certain night, or just want to tell me that you like Saint Rocke (or not), here it is. Open forum. Lets do this...