Clementine Cafe tonight with Gabe's Motive

Come listen to a jam out tonight at Clementine Cafe with Jason and Dan of Gabe's Motive (fresh transplants from Lake Tahoe).  Should be a good time, collaborative, and nice and loose, so come check us out.  

We start around 8 and play until we're done.  

They've got coffee and booze.  Sounds like a pretty good Friday night plan, eh?

Address is:

2200 Manor Rd
Austin, TX 78723

Gabe's Motive (aka Waiting for Tim)

Upcoming Gigs - Clementine Cafe and Maggie Maes

Solo Acoustic Gig with Gabe's Motive - FRIDAY AT 8PM at Clementine Cafe on Manor Rd.

Saxolicious Jamming with Rival City and the Contrabandits - SATURDAY 10-2 at Maggie Maes on 6th

Lucky Lounge and Flamingo Cantina

With the Contrabandits and Rival City

More Gigs, Baby

Tonight I'll be playing tenor sax at Darwin's with Rival City from 10pm-2.  Grab a beer and hear some reggae/hip-hop.  Then it'll be Lucky Lounge on Tuesday, and Flamingo Cantina on Wednesday.

Just booked a few more solo gigs, as well.  The night after Thanksgiving I'll be at Clementine Cafe, and Dominican Joes again on December 27th. 

The Scene

As some of you know, I've been bouncing around a bit since moving to Austin in August. I'm always looking for other players to jam or play out with, but it didn't take me long to find that there are far too many guitarists, singers, and songwriters to go around. With that in mind, I've dusted off the old tenor sax and decided to try to meet some folks and penetrate the Austin scene with an instrument that's in demand.

So far, I've played out with the Bus Stop Stallions, Soul Track Mind, Rival City, and countless others at TC's Lounge, Flamingo Cantina, Nuno's, and a few other joints. It's a refreshing change that setting up consists of rolling up to a gig, taking the loyal sax out of its case, stepping up on the stage and honking. No huge amps, cord routing, P.A. hauling, restringing and tuning or even set lists. And it's a cool way to meet some other musicians.

It'll take some time, a few sqeaky notes, sore lips, and undoubtedly some on-stage blunders before I get my chops back, but I suppose everyone could use a bit of humble pie. And it's a shitload of fun.

Next week is looking busy, with gigs at Darwin's tonight and Lucky Lounge with Boombox on Tuesday, followed by a few more jams and gigs. I'll keep you updated to see who I get in with...

Blue Note / Manhattan Records!!!

I am a member of Taxi, an independent A&R company that screens musicians for record companies of all shapes and sizes. I just got an e-mail saying that a few of my tunes have been forwarded to Manhattan Records, a subsidiary of Blue Note (which is pretty killer). They deal with Kenny Rogers and some other names you may recognize, and Blue Note is legendary.

Still a long shot that I'd get a deal or anything else significant, but pretty cool that the big guys are sniffin around. Gave me a few butterflies, at the least.

Yowzah

Snapshots from DJ's

Dominican Joes Gig

Thanks all who came out to Dominican Joes on Saturday night. It was a cool little spot for some relaxed, funky tunes. Got some great responses from the folks who run music there, so I'll be back.

I'm tentatively scheduled to play there again in late December. My brother Mark will be in town, so I look forward to jamming.

Playing Dominican Joe's Tonight

I'll be playing some new original tunes tonight, nice and loose.  Come pregame with some coffee, and feel good about yourself because you'll be supporting education for underprivileged kids.  Hope you can make it.