2025 SHOW LINKS COMING SOON

Videos getting edited soon and will be on Vimeo with links in May

2025 Estimates

Total Student Performers = 54

Total Student Shows = 19

Kid Post Shows = 8 (oh boy)

POST SHOW PRIZES GIVEN AWAY = $710

Unique Songs Played = 55+

WEEKDAY PRACTICES APR 15-24th

* Do NOT Come To My Home For Lessons During The Dates Above/Below

*We are at the Mall in Top Note Music, On Stage For Show Prep

*normal lesson times

**Students that come regularly to their lesson time get STAGE PRIORITY. Plenty of amps in front of stage and headphone amps to use.

Friday APR 25th

SHOW DATES AND TIMES

730pm = Dan Z, Evan, Ryan, Jack (Bass) =

815pm = Lynn, Tom P, Martin (Bass) =

915pm = Aaron, Matt = Master Blaster Returns (Locked And Really Loaded Tour)

Saturday APR 26th

SHOW DATES AND TIMES

6:30pm = Ed =

7:30pm = Dan C, Kacper, Mike, Andy (Bass) =

8:15pm = John, Steve H, David (Bass) = Cover Band Songs = Island In The Sun and Just What I Needed

915pm = Dan D, Dan W = Dan Yankees (Yank These Tour) Cover Band Song = Youth Gone Wild

Sunday APR 27th

SHOW DATES AND TIMES

7:00pm = Jim G, Jimi, Milind?, Vadim (Bass) =

7:45pm = Maxim, Steven =

830pm = Andrew, Jeff?, Wi, Steve (Bass)

ADULT SHOWS

Show Location = Northbrook Court Mall

Stage = Top Note Music House (store is to the right of the Apple Store)

Performance Fee = (I rent the store for 2 full weeks)

Door Fee = FREE!!! (I chose to not hire a door clerk anymore to save on this fee)

Invite Your Family and Friends (There is room for at least 60 people to sit, more if you stand)

*Performers Check In = 45 Minutes (Safe), 30 Minutes (Pushing It), 20-Under (Rough)

Enter and Exit at AMC Theaters

*The Mall closes the main doors at 7pm on the weekdays, this means from 6:45pm on everyone must enter at AMC. Weekends the doors are usually open late due to movies times.

You are Welcome to VIDEO AND TAKE PICTURES

Read the 20 for the money article

Come early and stay late to watch the others play

Make sure to put all the show songs on your Cellphone and practice in the back

WEEKEND MALL PRACTICES SATURDAY OCT 18th

2024 SHOW VIDEOS BELOW

Friday OCT 25th

Adult Show VIDEO LINKS

730pm = Dan Z, Evan, Mike, Ryan, Steve (Bass) = Chunky Sue

https://vimeo.com/1025557335/b44122a7bb

815pm = Bill, Steve H, David (Bass) = The Boys Of Slumber

https://vimeo.com/1025630325/fdba83d860

915pm = Aaron, Matt = Master Blaster

https://vimeo.com/1025589517/dd654f5464

Saturday OCT 26th

Adult Show VIDEO LINKS

6:45pm = Ed = The Grateful Ed

https://vimeo.com/1025593004/e9c983b499

7:30pm = Jim, Kacper, Milind, Jack (Bass) = Flowers Of The Killer Moon

https://vimeo.com/1025597244/e6b0cfca51?ts=0&share=copy

8:15pm = Lynn, Steve, Tom P, Martin (Bass) = The Broken E String Band

https://vimeo.com/1025598923/6b353b742c

9pm = Dan D, Dan W = Dan Halen

https://vimeo.com/1025602509/ee96fa4932

Sunday OCT 27th

Adult Show VIDEO LINKS

7:30pm = Dan C, Dmitri, Jimi, Andy & Vadim (Bass) = Low Expectations

https://vimeo.com/1025603968/fbe3b8d906

8:15pm = Maxim, Steven = Mixed Bag

https://vimeo.com/1025605354/c14204af57

ALL THE SHOW ROAST INTROS LINK BELOW

ALL the adult show intro JOKES

https://vimeo.com/1025606898/730ebce58d

Show Stats April 2024

Total Student Performers = 53

Total Student Shows = 19

Kid Post Shows = 5

Unique Songs Played = 57

**Sometimes there’s carry over on artist/Genre/Skill/Theory theme’s etc

Estimated Backing Tracks Made For Show/Training = 175+

**Many songs have Combos of = bass, no bass, Guitar, No Guitars, solo, no solo etc

Total Amount Of Files For Backing Track Creation = 500+

**i buy each song, i edit each song in GP8, each song is then broken into 4 files via backing track software, then i edit in Cubase tempo/drums/Mixing etc, different play along versions For Students (3-5 here alone), these files go into 4 different computers/laptops, Dropbox, iTunes etc, it’s a mess

Text Messages Mar 18-Apr 17 = 2963

Text Messages Apr 18-Apr 21st = 650

**This was alarming, WTH, while most of those are you all texting me, that didn’t even seem possible.

ALL THE SHOW INTROS LINK BELOW

FUTURE Show Dates (STUDENT POLL)

Do you have any conflicts if the shows are = Apr 18, 19 & 20th ?

I will choose the best dates but so far the plan has ALWAYS BEEN, 3rd weekend of the month. Then we record the following week (really knock out the songs in those sessions) and start on the new semester after that.