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Last Updated: 1/3/2010

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Status: Single
City: Detroit - Mount Clemens
State: Michigan
Country: US
Signup Date: 7/24/2005

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Monday, December 21, 2009 

Category: Music
Hey there everyone -
 
Just wanted to post a quick blog to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope this season finds you enjoying friends and family. It's my favorite time of year, despite the cold! Be well and blessed everyone.
 
See Tone & Niche Perform "Happy Christmas"!:


..Have a great Kringle!
-Tone
 
PS - My solo CD "Empire" is finished and will be released early in the New Year. I will keep you posted!
 
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*For more info on T&N Shows and Music visit: www.toneandniche.com
**Also: www.myspace.com/anthonyretka / www.seriousartists.com

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Tone & Niche Shows:
1.9.10
Cadieux Cafe | Detroit, MI
T&N acoustic w/Big Livy and Cowboy Messiah
9:30pm | $5

1.23.10
Berkley Front | Berkley, MI
w/Big Livy and Emily Rose
9:30pm | $3
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 

Category: Music
So I was sent a link to a review of Tone & Niche. Its pretty cool. Give it a read if you have the time:
http://popwreckoning.com/2009/10/28/tone-and-niche-live/

Be well.
-Tone

www.toneandniche.com
www.seriousartists.com
www.myspace.com/anthonyretka
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 

Category: Music

All Ages until 10pm / 21+ after 10. Seans unreleased music will be available for $5 a copy. All proceeds will go to charity and keeping Seans music alive.
For more info visit: www.seriousartists.com
Via e-mail: info@toneandniche.com OR jeffjablo@hotmail.com
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Saturday, October 31, 2009 
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 

Category: Life
Hey all -
 
Just thought I would put the word out and let you know that after nearly eight years of being open Trixies Coffee is closing for good tomorrow, sunday Oct. 25th.
 
Trixies has always been warm and welcoming to the music and art community. Its hard to find a good place for that these days, especially on the east side! Its sad to see the cafe go, but in the words of George Harrison (leave it to me to quote a Beatle) "all things must pass".  
 
There will be one last open mic held at Trxies Oct. 25th at 6pm to ? Come on out and read a poem or sing a song!
 
Be well and talk to ya soon,
-Tone
 
PS - For more info about the open mic call 586.776.9002 or e-mail Mike at: michaelabdoo@yahoo.com or 586.215.9894

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 


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Tone and Niche | Magic Hat Brewing Company ..-..

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Friday, September 11, 2009 
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Sunday, August 09, 2009 

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Music
 
Tone and Niche at 8pm
Be sure to get there early in the day, there are tons for local musicians on the bill. Music and art all day long! Bring a tent, bring some food, have some fun!

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Come on out to the Lager House the following Thursday, August 20th and catch T&N w/James and The Rainbros and Illy Mack! That gig starts at 10pm sharp.

For more show dates and info visit us at www.toneandniche.com

Be well all,
-Tone
www.toneandniche.com
www.themourningvoices
www.seriousartists.com
www.myspace.com/anthonyretka
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Monday, July 27, 2009 

Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Music
Hey there people - 

New York City was awesome. Too much to say, too much to type! Just thought I would post this and tell you a little about the trip. The tour was a blast for all of us! The first night at the sidewalk Cafe was great. The audience was small, but they all got up and danced! We ended up playing an encore. It was a lot of fun.

The second night in NYC we played at Googie's. This gig was a bit of a let down. Our wonderful friends were there to watch the show, but the rest of the house was empty. We didn't let it bring us down though. That same night we had another gig booked at the National Underground! We were set to play the basement stage of the bar (they have upstairs and downstairs stages). We hit around 1:30am to a handful of people, but by the time our set was done, we had attracted people downstairs to watch. In fact, the sound guy grabbed us and told us to get our gear and get upstairs to the main stage and play a second set! We were all excited about it. Pretty good stuff. We got upstairs and set up. The house on the main floor was packed! The people loved it. They wanted us to keep going, but we only had twelve songs practiced with Patrick (who filled in on bass for us). So, we decided to cover Knockin' On Heavens Door". Its a simple song so I knew it would go over well and man it did. We had the whole bar singing back to us. It was great!! When we finished our set it was all congrats, compliments and CD sales.

We were feeling kind of down about our gig earlier that night and this changed it all. Just goes to show that when something seems to be going wrong and a little sour there is always something better around the corner. We are back home safe and sound. I plan to post pictures from the trip this week. Come on down to Cadieux Cafe this Friday, July 31st at 10pm. I can tell you more in person about Tone & Niche in New York, Pittsburgh and Cleveland!

Be well everyone,
-Tone
www.toneandniche.com
www.myspace.com/anthonyretka
www.seriousartists.com

UPCOMING SHOWS:
8.15.09
Aestival Festival | Armada, MI
Tons of bands and art all day long!
T&N plays at 8pm
$10 wristband for the whole day!

8.20.09
Lager House | Detroit, MI
w/Mega Fauna, Illy Mack and James and the Rainbros
10pm / Free Show!

8.21.09
Macomb Place Gazebo | Mount Clemens, MI
Acoustic set / MC art show
Noon to 1pm / FREE!

8.22.09
Lapeer Days Festival | Lapeer, MI
Main Stage | 4:00pm

8.29.09
2009 People's Arts Festival | Detroit, MI
Russell Industrial Center | 7:50pm
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 

Current mood:  chill
Category: Music
Hey everyone in blog land - 

Tonight was our last show with our good friend and fellow band mate Nick White. Thanks to everyone who made it out to the belmont and thanks to Dale Wilson of the Four Hour Frineds for having us join the bill. It was a good show and a great time. I have to say that Nick played a huge role in the band and he will be missed. Nick has been in Tone & Niche for the last three years. He has helped us book shows, introduced us to tons of local musicians from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and has played bass for Tone & Niche better than any other. Nick is off to bigger things in Phoenix, Arizona and we wish him well.

In the last two weeks we had to scramble and find someone to fill in on bass guitar. Our friend Patrick has stepped up to play bass for our July shows (Thank You Patrick!). We have been practicing our butts off and I think NYC and the other upcoming shows will be great!

In other news, we have released a collection of our EP's and singles on one disc simply titled SINGLES. We chose the best of all our EP and single releases and put them to one CD. Being indie musicians, constant pressing of all those cd's can get expensive! This kind of solves that for us and lets us send home more music with people at our shows. The CD will be available online soon. Until then you can pick up a copy at any of our shows. Some of the songs on the Singles disc includes "Epitaph", "House of the Rising Sun", "Song One", "From Your Hands" and more.

Well, that's it for now. I'm getting sleepy.

Here's to the future!

Be well,
-Tone

www.toneandniche.com

NYC Weekend Run:
7.23.09
The Sidewalk Cafe | New York, NY.
8:00pm | T&N at Midnight w/Stacy Rock(11pm)
+ G33F, The Venn Diagrams, The Young Dads

7.24.09
Googies (Inside the living room) | New York, NY
7:30pm / $5 suggested

7.25.09
Shadow Lounge | Pittsburgh, PA
7:00pm

7.26.09
Wilberts | Cleveland, OH
w/J. Scott Franklin, Anita Keys + Kyle Lanzer | 8:00pm
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