A flawless performance by every single member of the band Permanent Ability at a charmingly shabby club in Venice June 8, 2009.  The club's name I cannot remember. They performed songs from their unforgettable debut CD, Permanent Abiltiy, From The Womb (if I got the name wrong of their CD, I apologize as mine was stolen).  The band's CD can be purchased at live shows and their songs can be purchased on iTunes.

For future show information and to hear some of their songs, please go visit myspace.com/permanentability.

What is most impressive to me is that in six months, the band has added to their repertoire of danceable funk, alternative, and rock songs, punk rock songs that sound current. 

How they do this while all maintaining demanding careers by day, I have no idea, but they do.  Perhaps being connected to the real world and earning the money they need to spend to develop their music (renting recording studios, buying instruments, forgoing time that they could be earning money at their day careers to rehearse and promote their shows, stage attire, promotional materials, and the list goes on and on).

Lead singer Brian Lanese commanded the stage last Friday night.  He has mastered singing, songwriting, performance art, and dance by night while toiling as a graphic designer by day.  Every other member of the band also toils by day in professional careers related to the creative arts. 

The rest of the band have mastered their instruments, play with feeling and passion, and back him up by following his lead and grooving with him on stage.
 
Judging from their songs, all 4 members of Permanent Ability (singer, drummer, guitar, bass guitar) know how to listen to the world's heartbeat, artists before them, art in general, and their positive friends.
 
These musicians/songwriters stage shows and their debut CD prove that they have a strong work ethic, almost no egos, supportive friends, and the determination to succeed no matter what the odds. 

An image I still remember, one female friend of Permanent Ability danced her heart out with a mirrored pole as her partner while managing to look classy, unaffected, and as if she were by herself, and somehow she still commanded the area around her with her positive energy... 

Music fans, anyone can learn how to dance.  This friend of the band, and I am horrible at names, I think her name was Jessica, only had a few pole dance classes, and voila!!!

Unfortunately, Permanent Ability's music is probably being sold bootleg around the world, and they will never see a penny from the sale of it.  All it takes nowadays to bootleg music is to copy CDs or DVDs and be dishonest and loving to steal.

This quick blog does not do justice to their show last Friday night, June 5, 2009 at the comfortably chic club in Venice whose name I cannot remember.

For future show information and to hear some of Permanent Ability's songs, please go visit myspace.com/permanentability.

Their debut CD can be purchased at their live stage shows (calendar of stage shows is on their myspace page) and their songs can be purchased through itunes.