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Monday, September 07, 2009
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BellerBytes #69: SoCal Gigs, Dethklok, &
Bryan/Kira Now Booking December Around Texas
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The rest of the year starts early 'round
these parts
1. Duo Gig With Kira Small - 9/10 in Los Angeles
at Genghis Cohen
2. Steve Vai DVD Premiere Charity Event - 9/15 in Hollywood
at The Egyptian Theatre
3. Bryan Beller Band Gig - 9/20 in San Pedro, CA at
Alvas Showroom
4. Dethklok/Mastodon Tour - October/November Across
America
5. Kira Small/Bryan Beller Duo Now Booking December House Concerts In
& Around Texas
Don't forget, you can see the whole gig
calendar at the bottom of this e-mail. Why? Because we love you.
(And
yes, I know there's some weirdness with the way Reverb Nation lists gigs i.e.
who I'm playing with. Don't know how to fix it, so just read along for
context.)
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1. Duo Gig With Kira Small - 9/10
in Los Angeles
I can't tell you (well, yes I can, here I am
doing it) how much fun it's been to do all these gigs with my adorable and
talented wife, Kira
Small. This year we've been as far north as Boston and as far south
as Mobile, AL; we've played relaxed gigs in cozy living rooms and beaten
horrific tunnel traffic to play a frenetic New York City gig; and no matter
where we've been it's been a thrill and a privilege to play her music for a
bunch of new folks and old friends alike. Plus, it's nice to travel with my
sweetheart (cue barf bags) rather than travel without her. We've discovered that
quality time *can* be had at a truck stop on I-65. (No, not like that. Jeez, you
guys.)
This was supposed to be a gig announcement, right? Our last duo
gig before the Dethklok tour will be this Thursday night, in my adopted hometown
of Los Angeles, at a cool venue we've done before:
Thursday,
September 10, 9pm
with Kira
Small
at Genghis
Cohen
740 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90046
(323) 653-0640
Admission: $7
Special attention to
those who'd like to see us in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama &
Mississippi: We're hitting Austin in December and booking house concert and
small venue gigs along the way and back to Nashville. Interested? Just skip to
Item #5 below...
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2. Steve Vai Live DVD
Premiere Charity Event - 9/15 in Hollywood
There's
a new Steve Vai DVD coming out, which is essentially the complete
show from the 2007 String Theories tour I was on. To mark the occasion, the
almighty Vai is holding a premiere showing at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood
on Tuesday, 9/15. From Steve's website: "Attendees will have the rare
opportunity to view the concert film in its entirety and also listen to Vai and
his band members discuss the making of the film, as well as the
behind-the-scenes details of the tour." I've never done anything like this
before, so it should be interesting.
It's for a good cause, too.
"Proceeds from the event will benefit Hollywood Arts, an arts academy that
provides creative and commercial art instruction to homeless and at-risk youth.
Vai has been a member of the board of directors for Hollywood Arts since 2007.
[www.hollywood-arts.org]" There's going to be a silent auction as well, also for
charity. Regular tickets are $25. Here's the deets:
Tuesday,
September 15, 7:00 (doors 6:00)
STEVE VAI LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS: WHERE THE
WILD THINGS ARE
Premiere Showing at the Egyptian
Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA
90028
Click
here for tickets and more information.
Event
Schedule:
4:00 p.m. EVO Experience (for premium ticket holders - see the
above link for details)
6:00 p.m. Red Carpet Arrivals
6:30 p.m. Address by
Steve Vai and Hollywood Arts
7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Screening
10:30 p.m. Silent
auction closes
Somehow I don't think I qualify for the "Red
Carpet Arrivals" part of the affair, but I'll stop eating right now, just in
case.
**********
3. Bryan Beller Band Gig - 9/20 in
San Pedro, CA at Alvas Showroom
Yes, the one-year anniversary of
the release of my second album Thanks In Advance is nearly upon us. Can you
think of a better way to celebrate than with a full-length Beller band gig in
Los Angeles on the night before Dethklok tour rehearsals start? I
can't:
Sunday, September 20, 6pm
the Bryan Beller Band
at
Alvas
Showroom
1417 W. 8th St.
San Pedro, CA 90732
Cost:
$15
Beller Band lineup:
Rick Musallam -
guitar
Jamie Kime - guitar
Mike Keneally - keys
Bryan Beller -
bass
Joe Travers - drums
Zappa Plays Zappa's Jamie Kime (who
I'm really looking forward to sharing a stage with) is filling for Griff Peters,
who will be On. His. Honeymoon! Congrats to Zen Master Griff and his lovely
bride Vanessa.
**********
4. Dethklok/Mastodon Tour -
October/November Across America
You know about this, right?
Dethklok
& Mastodon
with High on Fire and Converge
Oct. 02
Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Oct. 03 Seattle, WA WaMu Theater
Oct. 04 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Oct. 06 Calgary, AB Big
Four Building
Oct. 07 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre
Oct. 09
Salt Lake, UT Great Saltair
Oct. 10 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 12 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
Oct. 13 St. Louis, MO The
Pageant
Oct. 14 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
Oct. 16 St. Paul,
MN Myth
Oct. 17 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Oct. 18 Milwaukee,
WI Eagle's Auditorium
Oct. 20 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Oct. 21
Detroit, MI The Fillmore
Oct. 23 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
Oct.
24 Buffalo, NY The Fairgrounds
Oct. 25 Albany, NY Armory
Oct. 27
Boston, MA House of Blues
Oct. 30 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct. 31 Washington, DC Patriot Center
Nov. 01 Phila., PA
Electric Factory
Nov. 05 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Nov. 06 Myrtle
Beach, SC House of Blues
Nov. 07 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
Nov. 08
Pompano Beach,FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
Nov. 11 Dallas, TX House of
Blues
Nov. 12 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Nov. 13 Austin,
TX Austin City Music Hall
Nov. 14 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
Nov.
16 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
Nov. 17 Mesa, AZ Mesa
Amphitheater
Nov. 18 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Nov. 19 Los
Angeles, CA Palladium
Just making sure. :-)
And no, I
don't know why we're not playing San Francisco (the place where we almost burned
down the venue last time out) or San Diego (the place where the smoke machines
set off the fire alarms and cut the power to the stage three times in ten
minutes, shutting down the show and nearly causing a riot).
Seriously, I
have no idea. Road trip to L.A. or Vegas, people - it'll be worth it.
**********
5. Kira Small/Bryan Beller Duo Now Booking
December House Concerts In & Around Texas
Like I said above,
Kira and I have booked a couple of shows in Austin - specifically on Friday and
Saturday, December 11 and 12. And we're driving up and back with the full
duo-gig-setup pile of gear in the trusty minivan. So this is one of those times
when we're throwing ourselves into the great wide open.
If
you live in...
West
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
or
Louisiana
...and you're interested in hosting a house concert with Kira
and I, just
reply to this e-mail.
What's it all about, you ask? Well,
if you love live music, enjoy entertaining friends in your home, and know 20-30
folks you'd like to share a unique, intimate musical experience with, it's right
up your alley. But even if you're just curious, feel free to drop us a line.
Here's a couple of links to video of us performing at a house concert in
New Jersey back in June:
"I
Ain't Never" (some funky stuff)
"Miss
You Bad Tonight" (a soulful ballad)
And
here's a link to our page at
ConcertsInYourHome.com.
**********
Before I head
off into the travel vortex (I leave home this Wednesday and don't return until
Thanksgiving), I want to take a second and just say THANK YOU to everyone I've
seen over the past three months.
Things
have been moving so fast that it's been tough to do anything but just look ahead
to the next week, but I promise that I haven't lost sight of the fact that,
whatever I'm up to, it doesn't work without people stopping what they're doing
and choosing to spend a little time just enjoying whatever musical project I'm
involved in.
Whether
you came to a show (with Keneally, or Kira, or my own band, or whatever), or
hosted a show, or purchased a CD, or helped organize a clinic, or just wrote me
an e-mail of encouragement because you wanted to make a show but couldn't: THANK
YOU. Really, it's my privilege to be traveling to so many new and different
places and playing, and I hope to continue doing it as long as I'm able.
Have a great fall, and hope to see you out on the road somewhere.
Best wishes to all,
Bryan Beller
9:58 PM
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