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June 5, 2009

Hello!!!

Here's an update for you:
On August 1ST 2009, I will be performing, along with a host of fabulous musicians and singers from Nashville, LA and Las Vegas, "Rewiring Genesis: A tribute to the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway".
The show will be held in Whittier California at The Center Theater.
Here is a link to Papa J's Calprog website with more info and a link to buy tickets:
http://www.calprog.com/rewiring_genesis_live.htm
This is going to be an incredibly fun evening. With a 14 piece band of bass, drums, guitar, keys, vocals, and a phat horn section that will rip your head off with proggy goodness.
We did a show with some of these same players in Nashville not too long ago. That was a great night also but it was in a very small club and we couldn't perform the material. However, on August 1st we will be performing the CD in its entirety!

The band will be:
  • Me, NDV on Lead Vocals
  • Dave Martin on Bass
  • Rick Musallam on Guitar
  • Jimmy Keegan on Drums
  • Kevin Krone on Keys (String Duty)
  • Ed Goldfarb on Piano
  • John Hinchey on Trombone
  • Mark Visher on Sax/Flute
  • Willie Murillo on Trumpet
  • Charlie Peterson on Baritone Sax
  • Leigh Levine on Clarinet
  • Randy Leago on Sax/Accordion
  • Kat Bowser and Carolyn Martin on BGVs

The night's festivities will also be filmed and recorded, so come and be apart of the fun.

Speaking of fun, after all of The Lamb festivities are over, my mates from Spock's Beard will be joining me us on stage for some more proggy goodness! And, if all goes well, the phat horn section might show up for a Spock’s tune or two. Whoo-hooo! (I have no idea on what yet but we'll think of something)

Hope to see you there!

NDV
 
April 10, 2009

Hello one and all!

It has been a busy, not busy, high, low, just crazy first part of the year. But things are picking up.

I have been hard at work learning a lot of FROST music for the Rosfest gig on May 2nd.

I have a new project with the amazing drummer Thomas Lang. Our band is called MEGABYTE and it ROCKS!!! The songs for our first record are being mixed now by Mark Hornsby and will be up on the net and released very soon. Thomas and I are both playing drums, I am singing and playing some guitar, bass, and keys but we have a seriously great collection of musicians helping us out also. Stay tuned....

For those of you in the UK, I will be playing on June 13th at the Drummer Live festival. If you are anywhere near London please come on out. There will be a lot of amazing drummers on the bill. My set is fairly early though. At 11:15am, so drink a bunch of coffee and come on out. Here is a link directly to the event:
http://www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com/line-up/drummer-live/

I have some Tears For Fears gigs this summer!!! YAY!!!!! It is only a short run but it's something. Here is what I know right now:

July 10: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville, WA
July 11: Oregon Zoo Amphitheater, Portland, OR
July 14: Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa, CA
July 15: The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
July 17: Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa, CA
July 18: Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa, Henderson, NV
July 20: Humphrey's, San Diego, CA

Check with the individual venues to find out about tickets and times.

I have posted 4 new videos onto my MySpace page.
Spock's Beard live in Holland (from our latest DVD)
Spock's Beard live in Prattelin Switzerland
Tears For Fears live in Paris
Fates Warning live in Athens Greece

Last but not least, on the Spock's Beard front, we are not dead! Just moving a little slowly at the moment. We have written some music and are getting things together. There will be a new SB CD (OUR 10TH!!!) in the near future. As soon as things get a little more together you will be the first to know about it. Hang in there and thank you so much for all the years of amazing support.

NDV
 
January 26, 2009

Hello!

I am writing to get you some exciting news. I will be filling the drum chair for the amazing band FROST at Rosfest this coming May 2nd 2009. This is going to be a really fun show. Frost is a fantastic band and Andy Edwards is an amazing drummer. I definitely have my work cut out for me in a great way. I am sure he is bummed he cannot make this gig. Spock's toured with Frost last year and Andy killed it every night as did the rest of the band. This is one of those perks that comes with this job every once in a while. Thank you Frost and Andy for trusting in me. Let's blow the roof of the place! Musically speaking :)

RITES OF SPRING FESTIVAL
Friday Saturday & Sunday - May 1st, 2nd & 3rd 2009
Keswick Theatre
291 N. Keswick Ave.
Glenside, PA 19038

If you don't have plans to make it to this great festival you should! Here is the link directly to the fest where you can get all of the info about time, place, and tickets:
http://www.rosfest.com/

Here is the link to FROST's web site. If for some reason you haven't got into this band yet you really should.
http://www.frostmusic.net/