Setlist – REM Tribute @ the Loft 6/23/2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
The Loft in Lansing
Fusion Show’s SingaLong Vol 1 Show
REM Tribute Set
- Losing My Religion*
- Shiny Happy People*#
- Nightswimming*#
- Man on the Moon*
- The One I Love*
- Everybody Hurts (Mike solo)
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)*#
- *with Hannah Fralick (keys/vocals, acoustic guitar)
- #with Natalie Burg (trumpet, vocals, percussion)
- Photo Credits: Natalie Burg
Here’s my attempt at transcribing and arranging the clarinet solo for Nightswimming into a trumpet part.
It’s inevitable. If we go on our, musicians, we run the risk of having our equipment stolen. One must have auto insurance to drive a car, and I think a touring musician must have insurance to cover their touring gear, if not all of their gear at home in case of a fire.
Here are two sets of insurance one can use to protect myself:
1. Homeowner’s Insurance Plans: Call your current auto insurance company, and add homeowner’s insurance that will cover business stuff in your car. For $300 a year, you can get homeowner’s insurance from a carrier like Progressive that will cover $5000-7500 of your equipment stolen from your car. However, ask important questions:
- Does this cover my gear in my car if there is no sign of break-in? (This might be an odd story, but read this blog as a reminder how easy it is for stuff to get stolen.) Does this cover my gear if it’s stolen at a venue?
2. Get additional coverage for gear from a company like Heritage Insurance Services, which specifically works with musicians. These plans can cover your instrument if it is stolen–or damaged–at a gig (Example: Drunk person falls over onto your guitar or someone spills their beer on your pedal board.) Here’s their information:
Robert A. Gallo, Jr.
Account Executive
Heritage Insurance Services, Inc.
826 Bustleton Pike, Ste. 203
Feasterville, PA 19053
800-289-8837 x 103
(215) 322-5854 FAX
rgallo[at]musicins.com
Also, make an Excel spreadsheet listing all of your equipment with these items
- Item name
- Serial number
- Estimated value price used
- Market value price new
- How much you paid for it (for your own records, wink, wink.)
- Interested marks that make it identifiable
Take a picture of all of your gear, including the serial numbers, and keep it in a folder on your computer.
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Lastly, I’m going to risk sounding like my father saying this, but if you have a priceless piece of equipment that can’t be replaced, don’t take it on the road. Some instruments are for studio recording sessions only. They don’t need to go on tour.
I take my live sound seriously, but one must be reasonable. For example:
- Your audience will not tell the difference between an Analogman modified Tube Screamer TS (replacable) and the original Tube Scream 808 (difficult to replace).
- Your audience will not tell the difference between a really newer Fender guitar and a 1965 Jazzmaster.
- Have a a 1960s Gibson semi-hollowbody made in Kalamazoo? I’d take your Epiphone on the road instead.
If you can’t afford to replace it, don’t tour with it. Don’t take your vintage stuff on the road, especially if you are just starting to tour!
Mike V. & Michael Chambers laying down tracks for "Kalamazoo" at Catherine North Studios.
Sunday July 8 – WPRB
103.3 FM, Princeton, NJ
- 7-10PM ET
- Listen online at: www.wprb.com
WPRB will be playing a song or two from Mike Vial’s Where the Sand Meets the Tide on the show, Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio, hosted by John Weingart. Special thanks to WPRB for featuring us this summer!
American Songwriter features a page of readers’ favorite 10 albums. What would be the ten albums you couldn’t live without having? I had fun making my list and submitting to them for their next issue. You can still submit by clicking here.
In no particular order:
- City and Colour – Bring Me Your Love
- Band of Gypsies – Band of Gypsies
- Brian Vander Ark – Resurrection
- Eric Clapton – Unplugged
- James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
- Pearl Jam – VS
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
- Ryan Adams – Gold
- Led Zeppelin – IV
- R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
Set list: Sunday, May 13, 2012 – Raven Cafe
All songs with Stuart Tucker on percussion
- Intelligent Fool
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Drift Away (Dobie Gray cover)
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Faster Than Slow
- Damn Fine Day
- Kalamazoo
- Love & Be Proud
- Empty Cup
- I Will
- Ohio (with Paul Federici) (Neil Young cover)
- Made a Mess
- Cecilia -> Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkle medley)
- Julie’s Monster
- 500 Miles (with Paul Federici) (Proclaimer’s cover)
- Driftwood (with Paul Federici)
- Wonderwall (will Paul Federici) (Oasis cover)
- Love Birds
Paul Federici opening the show and performing on the crow’s nest stage at the Raven Cafe
