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Great turn out at Littlefield for PitchBlak's J Dilla birthday celebration. I spent about a month really digging into the grooves of the Dilla tunes we arranged and I think they came off pretty well. Hopefully we will include a few of them in our standard repertoire.
The Pitchblak Congregation at Riverside Church- h@&! Yeah #pitchblakbrassband
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Playing hip-hop at the foot of an alter. Literally.
A Picture at Nectar's
PitchBlak traveled to two of my favorite towns this weekend - Portsmouth, NH and Burlington, VT. A bunch of us had t-shirts made in Portsmouth. I designed a Phish "lot shirt" based on a song from their Chilling, Thrilling Sounds from the Haunted House set this past Halloween. Here I am at Nectar's (where Phish got its start) with the shirt and a picture of the band from one of their shows at Randall's Island last summer (yes, I was there. So was 3/5 of PitchBlak!).
At Nectar's we opened for Tauk, an incredible band with one nasty drummer! Their sound engineer, Devin, took this picture of me during our set. Devin is actually roommates in Cleveland with my friend Kirk who I went to Maryland with! Small World.
PitchBlak filmed a music video last night for a song we are putting out shortly called Like Us. According to this picture, Lotze and I are pretty excited about it!
PitchBlak laid down three tracks with Don Godwin at the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, Brooklyn yesterday. With the exception of the vocals, we tracked everything live. I just heard the rough bounces and these tracks are going to be straight fire!
I used my Roland SPD-SX in the studio for the first time for some 808 bass drum and hi-hat sounds. We also ran the click from the SPD via the sub output on that same track (the only one we used click on). It ran like butter! I love that thing.
About to record three tracks with @pitchblakbrass. First time using the SPD-SX in the studio!
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Played the Silver Sound Showdown with Trumpet Grrrl at Brooklyn Bowl last night. My love for TG and BKBowl has deepend. Here's a pic after our set (L to R: Christina, Lisa, Me, Steve).
My last gig of the year was at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Cumberland. It was nice to be home for the holidays! Here is the wonderful Olivia Hartman on piano led by Dr. Karen Soderberg. I played "December Child" and a few African tunes on djembe.
PitchBlak covering Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's "War"
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Ashley Baier is a NYC-based drummer and percussionist.
