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Lowell Sun August 2006 Lowell Mass
Hippo Press Oct. 2005 Manchester, NH
NoMA SoNHA Magazine May 2005 Nashua, NH
The Noise-Boston, Mass. December 2005
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http://panstand.blogspot.com/ Friday, January 30, 2009
Local Phenomenon
The other day I was in a record store. Strike that; there is no such thing any more. CD store, I suppose, although they’re getting fairly rare. Anyway, this one was in Tilton at the Tanger Outlet. Music For A Song, it’s called. I was browsing through the CDs and came across a stack of discs by Jim Tyrrell. He’s a local artist, and I’m proud to say a good friend of mine.
It was really great to see Jim’s face looking up at me out of a rack of CDs. I don’t know if he’ll ever be seen anywhere else, but he certainly deserves to be. Very talented musician and songwriter, and I highly recommend that you get yourself a copy of his disc at your nearest record store . . . or whatever they’re called nowadays. There’s even a link to his blog right over there, no not there, yeah, right . . . right THERE.
There’s two reasons his CD is on sale at Music For A Song. One is that Jim is very talented. The other is that he’s driven. I think he still harbors dreams of one day being a big star. Not only can he play, sing, and write, but he works very hard on his craft. And even if he never gets to sell his CDs anywhere else, you can bet you’re going to get a quality product.
For myself, at the ripe old age of 53, I’m no longer worried about hitting the big time. That ship has sailed. No worries. Hey, at this point if I did get offered a record contract I couldn’t afford to take it. No way could I quit my job and go on the road. You know what the odds are of a new artist breaking through and having a hit? They’re astronomical. For every Dave Matthews, or Michael Jackson, or Hannah Montana, there’s a hundred – maybe a thousand – people that somebody thought was worthy of a record contract that sell three or four hundred copies and disappear without a trace.
That doesn’t stop me, though. I just flat love to write and play, and I’m going to keep right on doing it. And I know plenty of other very talented people who keep doing it, too. Here are some of them.
http://www.abandcalledspike.com/?mpf=frame is for A Band Called Spike. If you like your rock hard, this is the place to go. What would you call this stuff? Punk metal? That’s probably pretty close. To tell you the truth, I don’t listen to a lot of this kind of music, but they do it very well. Jim Alger www.jimalger.com , the band’s guitarist and vocalist, is a very old friend of mine, but even that wouldn’t get him mentioned here. The reason I’m mentioning him and them is that they’re very, very good. The other day I put in the live DVD I have of them, and it’s great. Even though I don’t make this variety of music my first choice, they are compelling. They’re based in Massachusetts.
You guys were great! There's just something about "A Band Called SPIKE" I really dig it. No bullshit, nothing complicated, no pretentious attitude, just a real sincerity and in your face tunes. Maybe off the wall for some, but it all makes perfect sense to me! These guys are so tight together. The set came off without a hitch or a jigger.
Butt Smoking Hags was great! It gave me some good visuals conjured from my very own experience. I heard some quips here and there about Butt Smoking Hags but to listen to it live was freakin' great. Danny Pearl, Chicken Wire Fences. It's the kind of music that makes you think. My 2c: You won't get rich playing at the Barn, But if you were to get on the right kind of bill there, you'd at least get some $ati$faction.
BTW, I get paid in BEER! CPA Lowell Rocks September 2006
Noise Magazine December 2005
http://panstand.blogspot.com/ Friday, January 30, 2009
Local Phenomenon
The other day I was in a record store. Strike that; there is no such thing any more. CD store, I suppose, although they’re getting fairly rare. Anyway, this one was in Tilton at the Tanger Outlet. Music For A Song, it’s called. I was browsing through the CDs and came across a stack of discs by Jim Tyrrell. He’s a local artist, and I’m proud to say a good friend of mine.
It was really great to see Jim’s face looking up at me out of a rack of CDs. I don’t know if he’ll ever be seen anywhere else, but he certainly deserves to be. Very talented musician and songwriter, and I highly recommend that you get yourself a copy of his disc at your nearest record store . . . or whatever they’re called nowadays. There’s even a link to his blog right over there, no not there, yeah, right . . . right THERE.
There’s two reasons his CD is on sale at Music For A Song. One is that Jim is very talented. The other is that he’s driven. I think he still harbors dreams of one day being a big star. Not only can he play, sing, and write, but he works very hard on his craft. And even if he never gets to sell his CDs anywhere else, you can bet you’re going to get a quality product.
For myself, at the ripe old age of 53, I’m no longer worried about hitting the big time. That ship has sailed. No worries. Hey, at this point if I did get offered a record contract I couldn’t afford to take it. No way could I quit my job and go on the road. You know what the odds are of a new artist breaking through and having a hit? They’re astronomical. For every Dave Matthews, or Michael Jackson, or Hannah Montana, there’s a hundred – maybe a thousand – people that somebody thought was worthy of a record contract that sell three or four hundred copies and disappear without a trace.
That doesn’t stop me, though. I just flat love to write and play, and I’m going to keep right on doing it. And I know plenty of other very talented people who keep doing it, too. Here are some of them.
http://www.abandcalledspike.com/?mpf=frame is for A Band Called Spike. If you like your rock hard, this is the place to go. What would you call this stuff? Punk metal? That’s probably pretty close. To tell you the truth, I don’t listen to a lot of this kind of music, but they do it very well. Jim Alger www.jimalger.com , the band’s guitarist and vocalist, is a very old friend of mine, but even that wouldn’t get him mentioned here. The reason I’m mentioning him and them is that they’re very, very good. The other day I put in the live DVD I have of them, and it’s great. Even though I don’t make this variety of music my first choice, they are compelling. They’re based in Massachusetts.
You guys were great! There's just something about "A Band Called SPIKE" I really dig it. No bullshit, nothing complicated, no pretentious attitude, just a real sincerity and in your face tunes. Maybe off the wall for some, but it all makes perfect sense to me! These guys are so tight together. The set came off without a hitch or a jigger.
Butt Smoking Hags was great! It gave me some good visuals conjured from my very own experience. I heard some quips here and there about Butt Smoking Hags but to listen to it live was freakin' great. Danny Pearl, Chicken Wire Fences. It's the kind of music that makes you think. My 2c: You won't get rich playing at the Barn, But if you were to get on the right kind of bill there, you'd at least get some $ati$faction.
BTW, I get paid in BEER! CPA Lowell Rocks September 2006
Noise Magazine December 2005
