Free Album: Eternal Buzz Brass Band! ENDING SOON!

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:40 pm

For your enjoyment (and criticism, if you see fit) I'm giving away, to TOMB members, free downloads of the debut album, Evolution, from my band, The Eternal Buzz Brass Band. It was released about a year ago on Rope-a-Dope Digital, but now as the exclusivity of the digital distro contract comes to a close, I thought I'd celebrate by giving it out to some fine folks... that'd be y'all.

It's half originals and half covers. I'm pretty proud of it.

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE DOWNLOAD. IT'S A .ZIP FILE. About 97 Mb total. L.A.M.E. encoded mp3's.

I'm including album cover and back art, but here's some info anyways, if anyone cares:

Basic tracks recorded at Daptone Studios. Recorded to 1"/16 track tape (tascam ms16). Nick Movshon was the engineer.

Overdubs, mostly the extra percussion, some backgrounds and counter horn parts and some of the solos done at my old studio in Brooklyn. Some of it was overdubbed on remaining tracks on my tape machine, the rest in the digital realm, where eventually everything was dumped.

Track 4, Reprise was recorded solely at my studio on a 388.

Everything mixed by me through a Tac Scorpion board.

Mastered by Carl Rowatti at Trutone.

Enjoy!

LeedyGuy · Post by **LeedyGuy** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:26 pm

LOVE IT!!!! Mingus cover KILLS.

Thanks so much for the music!!!

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:18 pm

you are certainly welcome!

Rufer · Post by **Rufer** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:50 am

This really is great. Thanks a lot. Awesome!

Dr Rubberfunk · Post by **Dr Rubberfunk** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:52 am

Oh my word!!

Only just got round to grabbing this - thanks so much for posting - it's right up my horn-laden boulevard - it's all superb, but the Pelham theme is especially amazing, surpassing the original for me I think.

Great work, and thanks for sharing - you should indeed be proud

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:32 pm

Glad you liked it.

Just so y'all know, I'll be taking down the download link in the not too distant future. This album is still sold online and I probably shouldn't have a free copy just floating around forever. Feel free to spread the word to any non-TOMB members you feel would enjoy this in the meantime, though.

I'll give it at least another week.

Thanks,
Geoff

sonicmook56 · Post by **sonicmook56** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:57 pm

I heard you guys play live on WFMU in New Jersey. It caught my ear!

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:01 pm

That WFMU thing was really fun. A bit hectic in trying to get everyone there on time in the morning, as well as teaching a bunch of new people in the band the parts right before airtime, but it somehow came together.

sonicmook56 · Post by **sonicmook56** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:07 pm

Did you guys play at the Vine Theatre on Hollywood Blvd for the Bicycle Film Festival opening night?

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:48 pm

Nope. Only done one gig with the band in LA since moving here, as the rest of the (original) band is in New York. The gig was at a mostly DJ party called "The Do-Over" over in Hollywood back in August. Good times. Very packed. It was a combination of a couple of my NYC guys who were here on other gigs and some local guys on Tuba and conga. I've thought about resurrecting a full-on west coast version of the band, seems like it would make sense in a city that sees 80 degree weather in the middle of January, but I've been busy with other aspect of life and haven't really put more than a passing thought into it here and there.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:54 am

Listening to this now - totally great, man!

boriscrispin · Post by **boriscrispin** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:58 am

Took me a while to notice this one - thanks for the download

Superb, you know I love this. Still up for being horny with me?

trumpetgunk · Post by **trumpetgunk** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:43 pm

Thank you for sharing this! Very cool!

Rope-a-Dope brings back memories of listening to Sex Mob at Tonic at a midnight show a few years back. Still miss that place...

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:27 am

trumpetgunk wrote: Rope-a-Dope brings back memories of listening to Sex Mob at Tonic at a midnight show a few years back. Still miss that place...

Tonic was great. Kind of like a microcosm of the economy and housing markets, though. Kind of doomed from the start. Too big to sustain itself for what it was, but for a certain group of people, totally awesome while it lasted. We should've taken it's demise as a sign of things to come.

boriscrispin wrote:Still up for being horny with me?

Of course. You know my limitations, though. Still don't really have the horns available out here like I had in NY.

Electro-Voice 664 · Post by **Electro-Voice 664** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:06 am

Great stuff! I've been listening to this all week. Thanks!

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