I picked up a TASCAM 414 4-track cassette recorder off of craigslist for $10 about three weeks ago.  I always wanted one of these when I was a kid, and figured I should jump on it for $10.  Why not, right?  It took me awhile to find a power supply, but I finally found one on the 'Bay.  Plugged it in and made some noise last night and it was surprisingly fun to play around with.  Its very simple and intuititve.  I don't see it replacing my computer setup any time soon, but I think I might demo out some tunes on it just for the fun of it!

In other news, we are still auditioning drummers this week.  Everyone has been super promising so far, but hopefully we will have this band rounded out in another week or so.  Next gig with the full band is at the Sugar Bowl in Boston, on May 8th.  See you there?

Original band from the Boston area looking for a new drummer. We have been around for about a year now, released our first EP in December of 2009 with some reviews, and are currently planning on doing a college radio promotion in the spring to promote the album. Our major influences for our sound include the Counting Crows, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses & Wilco. We are three college educated musicians and have been playing in the Boston music scene for five or six years each. Our instrumentation consists of Chad (Guitar/pedal steel/mandolin/vocals), Joe (Bass/Guitar/Vocals) and Luke (Guitar/Saxophone/Vocals).

What we are looking for in a drummer is someone that is creative, dynamic, and has the ability to play controlled and simple parts. One of the major focuses of the group is to play as a unit, and to play simple, layered parts with a strong sense of dynamics and feeling. Our hope is to find somebody with the musical maturity and sensitivity necessary to accomplish this, and yet not feel creatively limited. We plan on touring (next summer) and really pushing this thing as far as we can. Our immediate plans once we find the correct drummer is to play regionally (VT, MA, ME, NY, RI, NH, CT) and build up a solid fan base before we complete writing and recording our first full-length. If you are interested, we are holding auditions on Saturday 4/24. Thanks for reading and keep rocking!

www.chadgosselin.com
www.myspace.com/chadgosselinband
Email: chad@chadgosselin.com

I fell into a weird place this winter.  I had absolutely no desire to create any new music.  At first I thought it was the excitement of playing the songs from my EP with a band, as this had been my only such experience playing original music in almost five years.  The last couple weeks, my sleeping habits have gotten out of control.  I have spent most nights completely awake until close to six AM, mentally exhausted but physically anxious. 

It came to my realization that I have been watching television in the most consistent amounts I have in easily ten years.  I decided tonight when I got back from work and finished eating dinner I would go for a walk and listen to some music.  At first I thought I would only walk around the block, but then the block turned into walking up to the bar.  I walked right past the bar.  The bar turned into walking towards the old neighborhood.  The old neighborhood turned into walking towards Whitman's Pond. 
After listening to August and Everything After to completion twice through, I started making my way home, where I just finished writing down every thought that has been running though my mind for the last six months.  Some lyrical, some chaotic, but still words.  Do yourself a favor and turn off your TV. 

We are trying out a new drummer this weekend.  If that works out, we will start booking some shows again.  Hope to see you all out there soon.