There’s some pretty good music parody movies out there. One of the more irreverent ones is Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story starring John C. Reilly. There are a lot of funny scenes in that movie and today I’m posting up a clip of Dewey Cox singing a song with Darlene Madison (played by Jenna Fischer). The song is called “Let’s Duet” and it has some very hilarious lyrics in it. (more…)
Author: Live Musician Central
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Bonne Nuit To Play Live Online Concert Saturday March 3, 2010
Bonne Nuit Is A Band Featuring Live Musician Central Author – Matt Rushton My band, “Bonne Nuit”, will be playing a live online concert on March 3, 2010 from 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Mountain Time. The band members are Matt Rushton, Erik Rushton, Austin Rushton and Skyler Rushton. Bonne Nuit plays a few cover songs and some original music too. It’s all guitar based rock-n-roll with the instrumentation being two guitars, bass and drums. We’re very excited to be playing an online concert as it’s a real thrill to explore new ways of playing live in a band and reaching an audience.
The show will be broadcast using a Shoutcast server. It’s very easy to connect and enjoy the show. The name of the Shoutcast station will be Bonne Nuit Live and that’s what you will want to search for when you go to Shoutcast.com. (more…)
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Gig Report – Highway 6 At Vertical Diner February 27, 2010
Highway 6 – Matt Rushton, Heidi Nedreberg, Tom Nedreberg I got the opportunity to play in Highway 6 this weekend at the Vertical Diner in Salt Lake City, Utah. Highway 6 is an all-original band that is fronted by the Father/Daughter duo of Tom and Heidi Nedreberg. They have just released a new CD called “Love Songs To The Desert” on which I had the opportunity to play a lot of the guitar. So when they got a gig at the Vertical Diner they asked me to join them.
The Vertical Diner is a small vegetarian restaurant in Salt Lake City with a small stage tucked into a very prominent corner. The Diner can seat around 100 people and it’s a medium sized room. The standard entertainment is all acoustic instruments but I just couldn’t duplicate my parts properly on an acoustic guitar. I am an electric guitarist so I brought my trusty Fender American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster and my Fender Cyber-Twin SE amplifier to the gig. These are the same two pieces of equipment I used on the the CD. (more…)
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Sunday Funnies – Ras Trent SNL
For todays Sunday Funnies I’m posting up another great music video clip from Saturday Night Live. This one features Andy Samberg as a rastafarian wannabe named Ras Trent. It totally cracks me up because he’s the being the perfect poseur in this video. I hope you get a laugh out of it too. (more…)
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Complete Portable P.A. System Yamaha EMX512SC/S115V
Yamaha EMX512SC/S115V P.A. System Package If you play in a smaller live band such as a 2 to 4 person group then I’m sure you understand the need for a smaller P.A. system. A lot of acoustic duos will go out and play with a small amp, a couple mics and a pair of small speakers. But with a larger 3 or 4 person group I’m sure you’ve learned that you need more than just a little 4-channel powered mixer head and a couple of speakers.
I’d like to talk about an excellent P.A. system for smaller groups of two to four people. The Yamaha EMX512SC/S115V is a complete P.A. package that will have your smaller group completely covered for all your P.A. needs. At the heart of the system is an dual-channel, 500 Watt per channel, powered mixer that has 8 total microphone inputs. The really nice thing about the EMX512SC is the added bonus of four of the eight channels being able to function as either mono microphone inputs or stereo line inputs. This gives the amp/mixer a total of 12 input channels. (more…)
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How To Choose Songs For Your Live Band To Play
Billboard Hottest 100 Hits One of the biggest challenges of playing in a cover band is the simple act of song selection. This simple task can make or break any band. A well chosen song list can give your band the edge in a very competitive cover band market. So how do you choose a winning setlist for your live band to play?
I’ve learned the hard way over the years not to pick songs from the heart. That’s the biggest mistake that most bands make when choosing songs. They will pick songs that they love and assume that if they love the song, everyone else will too. That’s not necessarily the case because I can tell you that a lot of the songs I love and would like to play in a band have never been huge sellers. I like complicated, progressive rock music that most people that aren’t musicians just can’t grasp. (more…)
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Sunday Funnies – Total Eclipse Of The Heart: Literal Video Version
Today for the Sunday Funnies I’m posting up a very hilari0us version of the Bonnie Tyler music video for her hit, Total Eclipse Of The Heart. I remember when this video came out and we would watch it and try to figure out just exactly what they were trying to say in the storyline of the music video. Well, in the Literal Video Version the entire video is explained in the lyrics! (more…)
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Gig Report – Bonne Nuit Live Online Concert
Bonne Nuit Is A Band Featuring Live Musician Central Author – Matt Rushton and his sons Erik, Austin and Skyler This past weekend my latest live band, Bonne Nuit, performed a live online concert. First of all let me tell you a little bit about Bonne Nuit. It’s a band that features myself, Matt Rushton, on lead guitar and vocals. I’m also playing with my 3 oldest sons, Erik on guitar and vocals, Austin on Bass Guitar and Skyler on drums. Their ages are 18, 15 and 14 respectively. So as you can see, we don’t play in any bars.
Bonne Nuit plays primarily current rock hits such as Kings Of Leon -Sex On Fire. We also do a couple classic rock numbers and a couple of originals. We’ve been learning songs and rehearsing for about 3 months now and we finally have enough material to do about a 1.5 hour show. So we decided we’d follow my own advice given earlier on Live Musician Central and broadcast a live online concert. (more…)
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Sunday Funnies – Throw It On The Ground SNL
This week I’m putting up a video clip from Saturday Night Live. This is an Andy Samberg doing a little rap song called “Throw It On The Ground”. I think his view of what should be thrown on the ground is a little twisted in this one, but of course that’s what makes it so darn funny! It’s also what makes it worthy of being on Live Musician Central Sunday Funnies. (more…)
