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Actualized quite a few pages here, including ‘bands’, ‘solo works’, and ‘soundware’ sections. Added all recent releases – it appears I had as many as four full-lengths this year, and the new items at blacksidedsun.gumroad.com. This was a very productive year, and more is in the works.
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Autumn hits hard: temperatures are down, if it rains, it pours, and the intense live season is basically through, although Sombra Del Mar isn’t going to slow down: we’ve booked for a month ahead. I believe over these recent months I’ve played more live shows than ever before – I mean, probably more than throughout
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A quartet of expats from Russia and Belarus. Seen a thing or two in our lives, some even more than they ever wanted to. Nowadays we’re playing music that is in high demand, and surprisingly those are rock’n’rolls above all things. Frankly I’m no big fan of the old rock’n’roll when it comes to listening,
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Have my hands full with rehearsals and gigs – we’ve got some kind of a residentship with a local venue, which is an Irish Pub. The only problem for me is that it’s located on the other end of the city from our appartment, heh. On the other hand, walking just under 3 miles one
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The weekend is going to be busy: Quite unfortunately I’ve been hit with nasty flu, so I’ll have to perform wearing a medical mask this time. Not an enjoyable experience. Elsewhere, it is utterly enjoyable to see how many people come to download Luminophore pack. And it looks like it’s not only about being free
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…If/when you do right, every gig is a celebration. At least it should look like the one for the audience. It’s nice if it feels like the one for the performers – a better rapport with the audience is invoked then…
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…Those are totally great about gigging: first is seeing people burst into dance to a classic rock music – I didn’t expect the old rock-n-roll is still that popular. Second – a blissful hush afterwards. A relative one, of course, – in the streets even past midnight there are still cars, some people and the
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Will play tomorrow late evening with Sombra Del Mar band in Batumi. For the first time. Wish me luck. We start at 21:30. Sinori Pub, 14, Marjanishvili str. Come to see us and listen to some real rock’n’roll!
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Will improvise some dark ambient with my #blacksidedsun project later tonight. If I get lucky, I’ll be able to record some stuff too. Not sure yet, though.
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Will play keyboards with a quickie band, performing some bluesy-rocky stuff. Not much of a deal. In fact, expats musicians are largely playing for their kin, locals ignore such events for a few reasons. Shame, really. Also, shame that it’s mostly about playing covers, not some original music – people largely want to hear what
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