tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65737103996370210492023-11-16T01:35:23.159-05:00Tim Brickley on BloggerTim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-64045988528954455922017-08-30T17:17:00.002-04:002017-08-30T17:17:41.878-04:00Hi folks - August 2017 update. How are you all? I am so crazy busy, I don't think I can adequately describe it - but I will try. I can't believe how lucky I am, in every regard. I hear my dad Jack reminding me to count my blessings every day. And they are many. Of course, I even forgot I had this blog I've been so busy - but miraculously I was able to get back into it today. SO.....still writing and performing music, everyday, in some way or another. Still producing all sorts of great projects at my studio, Hit City Recording. And although things have slowed a bit from the busy times a few years ago, still working on various projects with my talented friends at the Phoenix Theatre. The kinda big news things are: 1) Still trying to finish up my next album.....2) Finishing up producing the amazing TRIPLE ALBUM debut of Michigan rock auteur Zach Jones and his band Blacksun Starling.....3) Have an amazing version of the band right now......4) After years of thinking about it, have finally shot enough footage for two pilot episodes of a late-night music TV show called "Different Beat Televison", which I am hosting and producing. It will be out soon. Ok, gotta run to tonight's gig. I hope everybody is well. I had an awesome dream about you all the other night I will share next time..... you know, like in two years ;-) Hang in there - TBTim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-68886149331446039912014-09-18T13:46:00.001-04:002014-09-18T13:46:58.884-04:00"What do you actually DO, man?" So, people always ask me: "What do you actually DO, man? I mean, what does your week look like? Are you making music, are you in the studio? What do you actually do?"<br />
Let's take, say, last week, the past week of September 8th, 2014. Among other things, I will: host studio rehearsal sessions for some of the most amazing musicians I know. I'll arrange, produce and perform a song for the Phoenix Theatre. I'll finish up a short film score for producer David Yosha. And, I'll prep for a two-hour acoustic performance of songs I've written through the years with my collaborator David Rheins.<br />
The week starts busy hosting Jazz Fest/Josh Kaufman rehearsals at my studio, Hit City Recording, located at 54th and College in Indianapolis, the heart of the now-you-can't-find-a-parking-space "Sobro" neighborhood. You probably all know the story by now: local bad-ass singer-songwriter Josh Kaufman actually wins the big NBC vocal competition show "The Voice" this spring. So the Indy Jazz Fest puts together a big, all-star band to back him up at at a concert this past Saturday night at the Old National Center. They gotta rehearse, so my old pal - and Josh's music director for this - Rob Dixon books the studio for a handful of rehearsals.<br />
So Monday morning I'm scrambling around the studio: vacuuming (turns out, not enough: news anchor Andrea Morehead from NBC affiliate WTHR-13 shows up to tape an interview and some rehearsal. No-one told me; I would have vacuumed more), a lot of setting up to do, it's a big band. Two drummers, two bassists (not at the same time, silly) two keyboard players (yes at the same time, and one of them is my old buddy Kevin Anker - man, I love hearing him play and laughing with him on breaks), guitar, vibes, FIVE horns, THREE background singers. Oh yeah, and Josh singing. Imagine a slamming 16-piece band kicking it in your living room. Yeah, so it was pretty cool. They're gonna rehearse Tuesday and Wednesday, too.<br />
After the Monday Josh rehearsal, it's off to meet the one and only Tom Alvarez (TV personality, arts critic) at a cocktail party he's co-hosting welcoming Joey Amato, the publisher of Unite Magazine, to Indianapolis. (Unite is a high-quality, glossy LGBT-centric magazine that just launched here, their third market, I believe.) I get to talk TV with producer Terry Lingner, and theatre with Frank and Katrina Basile.<br />
Oh yeah, theatre. Damn, I remember I have to get to work on a piece for the Phoenix. (I'm on creative staff there, composer/sound designer-in-residence). The 32nd year (!?!) of the Phoenix is opening THIS WEEK with a new play, a dark modern comedy titled "Clark Gable Slept Here". Bryan Fonseca, Phoenix Producing Director, is also directing the show and being able to work and hang out with him is one of the joys of my life. He's so freaking good at what he does, and he does it all with heart and guts and joy. So...he wants to end the show with a moody snippet of some "show-biz" song. He's got a version of "No Business Like Show Business" by the great cabaret singer Susannah McCorkle rattling around in his head, but he wants me to come up with something, maybe "Hooray For Hollywood"?<br />
Time to research some songs, one of my favorite things. Turns out I like "Hooray For Hollywood" way better; first off, it's a Johnny Mercer lyric, so of course I'm going to like it better. (No offense, Irving Berlin fans). It's off to the Central Library to get the sheet music. (Yeah, I could have bought it online, but I like the library.) Turns out the music for "Hooray", written by Richard Whiting, is deceptively complex: it seems like such a simple little song, but it's full of interesting melodic choices against seemingly-mundane chords, it has a unique, non-cookie cutter structure. It's tough, so I'm going to have to learn it slow, measure by measure, for a few days until I get it properly into this thick skull o' mine. (It's really the way you should learn all songs - slowly - but who has the time? And the Internet makes it so easy to play something NOW.)<br />
OK, so for the next few days I will be taking little breaks to work on learning "Hooray", which is due by Saturday at the latest. Saturday, Saturday.....wasn't there something else due Saturday? Oh yeah, the short film that David Yosha asked me to work on has to be submitted to the Sundance Festival by Saturday. It's called "Unspeakable", and it's an 8-minute suspense/"magical realism"-type short written and directed by Darren Dean, a friend of my friend David. David's an incredibly talented cinematographer/filmmaker and runs his Magnet Films production facility in Broad Ripple. I've known and worked with and dug David since the early years of Hit City, back in the '80's when we'd score the occasional TV spot when he was with Cinema Associates.<br />
But I haven't done a film score in awhile. I've done them through the years, but seriously, it's been ages. Must say: it sure is easier here in the future. I mean, my whole career has pretty much been a battle of wits and will: how can I acquire the resources and skills needed to create what I am so apparently driven to create? In these days of more powerful computing - and software synthesis and plug-ins and digital video - it's never been easier for a composer to create a film score on his own.<br />
But it's still really hard to make it not suck.<br />
I've been working on it - off and on - for months. David would stop in periodically, shake his head and give me notes, and I'd get back to work. Finally, I realized I was trying to hard to go against convention: the film is basically a condensed neo-episode of "The Twilight Zone", so go with that, dude. Build suspense when needed, find all the transition points between current time and flashbacks, find some subtle musical motifs for the main characters. All the basics. The obvious is obvious because, um, it's normally the right choice. So finally it's getting there. But I'm having so much fun with all the little sound design things: finding a perfect truck sound to go by in the background of the pick-up truck scene, finding just the right "crickets-at-night" sound level. At some point, though, you have to be done. As Oscar Wilde once said: work is never completed, it's abandoned.<br />
And besides, I gotta get back to work on "Hooray For Hollywood", where was i? Oh yeah, "that screwy, bally-hooey Hollywood". Johnny Mercer, wow.<br />
The week cruises on. On Wednesday, I get some not-so-great news: my long-time client, Chateau Thomas Wineries, are suspending their live music efforts for the time being. Including Friday's big outdoor gig with my rock band, the Bleeding Hearts, in Plainfield. The indefinite hiatus may or may not be about publishing fees live venues have to pay to the major performing rights societies (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC). In any event, I have to call the band and break the news, but first I talk to Dr. Thomas, a really inspiring guy, and get to thank him for all the nights of wine and song - and try to sell him on maybe presenting all-original music?<br />
Original music. Why is that ringing a bell? Oh yeah, Saturday night I'm playing an all-original show at this new, fabulous off-the-beaten-path restaurant in Bargersville, Bistro 226. I saw my songwriter buddy Frank Dean had a gig down there a month ago singing with LuAnn Lancton, so I went down to a Thursday open stage and just had a blast. Fantastic music-loving staff. it's just such a great place, a cool vibe, you know what I mean? My sister Catherine would say it's the kind of place where you walk in, look around and go "My people!". Stand-alone building, gravel parking lot, atmospheric rustic back patio with exposed beams and a cool little barn-like stage, a great dining room and cozy little bar. And the food is so good I saw the owners of the hippest new restaurant in Indy dining there.<br />
And they let you play your own music. In fact, they encourage it. Time to brush up on some of our songs. David Rheins and I have been writing together since high-school and we've never really stopped, even though he's a little busy now entrepreneuring in Seattle. (After a career primarily in magazine publishing - Rolling Stone, Spin, Time-AOL - he has formed the MJBA, which is quickly becoming the Chamber of Commerce for the legal Cannabis industry there.) Over a hundred songs we've written, probably. I've put two albums of them out through the years, have been working on another off-and-on - so I'm going through those songs, new ones, old ones left behind. It's fun to revisit them. They exist on their own. It feels good to sing and play them.<br />
So, how did the week all shake out?<br />
The Josh K. concert, I'm told, went great. Some pesky early sound problems, but they got sorted out and it was a great show. The Andrea Morehead interview ran on the Friday news before the show and the ol' studio looked pretty good. I finished "Hooray For Hollywood" on Thursday but the snippet we chose was too long; it ended up 1:30 and needed to be more like a minute. So I have to re-edit, re-record (swapping acoustic guitar for my trusty Gibson L-125 jazz model, adding in a little vibraphone and strings at the end) and Bryan is happy. ("Clark Gable" opens Thursday night and runs for a month, please go see it!) The film score got done, the film submitted. And the all-original gig went so good at Bistro 226 that they invited me back to fill an opening this Saturday night, 9.20. (Music starts at 8pm, looks like it's going to be a beautiful warm Fall night on the patio...)<br />
So, that's what I do, man.Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-11182710183670205432014-03-27T16:28:00.002-04:002014-03-28T12:14:10.441-04:00SPUN opens April 17, 2014 at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The music of the film<b><i> "O Brother, Where Art Thou",</i></b> as performed by an all-star line-up of Madison-area musicians (and, um...me.), presented by the <b>Cultural Continuum of Madison </b>and the <b>Riverrun Theatre Company</b>. If you couldn't make it to our performance in at the <b>Eluthetran College </b>in July, we're bringing it back. And adding some new words, songs, design, etc.With<b> Jimmy Davis</b>,<b> Gregg and Kriss</b>, <b>Bill and LuAnn Lancton</b>, etc. Performances are: Sat. Nov. 2 at 7:30PM and Sun. Nov. 3 at 2:30PM at 125 E. Main St. in Madison, IN (the Cultural Continuum's new home, which - they've decided, is going to be called "<b><i>Red Bicycle Hall"</i></b>, not <b><i>"Tinsmith's Hall"</i></b> )<a href="https://riverrun.tixato.com/buy/o-madison-where-are-thou--3" target="_blank">You can get tickets here....</a>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-73799278442204217202013-08-19T14:23:00.001-04:002013-08-21T11:01:55.689-04:00My, my......where does the time go? On August 6th, says my tech crew (brother-in-law), something bad happened to the server that had been storing my website, www.timbrickley.com. So, while all that is sorted out, we're routing things here. To my Blogger site. That I had apparently forgotten about.<br />
(In my defense, I <i>am</i> pretty busy. And a massive, well-oiled promotion infrastructure - hell, even a barely functioning one - has never really been my strong suit as the long-time independent performing artist that I am. And I suppose quick and easy updates on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TimBrickleyMusic" target="_blank"><b>Facebook</b></a> have been sufficing.)<br />
But wow. OK. Well, what's happened since last October?<br />
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+ Once again, I have a few steady performing nights, solo acoustic, which have been fabulous. They're like going to the musical gym two nights a week. (Tuesdays, 7PM, at <a href="http://www.rickscafeboatyard.com/" target="_blank"><b>Ricks Cafe Boatyard</b> </a>and Thursdays, 7PM, at the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hgwbrownsburg" target="_blank"><b> Hurricane Grill</b>.</a>) And frequent shows at the <a href="http://www.chateauthomas.com/" target="_blank"><b>Chateau Thomas</b></a> locations in Plainfield and Fishers. And lots of great rock and roll gigs, here and there.<br />
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+ Lots of work in my position as <b>Composer/Sound Designer-In-Residence</b> at the <a href="http://phoenixtheatre.org/" target="_blank"><b>Phoenix Theatre</b></a>. Shot and directed video segments for the <a href="http://www.nnpn.org/" target="_blank"><b>NNPN</b></a> "Rolling World Premiere" of <b><i>"Guapa"</i></b> by <b>Caridad Svich</b>. Original music and/or sound design for <b><i>"The Lyons"</i></b> by <b>Nicky Silver</b>, <b><i>"Clybourne Park" </i></b>by <b>Bruce Norris</b>,<b><i> "4000 Miles"</i></b> by<b> Amy Herzog</b> and<b><i> "Love, Loss and What I Wore"</i></b> by <b>Nora and Delia Ephron </b>- which has been extended with a <b><a href="http://phoenixtheatre.org/season/show-detail/love-loss-and-what-i-wore" target="_blank">second run from September 5 thru 15</a>.</b><br />
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+ Have been continuing my deepening love affair with the beautiful locale and people of <b>Madison, IN</b>. Annual <b>"Obscure Neil Young Night"</b> and band gigs at the fabulous <b><a href="http://www.thomasfamilywinery.us/" target="_blank">Thomas Family Winery</a>.</b> Cast-member of the <b>Cultural Continuum of Madison <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/405056516271707/permalink/405363566241002/" target="_blank">"O Madison, Where Art Thou"</a> </b>travelling theatrical concert event.<br />
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+ My studio, <b>Hit City,</b> is busier than ever (as is the neighborhood - all us little new-wavers in the 80's used to jokingly call it <b>"Sobro"</b> - now everyone does.) Reconnected with my mentor and studio founder <b>Dave Langiftt </b>and my ex- <b>Today's Icon's </b>bandmate <b>Pete Gable</b>. In the middle of producing a handful of albums - by <b>Rex Martin</b>, <b>Mike "Woody" Woodall</b>, <b>Chuck Foster</b>, a solo LP by <b>Rosetta Pebble's Steve Gulian </b>and a project with <b>Richard Sullivan</b> on the horizon.<br />
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+ Some jazz gigs, mostly at my personal Valhalla of Jazz, <a href="http://www.chatterboxjazz.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Chatterbox</b></a>, with great players including <b>Steven's Jones </b>and<b> Weakley</b>, and <b>Charles (Sir Charlie B.) Bennett</b>.<br />
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+ Sang two songs written by myself and <b>David Rheins</b>, <b><i>"Step In Peace" </i></b>and <b><i>"Be Apart"</i></b>, at the <a href="http://www.indyarts.org/round-7" target="_blank"><b>Arts Council of Indianapolis 2011-12 Creative Renewal Grant</b></a> performance retrospective at the<b> Indianapolis Art Center</b>.<br />
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+ Three people I really cared about departed this world too soon. Other than that, everyone is hanging in there.<br />
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+ Made some great new musical relationships, lost a few great musical relationships, renewed some great old musical relationships.<br />
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+ This is starting to sound like one of those goofy year-end Christmas card recaps.<br />
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+ Some great summer gigs. <b>The Montgulian Manor Summer Solstice Party</b> in <b>Detroit</b>, the <b>Phoenix Brew-Ha-Ha </b>and a July 4th weekend gig outdoors at the groovy <a href="http://www.fishers.in.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Nickel-Plate-District-Amphitheater-10" target="_blank"><b>Fishers "Nickel Plate District" Amphitheater.</b></a><br />
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+ Finally got to be in the same room as <b>Paul McCartney</b>. (OK, so it was a basketball arena and he was performing a concert, but still...)<br />
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+ Had a couple of great solo acoustic shows where I played through for 3 straight hours. And when they were done, I was able to bypass the ever-present Critical Brain briefly - and I felt really, really good, like I had never ever played or sang better in my life.<br />
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+ And just completed a rather lengthy, momentous and chaotic <b>Western road trip </b>(<b>Oregon </b>and <b>California coasts</b>, <b>my people</b> in <b>San Francisco</b> and<b> Paso Robles</b>, <b>Joshua Tree</b>,<b> Las Vegas</b>,<b> Zion</b> and <b>Bryce Canyon NP's</b>) with fore-mentioned Rheins.<br />
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There you go. All caught up. Hope all is well. Stay tuned for yet another attempt to get my e-world sorted out. TB<br />
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<br />Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-18881530712739826982012-10-12T13:33:00.002-04:002012-10-12T13:33:21.419-04:00TOP 9 REASONS YOU SHOULD GO SEE ONE OF THE REMAINING 7 PERFORMANCES OF "BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON" AT THE PHOENIX THEATRE!<br />
<b><i>1. The Play's The Thing:</i></b> It ran for three months on Broadway in 2010, after a much longer Off-Broadway run. It's like a live-action <b><i>"Schoolhouse Rock"</i></b> about our wild-ass 7th President - with rock and roll, lots of fake blood and F-bombs, and cute dancing girls. I learn something new each show, but it's damn entertaining, above all. And it works on so many levels - I think it's an incredibly smart, funny and important work. As <b>Tom Alvarez</b> put it in his<b><i> Examiner</i></b> review: <i>"Ultimately, the show succeeds at showing us the parallels between the political process then and now, which relate to the cost of hubris and greed; the fickleness of the electorate, which reflects both the best and the worst of human nature; the need for educating oneself about the issues and exerting due diligence on a candidate; and finally, the critical importance of becoming involved in the public debate."</i> But don't let all that stuff that scare you. It's funny as hell, it rocks, and like I said, there are cute dancing girls...<br />
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<b><i>2. The Director</i></b>: I'm a little biased because I get to work with him, but <b>Bryan Fonseca </b>is one of the greatest living American Theatre directors out there. His body of work - hundreds of challenging, provocative productions of new plays over 30 years, is unparalleled. He's just SO good at what he does - finding the heart of the story - and figuring out how to translate that to the cast and crew and, ultimately, you. Over the last few years, we've worked on a number of "new" (i.e. non-corny traditional musical theatre-type) musicals - and this one is one hell of a show. Marvel at how smoothly this complex puzzle is put together...<br />
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<b><i>3. The Star:</i></b> I really didn't know <b>Eric Olson</b> before this. I had enjoyed his performance in <b><i>"Avenue Q"</i></b>, but damn, man - he showed up ready to rock on this from rehearsal one. This is an incredibly demanding role: you have to sing your ass off, move like a great rock and roll front man, and display a range of acting chops that run from absurdly comic to despairingly honest - and he brings it, people. If only to see somebody kick ass in a big role with "inexhaustible brio" (as <b>Jay Harvey</b> put it in the <b><i>"Star" </i></b>yesterday), come see this show. (PS: Turns out Eric and I are both major <b>Who </b>fans. Come watch us bond in a mid-westerly <b>Daltery/Townsend</b> fashion.)<br />
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<b><i>4. Your Own Self-Interest:</i></b> Tell the Box Office that I sent you when you get your tix (call <b>317.635-PLAY</b> or visit<b> www.phoenixtheatre.org</b>) and you will be entered into a contest to win a Phoenix season pass. And if you save your ticket stub, I will buy you a drink. Or play you a song.<br />
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<b><i>5. The Choreography</i></b>: It's so good, so fresh, so fun, so completely driven (in a very subtle) way by the narrative. Hats off (coon-skin caps off, actually) off to <b><i>Dance Kaleidoscope's</i> Mariel Greenlee!</b><br />
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<b><i>6. The Set, The Lights, The Sound</i></b>:<b> Gordon Strain's</b> two-level saloon set is awesome. <b>Laura Glover's </b>sublime lighting design is awesome. <b>Nick Hargrove's </b>all-over-the-place sound design is awesome. You may not be able to consciously take it all in at once while you're wrapped up in the story, but trust me, all three are bloody awesome.....<br />
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<b><i>7. The Cast: </i></b>Man, it's hard work. Man, it's alot of fun when you're around such wonderful, talented folks: <b>Phillip Armstrong, Thomas Cardwell, Abigail Gillan, Scot Greenwell, Andrea Heiden, Danny J. Kingston, Peter Scarbrough, Lincoln Slentz, Phebe Taylor, Arianne Villareal, Clair Wilcher</b> and<b> Rex Wolfley.</b><br />
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<b><i>8. The Music:</i> </b>It's not corny. It rocks. The vocal direction (by <b>Kevin Smith</b>) is outstanding.<br />
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<b><i>9. The Band: </i></b>We're kicking it too: <b>Dave Langfitt </b>on bass, <b>Matt Price </b>on drums, and I sing and play acoustic and electric guitars and piano. (Note the piano - it's the 1908 <b>Lauter </b>concert upright that's normally at the studio, the very same piano my mom and dad bought me in a pawnshop when I was 14, so I could learn. The only place to put it in the house was in their bedroom. It was many years later when I realized how incredible that was of them. Which, of course, led me....here.)<br />
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OK, sorry for the novel. Come see the show, you won't be disappointed. This week: Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2PM. Next week: Thursday at 7PM, Fri/Sat at 8PM and the finale Sunday at 2PM......<br />
Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-37547198031843301982012-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:002012-05-10T14:12:35.121-04:00If you liked "Pure Prine": Our new musical, "Forever Sung: A Celebration of Age in Song" opens May18th at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis! Hello, hello. OK.....my lovely Thursday night residency at the <b><i>Hurricane Grill</i></b> is on hiatus for awhile - due to the impending arrival of a big new project I've been working on for the past few months. Last year, <b><i>Phoenix Theatre</i></b> Artistic Director <b>Bryan Fonseca </b>and I were contacted by <b>Sharon Baggett</b>, who's on the faculty at the <b>University of Indianapolis <i>Center on Aging and Community</i></b>. She had seen our <b><i>"Pure Prine" </i></b>production and wondered if we could whip together a little something similar for their 10th Anniversary Gala (which happens to be this next Thursday, May 17th), but this time with a focus on the many-faceted concept of age. And aging.<br />
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Suddenly, I felt old. But then all the fabulous songs of the last 50 years in that vein started coming to me. <br />
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Wow.<br />
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And I felt just kinda-old again.<br />
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<i><b> "When I'm Sixty Four"</b></i>, of course. But then: <b><i>"Talking Old Soldiers" </i></b>by <b>Elton John </b>and <b>Bernie Taupin</b>, and <b><i>"Old And In The Way" </i></b>by <b>David Grisman</b> and <b>Jerry Garcia</b>, and <b><i>"Father and Son" </i></b>by <b>Cat Stevens</b> (which I'd always wanted to hear sung by a "Mother and Daughter" instead.) And, of course, <b><i>"End Of The Line"</i></b> by the <b>Traveling Wilburys</b>.<br />
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And Bryan had many more ideas, as did Sharon. So we said yes, and have been working on it all year.<br />
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So, it opens next weekend. Thursday night, May 17th, with is the private gala for the Center. But then, Friday night, May 18th, it's open, baby, for a three-week run. I don't want to give too much away, but if you saw and loved <i>"Pure Prine"</i>, this is your cup of tea, Lee. No dialog, same basic "theatrical concert" structure (which the <b><i>Chicago Sun-Times</i></b> called a "winning combination" in it's review of last winter's Chicago <i>"Prine"</i> run). Some similarities in the casting as well: I'm in it, as well as the amazing <b>Tim Grimm</b> and <b>Jan Lucas Grimm</b>. Joining us are longtime Phoenix stalwart <b>Max Henschen</b>, <b>Ken Farrell </b>(who just played the father in "<b><i>August: Osage County"</i></b>), <b>Sherri Brown -Webster</b> and Chicago-based singer/songwriter <b>Heather Styka</b>.<br />
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For more information and tickets, please visit the <a href="http://www.phoenixtheatre.org/" target="_blank">Phoenix Theatre site </a>or give them a jingle at <b><i>317.635. PLAY</i></b>.Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-63312436732848339872012-03-17T16:53:00.000-04:002012-03-17T16:53:07.951-04:00The wild weekend so far....The weekend so far: Thursday at the <b><i>Hurricane</i></b>, a young, single mom (with cute 6-year-old-daughter-with-crayon-menu-drawing in tow) came up to me as I was leaving and said something like "I was having probably one of the worst days in my life, but your songs, the sound of your voice, calmed me down and made me realize that this all will pass and things will get better..." <br />
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Forgive the little self-satisfied smile on my face the whole drive home. <br />
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And last night in Nashville, the room was full, people were listening, singing along, and having fun all night and I looked up and realized I had been playing 2.5 hours straight - and it's a 3-hr. gig!?! So, I just kept going and it was a blast. <b>(Bruce Springsteen</b> is a BABY - he's got a band with him.) <br />
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Met alot of great people - and was so tired when I got home that when I got up at 8am to go practice for tonight's<b><i> Connor's Pub</i></b> rock/drunk-fest, I realized I had left my guitar leaned up next to my front door on the porch. Outside. All night. Thank you, humanity (for not paying attention this morning.) I'm going to be optimistic and plan on the rest of the weekend going as swimmingly.<br />
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And if it doesn't, that too shall pass.....Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-91304476239756845922012-03-17T16:44:00.002-04:002012-03-17T16:50:24.333-04:00The wild weekend ahead....<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Wild weekend coming up. Thursday - solo acoustic at the fab<b><i> Hurricane Grill</i></b> in Brownsburg, 6:30-8:30PM AND <b><i>"Freud's Last Session" </i></b>opens at the<b> <i>Phoenix</i></b>. (I did the sound design - including some great "Tom Gulley as a 1930's BBC Announcer" voice-overs that are coming through an old console radio onstage, expertly wired by</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"> Phoenix tech guru <b>Cody Grady</b>). Friday night: solo at the<b> <i>Chateau Thomas</i> </b>Tasting Room on the strip in Nashville, IN, 7PM to 10PM, and Saint Patrick's Day: 6:30PM to 8:30PM back at the <b><i>Hurricane</i></b> (lots of Van Morrison and U2) and then playing keys/guitar </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">under the tent outside at </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Connor's Pub </i></b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">with a really cool singer, <b>Dale Speckman</b>, and his band the<b><i> Yeagy's </i></b>(named in honor of famous Connor's owner "JY" Yeagy). 10:30PM-ish start, it will be a mess of drunken 20-somethings and oh-so fun, I bet.....</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-90437946487302777212012-02-20T15:05:00.001-05:002012-02-20T15:06:02.734-05:00Music from "August: Osage County" (at the Phoenix thru Mar. 11)<a href="http://soundcloud.com/tim-brickley/music-from-august-osage-county">http://soundcloud.com/tim-brickley/music-from-august-osage-county</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: #fffdde; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> Here's a medley of themes and cues written for (and currently in-use) for the <b>Phoenix Theatre </b>production of the <b>Tracy Letts</b> play, <b><i>"August: Osage County"</i></b>. It was an honor to be inspired by the talented and committed cast and crew (headed by director <b>Bryan Fonseca</b>), and by this dark majesty of a play. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fffdde; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> Composition/production touchstones included: Bryan's initial concept of desiring music along the lines of <b><i>Ry Cooder's</i></b> soundtrack to<i><b> "Paris, Texas" </b></i>(which led me to my first slide guitar playing in ages - with apologies to said Mr. Cooder), the stage note at the beginning of the play which indicates a <b>Wurlitzer</b> electric piano in the Weston family living room (the most darkly-atmospheric of all electric piano sounds, don't you think?) and my friend <b>Pete Gable's</b> haunting, single-stop accordion playing, which reminded us both of a wheezy pump organ in an abandoned Oklahoma church......</span>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-76645015503364601672012-02-09T10:19:00.000-05:002012-02-09T10:19:30.838-05:00Me, The Hurricane, Chateau Thomas. The Phoenix Theatre, The Chatterbox and YOU! Wild weekend ahead, folks. Last weekend was NOTHING! Tonight, solo acoustic at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hgwbrownsburg" target="_blank">Hurricane Grill and Wings</a> in <b>Brownsburg</b>, 7PM start. (See posts below for details.) Saturday night, it's also solo acoustic at the annual <b><i>Valentine's Day "Incurable Romantic"</i></b> dinner in the <b><i>Vineyard Room</i></b> at <a href="http://www.chateauthomas.com/" target="_blank">Chateau Thomas Winery</a> in <b>Plainfield</b> (7PM-9PM) and then off to the hallowed ancestral jazz grounds of the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/chatterboxjazz" target="_blank">Chatterbox</a> for the 10:30PM return of the <b>Tim Brickley Quintet</b> (<b>Steven Weakley</b>: guitar, <b>Charles Bennett:</b> trumpet, <b>Richard Torres</b>: sax, <b>Robin Reuter:</b> drums, TB: bass and vocals).<br />
If that's isn't enough, I'm also in the midst of writing music and creating sound design for the next production at the<a href="http://www.phoenixtheatre.org/" target="_blank"> Phoenix</a>, the Indiana premiere of savagely funny <b><i>"August: Osage Country"</i></b> by<b> Tracy Letts</b>, which won the<b><i> Pulitzer</i></b> and <b><i>Tony</i></b> for<b><i> Best Play of 2008</i></b>. It's an amazing cast (chock full of the best actors who have chosen to live and work here) and one of those emotionally to-the-bone type of plays that you will never forget. Go to the Phoenix site and get your tickets now...Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-54081561266685825352012-02-06T15:59:00.001-05:002012-02-06T15:59:45.049-05:00It's now going to be every THURSDAY in February at the Hurricane Grill!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBKwVansceH6NcDSfulSuBZmTtvHjO-2e0E8k5PGokw_mvdBKEsSqd3cksvcnWI9oHwXAw1T7_WTo31PMz6y1Hhmd5855WbYTiWGe8Cxel7OOfesU9fWr4Sj9zaBuZRlQXrCQRpxJGAX0/s1600/Hurricane+NEW+THURSDAYS.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBKwVansceH6NcDSfulSuBZmTtvHjO-2e0E8k5PGokw_mvdBKEsSqd3cksvcnWI9oHwXAw1T7_WTo31PMz6y1Hhmd5855WbYTiWGe8Cxel7OOfesU9fWr4Sj9zaBuZRlQXrCQRpxJGAX0/s400/Hurricane+NEW+THURSDAYS.gif" width="400" /></a></div>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-32218246993628187292012-02-02T14:23:00.001-05:002012-02-02T14:23:56.682-05:00Long Live Rock...At my gig last night at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hgwbrownsburg" target="_blank"><b><i>The Hurricane</i></b></a>, about 5 or 6 girls got up, from all over the restaurant, and started dancing. Even though it's just me, solo acoustic, man - they were all<i> really</i> rocking it. Then suddenly, one of the girls threw up a little bit on one of the other girls, which somewhat dampened the overall party vibe. Best part? They were all between three and seven years old...Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-15556980183134295422012-02-01T10:52:00.003-05:002012-02-01T11:04:02.383-05:00Solo acoustic Wednesdays in February at the Hurricane Grill!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DsYau_6dOA-6k7eB0QDMufsBwX5hyphenhyphenopMsCpb0VK-DezT73y9nHe3Ykmp0hkUsFhgiiAK2weItXDLaxRw5djy8u6npON_Rucfbw4MxYpndrLdivSGdJST1SjJX_UYSOkxaQFPpjWTeszd/s1600/Hurricane+Feb+12.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7DsYau_6dOA-6k7eB0QDMufsBwX5hyphenhyphenopMsCpb0VK-DezT73y9nHe3Ykmp0hkUsFhgiiAK2weItXDLaxRw5djy8u6npON_Rucfbw4MxYpndrLdivSGdJST1SjJX_UYSOkxaQFPpjWTeszd/s400/Hurricane+Feb+12.gif" width="400" /></a></div> <br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hey folks, first off - a heartfelt "thank-you" to everyone who voted for us in the <b><i>"Big, Goofy Rolling Stone Super Bowl Bar-B-Q"</i></b> or whatever that was. We received a respectable <i>damn-near 400 votes</i> and it was a great exercise in outreach and teamwork and I had a blast. Thanks again - and if you voted, make sure I have your address (e-mail me at <i>tebrickley@aol.com</i>) and you'll get a special <i><b>"I Voted" </b></i>CD of <b>Bleeding Hearts<i>/Brickley-Rheins</i></b> rarities and favorites!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And now the real news of the day: starting tonight, I'm playing solo acoustic<b> every Wednesday</b> in February at the new <b><i>Hurricane Grill and Wings</i></b> in Brownsburg. A franchise that began at a single location in Fort Pierce, Florida in 1995, the Brownsburg location (251. W, Northfield Drive, 46112, by the way) is the first Indiana "Hurricane" and it's a great, fun, Florida/"island"-themed concept - with fab seafood and wings and over 35 different signature sauces. Family-friendly - which is a blast, I'm loving playing for kids these days - and with a cool little bar area.<br />
Our <b><i>Hurricane</i></b> is owned by fellow<i> NCHS-alum</i> <b>Richard Sutton </b>- who's a complete music nut like me, and he's really interested in bringing quality live music to his growing customer base. There's a great young Brownsburg singer-songwriter named <b><i>Wendell Ray </i></b>who's playing on Thursdays, and there are plans in the works for expanding music into some later night hours on the weekends.<br />
So come on out! I'll be playing originals and covers off the 200-song "The List" and music starts at 7PM....</span>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-86298181567365127242012-01-27T11:35:00.001-05:002012-01-27T11:37:19.804-05:00A Vote For Us Is A Vote For Rock!OK, we're in this big contest with (almost) every other band around here to be the one Indiana band chosen to open the big pre-Super Bowl<b><i> "Rolling Stone Rock and Roll Tailgate Party"</i></b> featuring <b>The Roots</b> and <b>Jane's Addiction</b>. We can't win, but it's been fun. But vote anyway - every day 'til Sunday January 29th - we are putting up some respectable numbers!!! Thank you all......<br />
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Had a lovely evening playing w/ the <b>Quintet</b> at the<b> Chatterbox</b> this past Saturday night. When the fabled Chatterbox tip bucket came back at the end of the first set, I looked down......and there these were looking up at me: two cute, perfect little pointy-toed boots folded out of dollar bills. (Given the season - and the color - <i>elf boots</i> perhaps?). Anyway, they were - and are - rather astonishingly crafted, standing fully upright on their own, very sturdy - and the oddest thing to ever show up in the fabled Chatterbox tip bucket, which is truly saying something. The lovely woman who made them explained at one point in her life she had been a waitress in a truck stop and one of her customers showed her the boot/dollar trick. I wish I would have gotten her name, because I think she's on to something here. Not only do I want to order a few pairs as gifts, but I think there's a coffee table book in the offing. How many other things can you fold out of a dollar bill? There must be hundreds out there! (PS: "Dough-Re-Gami" is copyright 2011, yours truly...)Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-82724638310485712102011-11-08T10:49:00.001-05:002011-11-08T10:51:57.938-05:00New video of "The Man With The Golden Tune".A few years back, I helped talented songwriter<b> Peter Weisz </b>by performing and producing some of his vast song catalog, including a moving tribute to lengendary Chicago folk music legend <b>Steve Goodman</b>. Titled <b><i>"The Man With The Golden Tune"</i></b>, the recording was featured on a companion CD that accompanied <b>Clay Eals</b> recent biography of Steve,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Goodman-Facing-Clay-Eals/dp/1550227327/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1320767448&sr=8-16" target="_blank"> "Steve Goodman: Facing The Music"</a>, and now Peter has put together a video of the song featuring some great archival footage and pics of Steve. Enjoy!<br />
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<b><i>"Prine: A Tribute Concert" </i></b>(the theatrical concert experience formerly known as <i>"Pure Prine"</i>) returns to the Indianapolis area this week and next, as a fundraising event for the <b>Carmel Community Players</b> (a vibrant, volunteer-run company that's been producing quality theater since 1993.)<br />
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The original all-singing and playing cast is here: <b>Tim Grimm</b>, <b>Jan Lucas-Grimm</b>, <b>Bobbi Lancaster</b>, <b>Michael Shelton</b>, <b>Jenni Gregory</b> and your's truly. Six people sitting around playing and singing 32 Prine classics, in a unique, storytelling manner, conceived and directed by <b><i>Phoenix Theatre</i></b> Artistic Director <b>Bryan Fonseca</b>.<br />
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The show, first produced as <i>"Pure Prine"</i> in May 2010 at the Phoenix, is in it's 5th production, including stints in Madison, IN and this January in Chicago, IL. <b>Mary Houlihan</b>, in the <b><i>Chicago Sun-Times</i></b>, wrote:<br />
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<i>"Fonseca lets the songs unfold organically in a simple, barroom setting. There is no storyline, no real dialog. Yet, hints of a story about relationships come through thanks to Prine's story songs, and the subtle interactions of the performers, all of whom are actors as well as fine musicians and singers..."</i><br />
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<b>Lou Harry</b>, in the <b><i>Indianapolis Business Journal</i></b>, called the show: <i>"...a remarkable achievement....Prine's songs are seamlessly adapted for the stage..."</i><br />
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And <b>Hope Baugh</b>, in <b><i>Indy Theater Habit</i></b>, said: <i>"I loved it - it was unlike any show I've ever seen."</i><br />
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</tbody></table>Performances are at the CCP's <b>Carmel Community Playhouse </b>(14299 Clay Terrace Blvd., Carmel, IN.), their spacious, modern facility located in the Clay Terrace shopping area (a block south of the fabulous Kona Grill.) This weekend, Friday 8,26, and Saturday 8.27 at 8PM and Sunday 8.28 at 2:30PM, next week Thursday 9.1 and Saturday 9.3 (no Friday show) at 8PM and finishing up Sunday 9.4 at 2:30PM. Tickets are available at the CCP website by clicking <a href="http://www.carmelplayers.org/">here</a>!Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-80862217189243048962011-08-25T15:55:00.000-04:002011-08-25T15:55:46.044-04:00Late night acoustic set this Saturday night at the new "1001" in Broad Ripple!Hello, people! Just back from what turned out to be an epic road trip West. Good to be back in beautiful Sobro - but the best news of the return is I'm going to do a late night acoustic set - 11PM to 2AM - at the new <b><a href="http://www.1001fooddrink.com/">1001</a></b> restaurant/bar in Broad Ripple. Right across from the liquor store - out on the groovy patio. (I will, of course, be playing whatever you call out from my epic 200-song <i>The List</i>)....1001 was just featured today in the Indy Star weekend section <a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20110825/LIVING07/108250306/10-01-Food-Drink-offers-comfort-flair?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|IndyStar.com|p">(click here for story)</a> and it looks like it's going to be an awesome new place for a sophisticated night out....More later and see you soon......(Here's a North Dakota lonesome highway snapshot:....)<br />
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Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-4365322615355586982011-05-26T13:52:00.005-04:002011-05-26T14:04:40.719-04:00"Indianapolis Star" feature heralds last "Zoomerville" weekend.....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Woke up to a <a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20110526/ENTERTAINMENT/105260311/It-s-been-good-ride-Indy-500-spoof-creators">lovely interview/photo feature</a> by <b>Amanda Kingsbury and Frank Espich</b> in the <b><i>Star </i></b>this morning regarding our last weekend of <b><i>"The Zippers Of Zoomerville" </i></b>(Shows tonight at 7PM, Friday 5.27 and Sat 5.28 at 8PM. Call the <b>Phoenix Theatre</b> at 317.635.PLAY or <a href="http://www.phoenixtheatre.org/">click for tix!</a>) It's been a good run, something like this is always an adventure with an always different itinerary and I'd be remiss if I didn't thank: 1) The Phoenix for rolling the dice and giving the show another shot, 2) <b>Jack O'Hara</b> for a brilliant show that I - and many others - do indeed love and 3) the <b><i>very talented cast and crew</i></b> who have once again turned an evolving work-in-progress into something real that gets a boatload of laughs.<br />
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So it's onward and upward. My <b><i>"Year of Theatah"</i></b> continues this month, helping <b>Bob Harbin</b> with musical direction for his <b>Bobdirex </b>production of the <b>Disney</b> teen musical <b><i>"Camp Rock"</i></b>, which opens July1st for nine performances at the <b>Athenaeum Theatre</b>. Attended my first rehearsal a few days ago, and he has assembled an fabulous cast culled from the choral cream of various area high schools. (Not surprising, in that he was a <b>Fox Television </b><i>casting executive</i> for many years.) More on this - and a summer return to actually going out and playing some music (!?!?) - later.Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-34575094619651181762011-04-28T14:44:00.003-04:002011-04-28T14:48:01.693-04:00"Get Your Motors Running!": The "Zippers Of Zoomerville" returns to the Phoenix Theatre April 28 - May 28, 2011!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa0PX5EmlfIfUz5sQacj-8vFduPm7EhPTjexrAfr8rG9NCk4mTm2RFTg6D3Qkx2LtZSb4ootlHip3rwIMcBQhc71OCOd2RGQgnkXC763AKR99bKe23ZvsQzTts5O-vtB0owZ5Dyf7qM4K/s1600/ZZ_Logo_in_progress+SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRa0PX5EmlfIfUz5sQacj-8vFduPm7EhPTjexrAfr8rG9NCk4mTm2RFTg6D3Qkx2LtZSb4ootlHip3rwIMcBQhc71OCOd2RGQgnkXC763AKR99bKe23ZvsQzTts5O-vtB0owZ5Dyf7qM4K/s320/ZZ_Logo_in_progress+SMALL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Get Your Motors Running! The wacky "Gilbert and Sullivan Meets The Indy 500" musical I helped the uber-talented </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Jack O'Hara</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> finish and debut in 2009, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><em><b>"The Zippers Of Zoomerville"</b>,</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> is back for a retooled May run at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Phoenix Theatre</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> here in Indianapolis! I urge you all to attend, as many times as possible, with as many friends and relatives as possible, as the show really is a blast. I'm a bit of a junior creative partner on this one, so allow me to triumphantly sing the show's praises:</span><br />
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+ Jack's script (he wrote the book and lyrics, he and I collaborated on the music) is incredibly funny, sly, dense, flippant, witty, chock full of allusion and illusion, a wry send-up of light opera, pop culture, open wheel racing and all things ridiculously "May in Indianapolis". But, umm, it's set in the mythical town of <b>Zoomerville </b>and centers on the wacky goings-on surrounding the fictional (yet oddly annual) "<b>Zoomvee 499"</b> auto race, and all the oft-silly pomp and pageantry surrounding said race.<br />
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+ The 6-person cast is an amazingly talented group of actors and singers. Four cast members return from the original production: <b>Scot Greenwell </b>as rookie driver/bumpkin saviour <em><b>John Hoosier Lordy Boy, Jr</b></em>.....<b>.Phebe Taylor </b>as reluctant<b> "499 Queen" <em>Happenstance Throttlehotter</em></b>.........<b>Michael Shelton </b>(my fellow<b> <em>"Prine"</em></b> cast member) as surly veteran champion driver <em><b>Rusty Nubbins</b></em>........and <b>Mikayla Reed</b> as scheming, everpresent Queen runner-up <em><b>Veneera Glossover</b></em>. The two new cast members - godsends both - are <b>Jolene Moffatt </b>as track matriarch <em><b>Speedlove Throttlehotter</b></em> and <b>Trevor Fanning </b>as the greedy real estate developer who wants to turn the Zoomvee track into condos, <em><b>Buck Upshotz</b></em>. It's a really fast-paced production, tons of costume changes, running around - and they are all really funny and wonderful performers.<br />
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+ Once again, <b>Bryan Fonseca's</b> the producer, Jack once again directs, and I return once again as musical director and accompanist.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> I do hope you can make it - and please tell every person that you've ever known about it! The shows are Thursdays at 7PM, Fridays/Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 2PM, April 28 - May 28. <a href="http://www.phoenixtheatre.org/" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Click here to get to the Phoenix website for tickets!</a></span></span></span>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-53467942196102393292011-04-04T11:43:00.003-04:002011-04-04T11:45:15.580-04:00Different Beat Radio, Episode #8:Our Second Year, Nearing 2000 Downloads, A Growing International Audience and..... "Welcome To The Family/Riding With The King"!<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadn1zEXTfczzYbs3wEz1huTtXAalE5xgGqcTNcRBqy6b2KxVe0xlpJ1IvrZtG7k-e8-R8quq9Gk-1kSlhl-bfEv-k3rzKaL8hX1NmjCucx9fZ-foDUjhenWXCFElmq4-F2X5q9E2VVVHq/s1600/DB+Radio+Graphic+copy.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadn1zEXTfczzYbs3wEz1huTtXAalE5xgGqcTNcRBqy6b2KxVe0xlpJ1IvrZtG7k-e8-R8quq9Gk-1kSlhl-bfEv-k3rzKaL8hX1NmjCucx9fZ-foDUjhenWXCFElmq4-F2X5q9E2VVVHq/s200/DB+Radio+Graphic+copy.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><b>Different Beat Radio</b>, (new music from the wilds of <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:state w:st="on"><b>Indiana</b></st1:state></st1:place>, hosted by singer/songwriter/producer <b>Tim Brickle<i>y</i></b>) is back with<b><i> </i></b><b><i>Episode #8: “Welcome To The Family/Riding With The King”</i></b>. Singer/songwriter/brother<b> Pat Brickley</b> is onboard for a wide-ranging interview and to spin various selected tracks he’s written and recorded through the years,</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> including the power pop coed anthem <b><i>“Tri Delt Girls”</i></b>, the lovely yet ill-fated movie song miss <b><i>“Henry Poole Is Here"</i></b>,<b> Elvis</b> and <b>Nat “King” Cole </b>tributes and more. What kind of “more”, you ask? Well, a rare live cut (<b><i>“Sweet Mary Kay”</i></b>, an early <b>David Rheins/TB</b> song) from Tim’s mid-80’s band <b>Today’s Icons</b> - warming up <b>Culture Club</b>, no less!?!, and</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and some archival audio advertising arcana from <b>Tom Gulley</b>,<b> Rene Longoria </b>and TB. (Approx 36 mins., 2011)</div>Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573710399637021049.post-38122175562351227922011-03-05T14:38:00.001-05:002011-03-05T14:44:18.964-05:00Solo acoustic tonight at the Monkey's Tale, 10PM....Turns out I'm working tonight, a solo gig at the <b>Monkey's Tale </b>(10PM, 925 E, Westfield Blvd. 46220) getting warmed up, I suppose, for the hell of a summer the band is going to have out on the deck this year. Tonight will be interesting - on many levels, I'm sure - but mostly for the fact it's going to be the first time I'm really going to get to experiment onstage with an <i>incredible new piece of equipment </i>I've just gotten hold of. It's the most amazingly musical pieces of visionary audio technology I've experienced in a long, long time. If you are familiar with my recording arrangement and production style, you know that harmony/group vocal arrangements - often overdubbed by myself - are a big part of it. And as such, really hard to pull off live. No more, with this little box of black magic. That's all I'm going to say for now. You have to hear it to believe it. And I hope you will......Tim Brickleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960962171347184285noreply@blogger.com0