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Chris Collat Band at the 9:30 Club

 

CCB at Jammin Java, photo courtesy of meltingearth productions

CCB at Jammin Java, photo courtesy of meltingearth productions

It’s been a little while since I wrote about my band CCB, but we’ve been busy!  We are playing one of the nation’s top venues, the 9:30 Club this Friday night (July 8)! I’m thrilled to play there, it’s a dream come true.  Growing up, I saw several shows at the 9:30 Club, and it is really pretty surreal to be playing there now.  To top it off, we are playing with our friends, the incredibly talented Paul Pfau and the Dimestore BandStatic Cinema, as well as The Shields Brothers and Sub-Radio Standard.

We also just found out that we’re in the quarterfinals of the HFS Battle to Break Out. Grand Prize = opening the HFStival, one of the east coasts biggest festivals!  We need your help to move on to the next round…it is based on fan voting.  So if you wouldn’t mind, please click thru and vote for Chris Collat Band (no registration or anything needed).  Thanks (and sorry about the shameless plug)!

Some Updates on the Blog

I haven’t been posting much here because I started playing with a new band, the Chris Collat Band right before Thanksgiving and things have been going incredibly well (you can read the crazy story about how I got into this band here).  I’ll admit, it’s a big life adjustment for me, married with 3 kids and a full time job.  But this opportunity came up and is going so well that I’m having the time of my life playing music again with some incredible musicians.

But rest assured, I haven’t abandoned this here blog, no sir!  I’ll be blogging about the band, plus I stilll plan to share my DIY successes and failures, talk about guitars, bands, and stuff.  As a matter of fact, I’m meeting more local musicians and will be writing about some of them in the coming days and weeks.  There’s some really exciting things happening in the DC music scene right now and I’m thrilled to be part of it.

The Chris Collat Band

My neighbor Teo is a phenomenal bass player and a great friend. Sometimes he brings me in on projects he’s involved with, and I’m eager to do it because we’re musically compatible and he has an amazing ear for arrangement & production.  Plus, his enthusiasm is incredibly contagious.  So I jumped at it when Teo called me up the week before Thanksgiving & asked me to come to a rehearsal for the Chris Collat Band.

A little background: Even though Chris has been writing & playing solo & duet music in the area for years, he only started forming this band in the past couple of months.. starting with a trio with himself, Teo (bass), and Derrick (drums), then adding Aaro (keys). They entered the Original Music Battle of the Bands competition put on by Last Call Entertainment, SeeJoeRock.com, & Guinness at Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA.  They won the first round.  Mind you, this was up against some of the best bands in the DC area.

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