Well, what can I say. I knew that there was no guarantee we’d be on but the fact that they filmed us for 45 minutes made me feel like they would certainly use something. Oh well. A reminder to only talk about things if they Read More …
Category: Baby Soda
The Music is Alive and Well
Friday 4/19 – Jesse, Dennis, Stefan, Tuba Joe – Poet’s Walk – 12-3pm So i decided to get to the poet’s walk a little earlier today as I know that Baby Soda was up in the spot that we often use while we’ve been at Read More …
Working It
Central Park – 4/10/08 – Poet’s Walk – Dennis Lichtman, Banjo – Jesse Selengut, trumpet – Stefan Zeniuk, reeds – Cassidy Holden, Bass A very good hit. A truly beautiful Thursday. We did well. Big crowds. Great to hear Dennis on the Tenor banjo. He’s Read More …
Tin Pan School
Today’s set-up was a little weird. Vipers were at the fountain. Baby Soda was on the promenade in front of the band shell where Ralph usually is and then we were down on the poet’s walk. That’s three swinging bands within a 5 minute walk. Read More …
Rainy Days
The last few days have been somewhat hard. I have been trying to get Tin Pan out to Central Park for the initial hit of the season but the clouds have been against us. Today is the day, however. It’s going to be 50 and Read More …
Double Black Belt Test
I feel proud and punch drunk like a prize fighter: smiling but weary, prize money in hand… In the last 48 hours my trumpet has been bobbing and weaving through 8 gigs! This included a monster 5 gigs yesterday. Looking back now, I just want Read More …
Forever 21! Spring
3/11/08 – 14th Street near University Place – Baby Soda – Patrick (Buttons McPeck) Harrison, Jared Engle, Peter Ford, Aiden ??, David Langlois, Jesse Selengut on Trumpet. Spring Time it Would Seem Here to tell you, we were unable to take over the mezzanine again Read More …
1st Ave – Mojo-less
3/7/08 – 1st Ave – Baby Soda – Patrick, Jared, Debbie, David Langlois, Stefan, and Jesse. Some times no matter what you do it’s just a lot of moving around and jivin’. We got to the mezzanine spot but it was taken by the saw Read More …
Bedford Ave 3/5/08
3/5/08 – Bedford Ave -9pm-11:30 – Baby Soda – Patrick, Jared, Debbie and Jesse. A pretty tame night by many standards and the first time in a while that we’ve played on the platforms. We decided to meet at Union Square to hit that mezzanine Read More …
Union Sqaure / Moto
3/2/08 – Union Square Mezzanine 3-6:30pm – Baby Soda – Patrick Harrison – Accordion, Jared Engle – Banjo, Debbie Kennedy – Bass, David Langlois – Dishes, Jesse Selengut – trumpet. We got lucky again with the Union Square Mezzanine spot again. No one was there Read More …