The Johnson Treatment (Maryland, 2 free shows)
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Topic: The Johnson Treatment (Maryland, 2 free shows)
Posted By: Man Overboard
Subject: The Johnson Treatment (Maryland, 2 free shows)
Date Posted: April 08 2009 at 05:01
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http://www.myspace.com/thejohnsontreatment - http://www.myspace.com/thejohnsontreatment Hey guys  Harry Hood and I have started a small, fun project, a two-man prog jam-band if you will. We're playing tonight (Wednesday April 8th) at Shamrock Coffee in Bel Air, MD at 7:30 PM, and Thursday at Sean Bolan's Irish Pub (upstairs, 10:30 PM). Both are open mic nights, so there'll be other performers... the local scene here isn't that bad! Our MySpace linked above has tons more information about the band, the entire Retrospective EP (early and recent recordings of varying quality) for free, as well as a clean, minimalist interface (a rarity on MySpace)...not to mention a great photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson.Since most of the people coming to the shows are obviously local and not on ProgArchives, I'll extend a special treat to the handful of you who happen to be in the area and didn't know about it already  Wednesday night's setlist will be as follows... Introductory Soundscape See America Right (Mountain Goats cover) Porcupine Tree medley: Sky Moves Sideways > Fadeaway > space-rock improv Gabriel-style spoken intro > Trashroom Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty cover) > jazz improv Short but sweet Mostly covers this time around, we're recording the show to present as a demo to some of the venues around town. Thursday's set is entirely unplanned but likely going to be completely different material with a stronger focus on our originals. We're well-rehearsed, tight, loud, and ready to have some proggy fun. I'd be most pleased if even one of you Baltimore-area members stopped in.  ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 08 2009 at 07:49
Long time no see, Aaron ! Unfortunately we won't be able to make it tonight, but next time you play in the Baltimore/DC area, please let us know! We'd really love to meet you both.
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: April 08 2009 at 16:10
Sure thing! ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Raff wrote:Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: April 09 2009 at 04:02
Sorry for the brief reply before, we were in a mad rush to get to the venue. We currently don't have the funding or the notoriety to play outside of Harford County for a while, but we'll keep you updated on our current show plans as well in advance as we can in case you guys think you can make it to any of them. We had a hell of a time. The set was short, sweet, and extraordinary fulfilling, a 1-2-3 punch of a cover of The Mountain Goats' "See America Right", the Johnson Treatment original piece Trashroom featuring a hilariously dark intro in the style of Peter Gabriel by the lovely Robert Johnson, who stretched himself pretty thin doing vocals, playing keys, controlling the drum machine, and playing a bass part as well. We finished off with a medley of Porcupine Tree's "The Sky Moves Sideways" and "Fadeaway". There were some minor technical issues throughout (it's the G string, if you're wondering), but it didn't bring us down a bit and I think we delivered a great performance considering it was our first in over a year  If you'd like to hear how we did... I kind of went all out on presentation, there are three different ways to check it out. 1) "Single" Edits. On http://www.myspace.com/thejohnsontreatment - the MySpace page , I've added "single" edits from the performance to the top of the player, which I've cut straight to the songs themselves with minimal banter and fun between songs, and did some minor audiolevel tweaks for more listener-friendly audio. "The Sky Moves Sideways" was omitted to present "Fadeaway" more prominently. 2) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OFNGE8SJ - Uncut bootleg. I've uploaded the uncut recording, from microphone on to microphone off, no level tweaks. The audio quality is surprisingly passable, and there's a lot of fun 'accidental music' and sillyness that was omitted from the single edits. Also available on the MySpace, under a blog entry. 3) http://www.youtube.com/user/thejohnsontreatment - Videos on YouTube. Complete videos of the tracks shot by Meg, who ran the event. Uploaded in high quality, so click the HD button for better picture and sound! I left the camera's audio in because it has a different ambience that I like. Video uploaded to MySpace as well. We're playing Sean Bolan's tonight at 10PM. We're planning on recording that show as well, and with luck may find someone to tape it.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: April 09 2009 at 07:21
I've been given 'the Johnson treatment' before . . . 
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
 Seriousely, though . . . I really like the music, man! I'm crazy about 4am! *friend requests on myspace*.
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: April 09 2009 at 21:17
Hey, glad you enjoy it! Have you checked out our other stuff? We put Wednesday night's live performance up for viewing and listening 4AM I've been getting a pretty decent response to that one, it's actually from an older 'solo' release of mine called Soundtrack For A Dream. You can get your hands on the http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J0KVIDJP - full record here if you'd like, it's free of course and it's got a lot more in the vein of 4AM as that was the style I was experimenting in at the time (and still occasionally do).------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |