Hello, my wonderful subscribers! It has been far too long since I posted here… I’ve been hard at work on a number of projects simultaneously, but none of them are done yet! Soon, I will conclude the #100songs project by going to NYC and finishing the 9 tracks MULTIBIRD recorded at John Kilgore Sound exec produced by Jim McElwaine. We are also working in my studio, Whenland, to finish up tracking for the final songs on the 23 Psaegz album. In addition to these two albums nearing completion, a wonderful thing has happened. The record label BLANG has offered to put out the first of the #100songs albums entitled “High Diver”.  We are working with some really great videographers on a music video which will include world famous high diver, Dana Kunze!!!  This is such cool news, and super serendipitous events led to it happening.  I might be a bit superstitious about serendipity.  It’s really one of my only superstitions.  In addition to all this, both of my bands have been actively performing in upstate New York and I’m planning a European Tour with Multibird. So I’ve been busy!

The real purpose of this post, though, is to share with you what I did during my artist-in-residence stint at the Convent Arts Collective in San Francisco. On my birthday, March 4th, I was feeling a little low and cagey because of the tough winters up here in Rochester, NY, so I decided to look at flights to San Francisco.  Within 5 minutes I had booked a flight, not really sure what would become of it;  I just knew I needed to get out of town and take a bit of time for perspective and reflection.  After I booked the flight, I contacted a few friends I have out there and was invited by my friend Neeti Fidurko of Tree in the Sky to come and stay and work on art / music at the Convent.  Sounded good to me!  I knew I wanted a break, but art is a break for me.  Most of the work I do is annoying, just like people with normal jobs.  I sit at the computer for hours and hours either booking shows or mixing audio or promoting shows… the whole DIY thing is not very easy, especially if you’re not famous.  So I agreed to stay there and produce some art in exchange.  Neeti arranged this whole amazing lineup for a show that I played halfway through my two weeks there.  It was incredible!  Great lineup including Gray Tolhurst of Coo Coo Birds, Sean Real of Little Teeth (who took this video clip and made this commercial for the show), and Graham Patzner of Whiskerman.  All were amazing musicians in their own rights. A perfect lineup for my music;  it seemed that each artist did something similar to things I did musically, but all were quite different from one another.  Special thanks to all the residents of the Convent, including but not limited to:  Sarah, Josh, Gray, Siobhan, Iacopo, Julian, Serena, Ariella, Christopher, and of course Neeti!

In addition to the show, I spent a lot of time working on improvisation, doing some sketches, conceptualizing music videos, canvassing for Bernie Sanders with Cheri Renee, hiking to the amazing parks in SF, and even writing a couple of new songs!  These songs are not at performance level yet, but I did happen to take advantage of the chapel space at the Convent to record a couple tunes for you fine people!

Waterfall Border:

Here’s a funny little clip:

 

There are two more videos HERE

Whistlin’ at the Convent:

I also did get to perform at a second convent in Berkeley while I was in town.  My friend (and devoted subscriber), Evan Variano, put together a show for me at the convent he lives in, which is a communal living space for professors from Berkeley University.  This was the widest age spectrum I’ve ever gotten to play for.  I think there was a 3 year old and a 92 year old there, and almost every age in between 😉  Very cool experience, totally different from the other show because I played completely acoustic and everyone sat and listened. Felt more like a recital or something.  I love the variety of space you get when you go off on tour, each night presents different challenges and unique experiences.  Now for a bunch of pics…

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Me at the airport in Detroit “killin’ time”…

Out canvassing for Bernie Sanders on the streets of SF!  Go Bernie!

On marionette strings at Land’s End… if you squint, you can see the Golden Gate Bridge.

Neeti Fidurko at Golden Gate Park… she’s responsible for my artist-in-residence at the Convent.

My old buddy Lou Neuberger with Dubsmashers at the How Weird Street Faire…

San Fran is so pretty and has amazing parks, that’s what I tried to do most days, go for a bit of a hike…

Chewy is a badass…

Rochester coming together in SF.  Neeti and Patrick Doyle (Patrick is an amazing artist worth checking out, Neeti too!)

My meager housing.  Simplicity is great for creativity.

From Twin Peaks I think….

I’m going to be making a move to Patreon soon.  They are a super cool company and I’ve decided to start really focusing on online subscriptions for a while so I can focus on making videos and more solid recordings.

Sad to leave such a close friend, but was happy to spend a bunch of time with Neeti Fidurko, Tree In the Sky…

23 Psaegz will be performing at two stellar events in Upstate New York along with a ton of uber talented upstate musicians!!

BERNING MAN
Presented by Seth Faergolzia and Monroe County for Bernie Sanders
Saturday, April 16th from 2pm-2am @ Anthology, 336 East Ave. Rochester, NY

Check out this amazing list of artists:
Mosaic Foundation
Seth Faergolzia & the 23 Psaegz
Hassaan Mackey
OHS (Overhand Sam from THUNDER BODY and Maybird)
Subsoil
MdotCoop
Haewa
Mr. Boneless (Buffalo)
Joe Driscoll (Syracuse)
White Woods
Passive Aggressives Anonymous
PAXTOR
Grayak (Syracuse)
Buffalo Sex Change
Charley Orlando (Syracuse)
DJ Sigma
MC James Weldon Johnson of #BlackROCforBernie
MC Malcolm Whitfield
Food Truck by: Le Petit Poutine
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New York Primary is April 19! We need funds to buy advertising and materials. You can help, and at the same time experience an incredible variety of upstate musicians making hip hop, reggae, alternative, folk, rock, jam and experimental music… Are you Feeling the Bern? Come to BERNING MAN!! Brought to you by the creators of the amazingly successful, “Bernin’ Down the German House” festival, which raised over $13,000 and opened a campaign office right here in Rochester!
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PURCHASE ONLINE TICKETS: https://berningman.yapsody.com/event/index/36412/berning-man
or buy them in person at the office of Monroe County for Bernie Sanders or Aaron’s Alley on Monroe
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PLUS MORE!! WANT FREE ENTRY??
Join legions from out of state who’ll come here and help us knock on doors for Bernie the last few days before the primary. If you complete a “Knock on Doors” shift between now and the primary, you’ll get a free ticket to the show. You can go out and knock on doors, come to the show and get revved up and go out again. Shifts end at 9pm and everyone can get back together and celebrate our political revolution!
Contact: (585) 482-8636 or http://mc4bs.com/
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In addition to music there will be:
Photobooth
Phone banking
Bernie Merch & Information
Canvassing signup
Free entry for canvassers at 9pm
Registration check
Video documentation
Sign up for Pennsylvania Get Out the Vote

Money ($13K) from last event went to:
New Campaign office on Culver
Posters
Stickers
Door hangers
Lawn signs
Online ads

tickets: $15 – $50

FUEL THE BERN Presented by Joe Driscoll and Syracuse for Sanders 2016
Friday April 15th from 5pm-2am @ the Palace Theater, 2384 James St. Syracuse, NY

Music:
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Joe Driscoll
Seth Faergolzia & the 23 Psaegz
Casaroja
Subsoil
Charlie Orlando
Chris Merkley
Alex Gideon
Rabbit in the Rye Duo
Mike McKay
Tim Herron
Bea

$20

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MULTIBIRD SUMMER TOUR!!

July 1 – Grüner Baum – Ottersweier, Germany
July 2 – Bestival – Eschenbach, Germany
July 4 – Franzis – Wetzlar, Germany
July 6 – Cologne, Germany
July 7 – Wohnzimmerkonzert – Kamen, Germany
July 8 – Flierich, Germany
July 9 – Stumpf – Hanover, Germany
July 12 – Kukuun – Hamburg, Germany
July 13 – Schokoladen – Berlin, Germany
July 14 – The Hairy Dog – Derby, UK
July 15 – The Adelphi – Hull, UK
July 16 – Broadcast – Glasgow, Scotland
July 17 – Castle Hotel – Manchester, England
July 19 – Kitchen Garden Cafe – Birmingham, UK
July 20 – The Exchange – Leicester, UK
July 21 – Brixton Windmill – London, UK
July 22 – Deutschvilla – Strobl, Austria
July 23 – Hunsrück Open Air Festival, Hahnenbachtal, Germany
July 24 – Waggon – Offenbach, Germany
July 28 – Cafe Limba – VS-Villingen, Germany
July 29 – Swamp – Freiburg, Germany with
July 30 – Out In the Kraut Festival, Schangnau, Switzerland
July 31 – White Horse – Morges, Switzerland

August 4 – Hochstein at High Falls – Rochester, NY (homecoming show)

October 7 – Rockaway Beach Festival – Bognor Regis, UK

MORE DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS THEY COME IN. CHECK HERE FOR UPDATES!!

About Seth Faergolzia’s Multibird:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/multibird.music

Website:
http://www.faergolzia.com

The freak-folk group will be performing a full and varied cross-section of the peerless oddball music that has delighted and baffled audiences, collaborators, and critics alike for over 2 decades. Faergolzia will continue to shake musical conventions, making moments honest and organic in their exploration of possibility.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/multibird.music

 

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Hi folks! To all of you awesome people who have been paid subscribers through 2015 and now a bit into 2016, we are nearly over the first hurdle! I set out to record, produce and mix 50 songs over the course of this past year. Now that the year has passed, I realize that was a huge goal while interspersing additional creation of 7 giant puppets and a three night production of the first act of my rock opera… plus a month long European tour. I guess it goes with my personality that I try to do way more than I am physically able to do. It’s all because I see so much beauty in art of all forms, I want to make it all! Not a bad year, as far as years go…

But, I wanted to tell you!!! We did it! We made the recording goal!! It’s amazing to feel done with a step… I went with my new 4 piece band Multibird including members of 23 Psaegz (Shaun Jones, Dominic Marini, Stan Martinelli) to NYC this past week and did a 5 song session with John Kilgore Sound, produced in part by my good friend and former professor from Purchase College, Jim McElwaine. On the way there we had a van breakdown in Hancock, NY, a very small country town off of route 17 in upstate NY, would have been bad but for this wonderful Merry Prankster, Carol from the Woodstock crew came along and talked our ears off for hours on end, really interesting stuff, and a delightful person! It could have been a bummer, but we made it to the church (in this case, a recording session) on time! Or at least on time enough to finish the songs… Those guys are a pleasure to work with, and they’ve known some greats in the musician world. Before that only by about 2 or 3 days we were in session at Blackdog Studios in Rochester, NY recording 8 songs with band plus horns with Robert Blackburn… also a fine engineer and knowledgable producer. It’s always a learning experience to go to different studio spaces and work with these engineers. They have a totally different understanding of music and sound, and since I’ve been doing so much with recording this year, it’s been wildly helpful for my own progressive maturation! I will be releasing the remaining 13 songs over the course of February and March. It’s been a rough stretch financially so I haven’t been able to do many hours in these studios, and the mixing will cost a pretty penny, so please be patient! But also, please spread the word!

Here’s a lil vid of the new 4 piece that we threw together with Dan Sieradski.

So much work going on right now.  This year has been incredible and trying.  Today has been a tough one, you know, sometimes it’s just difficult to roll out of bed and go to work one floor up from where you just slept.  Sometimes that sleep just wishes to remain in your body all day because you don’t actually step out the door.  I’ve got my groove now and at 6pm I can safely say I’m going to change out of my pyjamas and go outside before the sun is completely down!  Enjoy this sketch of things to come….