Monday, July 6th, 2009

Quick Update

Had a great time playing at the Artomatic "Dark Electric Showcase II" last night.  Thanks so much to everyone that came out.  :)  Also, I must say, Red This Ever absolutely rocks live!  If you get the chance to catch one of their shows, I totally recommend it!

Now I just have to stay awake for work...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Tickets Available - Feb 21st Show at the Black Hole Rock Club in B-more

Tickets are now available for our Saturday, Feb 21st Show at the Black Hole Rock Club in Baltimore, which is located at 216 German Hill Road, Baltimore, MD, 21222.  This is a very cool venue, and will also feature Loving the Lie, Halflit Halo, and When Gotham Falls.

Tickets are $7 for 21+, and for those that are 18+, tickets are technically $10, as the Black Hole charges a $3 additional surcharge at the door.  If you can, please purchase the tickets from our webpage, as if you pay the cover at the door, the venue takes all of the proceeds.  Also, we'll ship you the tickets for free, cause we're just cool like that.  ;)

You can find out more information about the Black Hole Rock club here...

and you can purchase tickets from Cassandra Syndrome on our tour page right here...

For those of you who can make it out, we'd really appreciate it, as this is a really good opportunity to establish ourselves in Baltimore, and the better the turnout, the more likely we'll get cooler places to play.  ;)  I'm sure we'll have a cool web flyer forthcoming, so keep an eye out for that soon.  Also, please feel free to plaster this all over the place, and whoever does the coolest plaster will be sent a free bumper sticker.
   
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Show at Cookie's in Martinsburg, WV tonight!

We have a show in Martinsburg tonight, so come out and drink with us!  Woot!!!

Doors are at 8, first band goes on at 9.

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Lillypalooza 2008

Well, I’m starting to feel a bit recovered from my weekend. ;) Lillypalooza this weekend was a blast, I must say. Got to the store around noon, setup and started running sound at 2pm. [info]scorpionroseand I alternated at the board throughout the day until our set, which Cassandra Syndrome took the stage at roughly 9pm and we played until past 10pm, I think. Show went quite well, if I do say so myself…excellent energy between us and the audience, great stage banter, and we were all synched up and smooth, and all the transitions came off without a hitch. There’s something about really connecting with your bandmates, where it ceases to feel like you’re playing your part of the song, but rather you’re connecting into something greater, if that makes sense. Gods I love performing! :)
 
Anyhoo, you can check out some pics from the show by clicking on the picture, or by clicking right here…
 
In other news, I completed two new dirty mixes, specifically of PTSD and Cassandra, for our forthcoming album. So far we’ve got five songs nearing completion, with some minor tweaks, harmonies, or some backing vocals needed here and there before they’ll be ready to ship off to Tim Greencorn for mixing and mastering. I can’t wait, as even my dirty mixes are sounding awesome. Although, while singing along in the car this morning, I suddenly realized that I kinda sound like Ringo Starr when singing the word “bloody”. Hee hee… ;)

More show review is up in [info]cassyndrome...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008

Mixing Engineer? Check!

Last night I spent some time having preliminary talks with Tim Greencorn, a professional mixing engineer from Little Chicago Studios in Ottawa, about mixing the forthcoming Cassandra Syndrome album. Talks went very well, and Tim informed me that he’s in to do the mixes. Sweet! It’s all very exciting, I must say. Of course I did a fair amount of research, and Tim has an excellent reputation and has done some awesome sounding mixes, and has also worked with a few “label” artists that have had rotation on Sirius and XM. Very cool stuff, indeed!
 
I’m all hyper at work today, of course, and can’t wait to play the show at the Brass Monkey tomorrow night. I’m starting to wonder if the venues we play would take issue with the audience bringing hand drums. For some reason I find the idea of turning a bar into a giant drum circle at the end of ‘Wild’ supremely entertaining. ;)
 
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Saturday Show!!!

We've got a show this Saturday night at the Brass Monkey in Baltimore. ;) Added bonus is that we'll be joined on stage by Slattern and White Shadow, so it'll be three hard rock/metal bands fronted by women! Hope to see some familiar faces in the audience if you can make it, and some new faces would be great, too, as we don't get out the Baltimore way all that often. You can snag tickets at our webpage right here...

 
 
ETA: Feel free to repost, it'd be much appreciated!  :)
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Show Review

The Cassandra Syndrome show this past weekend at the Brass Monkey in Baltimore went pretty well, especially since it was our first time playing at the venue. [info]irenejericho’s got a good review of the show up in the [info]cassyndromecommunity. I have to plug their sound techs, as we threw them a pretty wicked curveball from what they’re used to, and they adapted and overcame quite admirably. That said, we’ll be making some tweaks to our live sound setup that should make things run a lot more smoothly when we play there again in August. That should be a fun show, as we’ll be playing with at least two other female-fronted heavy acts. :)
 
Probably the best reaction to the show was the one sound tech, who approached Chris and I immediately after the show and asked where Irene had gotten her vocal training (Jennifer Waters, btw), and that he thought she was the best soprano he’d ever heard. Not too shabby a compliment, particularly from a sound tech that sees tons of bands each week, I must say. :) I think some of TDP’s tweaks to get Irene to showcase her voice a bit more must be paying off. ;)
 
Now it’s back to the recording schedule until the next show at DC Midnight on July 26th, so hopefully we’ll be getting a lot accomplished with the album in the interim. My next project is getting a sub-woofer wired into my studio monitor setup.
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

If you haven't seen it somewhere else...

we've a show this upcoming Saturday at the Brass Monkey Saloon in Baltimore.  We'd love to see a nice crowd out there, as we haven't played out since February and we can't wait for everyone to hear the new sound!



Tix are $5 in advance, $7 at the door.  You can also buy them in advance here
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Monday Morning Hangover...

Had a pretty good weekend. Got the Element back and it seems to be in good shape, and it ran smooth all the way back from Pittsburgh. Got to spend some time with my family, which was cool. Yesterday we had a good Cassandra Syndrome practice, which we followed up with grilling out for [info]irenejericho’s Dad’s birthday…which was then followed up with lots of beer and wine and a mild hangover this morning. Oh well… ;)
 
On the subject of music, the demo mixes I’ve been working on are on hold for a little while, as Joe’s getting new high-end pickups for his bass, and we’ll be going back and re-recording his lines. Since we’ve got the show at the Brass Monkey this Saturday (tickets are available for $5, and there’s a “Buy Now” button right on the front page of the CS website…hint hint, nudge nudge), we’re postponing the equipment upgrade until after the show. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to make a new rough mix or two available sometime shortly thereafter. 
 
While the final mixes will be done professionally, I’m really excited to get some rough mixes up on the site, as I think even with my limited mixing skills, they’re sounding excellent so far, although, admittedly, the drums may have been a bit loud on the first pass or two… ;). We’ve been really taking our time with the recording process, and I think it’s made a tremendous difference with the quality of the recordings. The obvious example being that while the bass sound is decent, we decided that since it has become such a signature part of the sound now that there’s only one guitar, the best option was to upgrade the equipment and really make it sound good and be able to cut through the mix. If I’m able to make these recordings sound this good, I can’t wait to see what someone that does this for a living can do with them! :)
 
Guess that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Can’t wait until the show this weekend! :)    
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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Off to see the Wizard...

Well, tomorrow we're off to Pittsburgh to finally recover our 2008 Honda Element that got rear-ended back on March 14th by an 18-wheeler.  While I'm disappointed it took so long for us to get our car back, I'm vaguely relieved that we'll be getting it back in time for our show next Saturday at the Brass Monkey in Baltimore.  Wish us luck and that the insurance company doesn't try any new ways to screw us over.  :)

And tomorrow night is getting drunk and watching the Stanley Cup Finals with my family in Pittsburgh!  Yaaaayyyy!!!
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

NSVPA Samhain Ball, October 27th, 2007

As Irene mentioned on [info]cassyndrome, we've got the pictures up from the NYC Pagan Pride Day.  You can check 'em out by clicking the pic, or by clicking right here...

In other news, the NSVPA Samhain Ball is coming up in a couple weeks, on October 27th.  It'll be at the UU Church in Stephen's City, VA.  Costumes, music, dancing, all kinds of good stuff.  Keeping the theme from Irene's post, here are the top 10 (or so) reasons to come check it out.  ;)

10. This is our last show until Brigid's Faire in February.  Afterwards, we'll be focusing on recording for a few months.
9. We're adding some new danceable covers to the repertoire.  ;)
8. The debut of our newest tune.  :)
7. I've been threatening to wear spandex as part of my costume.
6. Joe's costume is going to be freakin' hilarious!
5. Irene's lost 15 pounds since August and is planning to be as naked as possible.
4. We're opening the show with 70's porn music. :D
3. Babysitting is available.
2. Irene's going to be as naked as possible.  Have I listed that one already?  Obviously that's a popular one for me.  ;)
1. This is our LAST SHOW TILL FEBRUARY.  Come on out, you know you want to.
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Monday, October 1st, 2007

NYC PPD Review!

Alright, quite the weekend, I must say.  As [info]irenejericho mentioned in [info]cassyndrome, we played the NYC Pagan Pride Day in Battery Park this past weekend, and it was much with the awesome.  Granted, there were some early bumps, like the generator used for power not working, but workarounds were found, like plugging into the little Food Kiosk near the space.

 The show went very well, and we had an excellent audience.  My only regret?  That we didn’t bring more CD’s to sell.  We sold out of every single Cassandra Syndrome CD we brought with us, and had about 10-15 more people come up and ask for a CD after we’d sold out!  Cards with web addy were handed out, and hopefully most of ‘em will go to the webpage and purchase it directly from there.  That’d be very cool.  So, although it started off a bit bumpy, in the end, it was probably one of the best PPD experiences I’ve had playing one as a band, and that’s two years of doing this as CS and the three previous years playing them as Revel Moon.  :)  We should have pictures up sometime early this week!

Great way to end the PPD season this year, I must say.  Now it’s a month off before the NSVPA Samhain Ball on October 27th, which should be a lot of fun.  I just have to figure out what costume I’m going to wear.  ;)
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007

The Good!

Yeah, I think someone must have said that phrase, “May you live in interesting times,” to me concerning the past couple of days.  It’s been kind of a roller coaster, of sorts, so I think this is going to be a multi-post entry.  ;)  Nothing really bad has happened, mind you, but just some rather interesting events happening.

To begin with, the Good!  On Tuesday night we had a Cassandra Syndrome show at the Ocean Drive Club and Lounge.  First off, the downside…it was a Tuesday evening at a relatively new venue for live acts such as us, so it was a bit on the rough side concerning attendance.  That was kind of expected, though, and it was awesome to see those who came out anyway, even if they did have to get up early the next morning.  You guys rock!  :)

The upside?  Well, the venue is much with the awesome, very clean, big, high ceilings, nice décor and atmosphere, and a hell of a light system, as well as a nice spacious stage.  On top of that, we had an excellent show, the sound was very solid, and we had a great time.  The owner of Ocean Drive was very impressed with us, and repeatedly told us that this “wasn’t going to be the only time we played here,” as well as mentioning a bunch of times that the Ocean Drive could be our new “home” as a regular venue.  Of course, I’m not counting my chickens and all that, so we’ll see what comes of that.  Nevertheless, it was probably one of our better shows of the past season.  I really hope we get to play there again!  :)

...the Bad, and then some more Good! )
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Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reminder about CS show tomorrow in Silver Spring!!!

Just a quick reminder about tomorrow night’s Cassandra Syndrome show at the Ocean Drive Club and Lounge in Silver Spring/Wheaton, MD, sponsored by DC-SOAR.  Hope to see you there!

p.s. Here’s the link to the webflyer if anyone’s interested x-posting it anywhere!  http://www.cassandrasyndrome.com/misc/DCSOAR.jpg

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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

OK, OK, Top Twelve Reasons instead of Ten...

[info]irenejericho posted in [info]cassyndrome about our upcoming DC-SOAR show on Tuesday, August 28th (music kicks off at 9:30pm) at the Ocean Drive Club & Lounge in Northern Silver Spring/Wheaton, MD, and listed some excellent reasons why you should come out, so I thought I’d add to the fun with some similar reasons, as well as some reasons I thought of.  *maniacal grin*

  1. As Irene mentioned, this is the LAST time to see Cassandra Syndrome live in the local area until late October.  Our other shows until then will be in NYC and Massachusetts.
  2. Irene will doubtless be wearing a very interesting outfit.  ;)
  3. The ticket price was just lowered to $8, making it a show on 8/28 for $8.  So bring 8 friends…or something.  :)
  4. FREE parking right across the street.
  5. Sometimes BJ’s hair appears to levitate as if of its own free will.  Be there to potentially witness a miracle…
  6. Ocean Drive is only a few blocks from the Wheaton metro stop on the Red line.
  7. This is a 2-set show.  We're going to play everything.  Been missing Scream, Hourglass or some of our other, weirder, stuff?  This is the show for them.
  8. Chris playing distorted bouzouki!
  9. The club is very, very cool.  Big open space, nicely furnished, fun light show, projections on the walls, smoke machine, etc.
  10. See me in a kilt…sitting on a drum stool.  ;)
  11. Ummm, make Tuesday a cool night again.  Or for the first time, maybe?  ;)
  12. And last, but certainly not least, Joe will promise not to eat your soul.  At least for the evening, anyway…
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Cassandra Syndrome Show on Tuesday, August 28th!

As mentioned in [info]cassyndrome, Cassandra Syndrome has got a show coming up on Tuesday, August 28th at the Ocean Drive Club & Lounge, and we'd love to see as many people as can make it out.  Two sets, excellent performance space, nice decor and lighting, and in a later post, I'll give you my top ten reasons to come out.  ;)  The show is 18+, 21+ to consume alcamaholic beverages, of course.


Please feel free to circulate and x-post the web-flyer at will.  :)

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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Pictures and Upcoming Shows...

As mentioned in [info]cassyndrome, we've got pics up from the NSVPA Toga Fest.  You can either click the pic, or click right here... 

They're are also pictures up from the Bound show, which you can check out right here...

In upcoming news, Cassandra Syndrome is gearing up for the August 28th DC-SOAR show at the Ocean Drive Club & Lounge in Wheaton, Maryland.  This is a new concert series sponsored by DC-SOAR featuring hard rock/metal/goth music with interesting and unique twists on the genres, such as the show tonight with the Groaning and Conscious Structure we’re hoping to make it out for (if you’re in the neighborhood, I highly recommend checking this show out!).

Our show on the 28th should be a lot of fun, as we’ll be playing a long set that’ll feature some of our newest tunes, like PTSD, as well as old favorites, like Scream, which we haven’t played out in a bit because it’s a bit too long for some of the short sets we’ve been playing.  So, basically, some oldies and some…uh…newies.  Or something… ;)

One favor to ask, though.  We’ve spoken to a couple of acts to be the show opener for the evening, but we’ve yet to have anyone confirm for the spot.  So, if anyone knows of a heavier act with an interesting twist that might be interested in the slot, please let us know.

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Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Girls of Goth show review...or something

I am a jelly donut!  Or something.  Last night's Cassandra Syndrome show at the Asylum had both highs and lows, as Irene detailed in the [info]cassyndromecommunity.  Check it out here for the full scoop.  Anyway, to make a long story short, things ran late before we got on stage, so we had to cut the set way short because the Asylum is in a residential sector and its neighbors don't like late night noise on a weekday.  That'd be the bad part.  

Fortunately, the little bit of the set we were able to play went really well, even without real monitors (we converted my amp into a monitor for both the bands).  We got to share a stage with the Groaning, who are really cool and friendly, and had an excellent set themselves.  Oh, and Patrick, their violin player, absolutely rocks.  The sound tech, Steve I believe his name is, was really good and helpful, and very supportive of us.  And the venue itself was very cool, with one of the most helpful staff I think I've ever come across as a band.  

But the really awesome part about the night was that, even with a short set, we made an excellent impression on a bunch of people, got lots of kudos, and even had inquiries about playing some other big events in the DC area.  Hopefully we'll be able to reveal more about that as plans get more solidified.  :)  I really wish we could've blown the roof off the place with either 'Defiant' or 'Wild' to end the set, but I'm more than happy with the fact that this opportunity could very well lead to more opportunities to do just that.  ;)
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Our Live "Phoenix" Video Cross-Postiness

Cross-posted from our [info]cassyndromecommunity!  Here's "Phoenix", our second live video from our Brigid's Faire performance at Esoterica, courtesy of [info]steph_carlyle 's video, [info]scorpionrose 's sound mixing, and Keith of the Dreamscapes Project's audio recording.  Woot!!!  As mentioned in [info]cassyndrome, please feel free to post this everywhere! :)

Also, Girls of Goth show tomorrow night, along with the Groaning, at the Asylum in Addams Morgan, DC.  The show kicks off at about 9:30pm.  We really hope to see you there! 
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Show Show Show Show Tomorrow!!!

Wooohooo!  As mentioned in [info]cassyndrome, tomorrow, February 3rd, is the Fourth Annual Brigid's Faire at Esoterica in Leesburg, VA!  James Gilchrist and Julie Sherwood kick off the festivities at 1pm, followed by Doug Wilcox at 2pm, David LaFleur at 3pm, Plastic Sky at 4pm, Ben Schuman at 5pm, Lauren Kendall at 6pm, Rhianon at 7pm, Cassandra Syndrome (us!) at 8pm, and closing with the Dreamscapes Project at 9pm.  

Should be a lot of fun, and as usual, it's all free.  Donations for the musicians are certainly welcomed, though.  :)  There will also be free cookies, coffee, and other refreshments, plus the wonderful wares of Esoterica.  As always, check http://www.esotericaofleesburg.com for directions and the like.  :)

Can you tell that I'm excited about this?  ;) 

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