On The Side will be playing Indigo Alley at Fernandina Beach, Fl., on September 12, 2009. The band has been constantly working to add new songs to it’s list. Please come out and show your support. Here is the address:
Indigo Alley
316 Centre
Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034
Phone: (904) 261-7222
This is a classic song from the 70’s, and, is one of the funkiest songs of the era. And as the song says, it was done by white boys and they are bad! On The Side will be adding this to our list of favorite songs for your pleasure. And you can bet one of our “funky white boys” will lead the way in this great classic. Below, check out the original white boys, “Wild Cherry.”
Sacred Heart is celebrating our 50th Anniversary this year. On The Side will be there to help celebrate at their Annual Carnival Event. The Carnival dates are April 24-26. On The Side will be performing on the evening of the 25th from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and the address is 5752 Blanding Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida. We hope to see you there. Be sure to tell all your friends.
Just a little more information on how On The Side fills out the sound of the band. As stated in previous post we either purchase pre recorded bass and drum tracks to songs we intend to perform. Not the cheesy midi tracks that many people use. Tony creates those himself on his computer. And we do use both Tony’s cheesy creations and some real quality background tracks created by Jim McCarty out in Los Angeles. The tracks can be purchased online and downloaded right to your computer. So in most cases there is not much of a wait to get your purchased tracks.
Once we get the music downloaded, which ever of us has made the purchase, emails a copy to the other members of the band so individual practice can begin. The same is true with the tracks that we create. Between the three of us is an iPod, and, three iPhones containing the tracks in case the unit in use crashes. We should probably make CD copies of the stuff as well and have a Cd player on hand for emergencies.
With an iPod or Phone you have to set up each song track in it’s own play list. Other wise the iPod will continue on to the next song whether you are ready or not. Giving each song it’s own playlist eliminates this problem. The music stops at the end of each song. If you want to play one song right after the other you can of course set your play list up into sets with however many songs you want in a particular set. This requires everyone to be thinking and ready go as soon as the next song begins. We prefer to take time between each song.
The other thing to be conscious of is battery life. We have to have the power cords available if all iPods and Phones are low on battery power. Hope just switching to another iPod or Phone will be sufficient.
This is how we do it in On The Side.
On The Side will be performing at a birthday party some time in April. We will be joined by Mark Tucei on bass and Bill Olson on drums.There will also be a few other bands playing. We will let you know who they are asap.
It should be a great bash with lots of food and drinks. Granted this one may not be open to the public (not sure), but should be a good gig for the band.Of course if you know some of the guys involved perhaps you will be invited. When the date is set we will let you know. It should be a good party day with some great live music.
On The Side has just finished a Demo Cd of 4 songs. The purpose of the Demo is marketing the band. With this recording we hope to be able to get booked more often. We will be passing out the demo all around town. So look for us to playing somewhere soon in the North Florida area.
The songs we recorded are Mustang Sally, 867-5309 (Jenny Jenny), Wonderful Tonight, and R.O.C.K. In The USA. If you are interested in booking the band you can reach us at:
Craig – 904-635-7593
Tony – 904-208-0732
Rick – 904-465-7673
If you get answering service be sure to leave your name and munber and the date and time you want to book the band. Someone will get back you asap.
