An experiment in Flash rock: Phlash5 performing tonight in Hollywood
The band's called Phlash5 and we're performing tonight at the BB King Bar at Universal City, Hollywood as part of FITC Hollywood.
We're so lucky to have some well-known Flashers in the band (oh, it never gets old) who somehow (luckily for me) also happen to be great musicians. The line up comprises Seb Lee-Delisle on bass, John Grden on drums, Sam Agesilas on guitar, Chris Allen on trombone, Jared Simms (the only non-Flasher in the band) on saxophone, Chris Mills on percussion, Craig Swann on Visual Guitar, and I'm lead vocals!
We had our second rehearsal (ever) last night and it was a blast even though we were all jetlagged like mad! Setup is at 5pm and I'm just glad that I still have a voice today what with the jetlag and the four-and-a-half-hour rehearsal last night. (Oh, and not to mention that I'm giving an hour-long talk on SWX at FITC in about half-an-hour!)
If you're at FITC, do come by tonight's event and hear the band! I'm psyched -- it's been too long since I performed live on stage.
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Sandip Saini
Melatonina Melatonine
Ken Simpson
Gabriela Portilla
Clark Wilkins
Christophe Herreman
Lol, I wish I was there. Break a leg and say hi to Chris Allen from me!
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:48 pmsmalamas
You do vocals? WOW!
You are a rock star..
Good luck!
Oh, by the way, nice band name..
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 pmNate Chatellier
Man I wish I could be there. Any chance of performing at Flash on the Beach?
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:17 pmAral
@Chris: Will do, man!
@Savas: LOL, thanks!
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:32 pm@Nate: FOTB wasn’t interested in having us play apparently but Multimania in Belgium is very excited about having us over next year (as am I that we’ll be playing there!)
Lee McColl Sylvester
I never knew John Grden played drums. Wow, wait til I poke fun at him
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 amJolyon
I hope the results make their way to YouTube.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 pmDannyT
How about an unofficial pre-FOTB knees up somewhere starring Phlash5? You’re gonna need something special to top last years party
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 pmSidney de Koning
We want to see video!
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:54 pmspender
Good luck. Hope it goes well!
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pmAral
@DannyT: I’d love to do something in Brighton but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. The Influxis folks had a blast at the event though and were really excited about having us perform at FITC in Amsterdam next year. It’s not for certain at the moment but it looks very promising. It’s a shame that FOTB wasn’t interested but Amsterdam isn’t too far either!
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:44 pmAral
@All: Thanks for your words of encouragement guys! The gig was a blast
I did butcher poor Seb’s beautiful song but otherwise, I think we rocked the house! The session was recorded. We’re going to get the DVD and I’m sure we’ll put the songs up on YouTube or somewhere similar.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pmC4RL05
I really wished I was there. Have a good one for me. \m/ from Stockholm.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm