Great South Bay Music Festival

Save the date! On Friday, July 15th, The Sun Gets Down will be performing at the Great South Bay Music Festival. This is our first time playing at the festival and we really need your support to make a big impression.

This is going to be huge. We won't be playing anywhere else in the month of July so be sure to put some time aside for the fest.

More information to come, but for now, check us out on the GSB Music Festival site.

Another Great Night at the Brickhouse

We had one of our best shows in a while this past Friday at the Brickhouse. We jammed a bit longer on a few tunes and tried some new things that really rocked—most notably on "You Got That Too" and "This is What it Is". Thank you to everyone who came out and made the night that much more special.

TSGD will be back at the Brickhouse on November 26th, but until then, you can catch us at one of the best bars in the Bronx—An Beal Bocht on November 13th.

Check our Facebook page for more details.

Next Show-The Brickhouse Brewery

Thanks to Mickey and his crew for hosting us during our Albany trip! It was a great time, and we hope to get back up there for another show in the near future.

Sorry I haven't posted any pictures or videos yet...its been a crazy week, I'll get them up soon.

In the meantime, check us out this Friday night (9/17) at The Brickhouse Brewery in Patchogue, NY. We will be going on at 10pm sharp, and will be playing till about 1:30 or so.

Check out the bar at http://www.brickhousebrewery.com/

Also, my friend Sean just showed me a great site for listening to live music. Check out http://www.daytrotter.com/ . Basically, these guys out in Illinois have a barn, and they invite musicians who are passing through the country to stop by and live record 4 songs. The quality is great, and there is a huge list of bands to listen to. Plus, you can download all the shows for free.

I only started listening about a few minutes ago, but I recommend any of the shows by Dawes or Delta Spirit.

While you're at it, check out Seans site: http://dontwakethescarecrow.com/blog/

Hope to see you this Friday in Patchogue,
Dan

Albany or Bust!

This is it!

Our very last show before the unofficial end of summer; The Sun Gets Down and co. will be heading up to Albany for a gig this Saturday night at Elda's on Lark. What a great way to wrap up the summer! Thanks very much to our friend Mickey and the Albany crew for setting up the gig for us.

Also, a huge thanks to everyone who came out this summer to support the band. Much apologies that the album is not out yet...but don't worry...it's coming! Our friends Mike and Emmett are busy taking care of the final touches, so expect somthing very, very, very soon.

In the meantime, check the blog and facebook for videos and pictures from this upcoming weekend, and from our previous recording sessions with Mike and Emmett.

See ya in Albany!

-Dan

4th Annual Declan Quinn's Muisc Festival

Another great time at the Declan Quinn's Music Festival. It was a hot one and we appreciate everyone who came to support us in the summer heat. If you didn't make it out...we hope to see you there next year!

Until then, get ready for TSGD at the Shorefront Park Concert Series in Patchogue.
CLICK HERE for more info.

Declan Quinn's Music Festival - 7/24/2010

Meticulous Critic
Smooth Transition
Jimmy Don't Tell No Lie
Reverse
Around Myself
Truth

Summer Residency Part IV

Thanks for joining us at Quinn's last night everyone!

Declan Quinn's - 7/13/2010

Numbers & Letters
Get Through It
This is What It Is
What Time Is It?
My Sanity
Jimmy Don't Tell No Lie
French Talkin' Woman
Purple Stain
Reverse
Dark Haired Beauties
You Gotta Believe in Something
Beast of Burden
Soulive Jam (Smooth Transition)
Meticulous Critic
Truth
Around Myself

Wrapping up "Ties to the Grid"

Well, after all the hard work, preparation, multiple takes, late nights, Red Bulls, coffee, note-taking sessions, ideas, arguments, laughs and trips to Connecticut, we can finally say our first album is DONE...sort of.

We're fresh off our final recording session for "Ties to the Grid" after one last trip up to Hartford. We stayed up until 4am on Friday going over each song and thinking of ideas for improvements. On Saturday, it was time to execute them. After a short, yet EXTREMELY productive day of recording guitars, piano, claps and harmonies at the Hartt Institute, we wrapped up "Ties to the Grid" on our end.

Thank you to Mike (and his fiance Mary), Emmett,"Rusty" and all the engineers at Telefunken Studios for staying up late with us and helping so, so much throughout the entire recording process. We love you and we appreciate everything more than you know.

So as I mentioned, we are "sort of" finished with the album. Next up is having some studio musicians (and good friends like Emmett Drake) record some guitar, percussion, horns and organ tracks—then the mixing and mastering phase will begin.

In the meantime, TSGD will be taking photos, designing the album art, copyrighting songs and promoting the release of the album.

We are indescribably pumped for the final product. We can't wait for it to hit your ears. TIES TO THE GRID IS COMING!

Check out a few pictures from the weekend here.