Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News http://theslowburn.com/news.html The Slow Burn: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:18:59 -0800 Enter Jenn! http://theslowburn.com/news.html#45 THE SLOW BURN took the Summer off from performing, but idle hands are the Devil's work! We did some retooling, played a couple of private parties, added some new tunes, and were very fortunate to snag a new female vocalist - Jenn Zschunke. Jenn and I used to sing together in the a cappella group dcVocals. Now we're reunited, and it feels so good!

Jenn really classes up the joint, and we are delighted to have her in the lineup! But don't take my word for it - come hear for yourself this Thurdsay at The Sunset Grille - an Annandale landmark. This will be our first time playing "The Grille," and we are stoked!

Here are the particulars:
Date: Thursday, 11/17
Time: 8:30-12:30
Location:
Sunset Grille
7250 Columbia Pike
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 658-0928
http://thesunsetgrille.com/

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,
Ted Donat
THE SLOW BURN

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#45 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News One Night at Bangkok http://theslowburn.com/news.html#44 We had an amazing time at Bangkok Blues on February 5th!  Thanks to everyone who came out - all 70 of you!  We had so much fun, we're going to do it again on June 3rd!  AND, we're going to post some of the tunes for our fans to download.  Stay tuned for more info...]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#44 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Happy New Year! / Bangkok Blues http://theslowburn.com/news.html#43 Happy New Year from The Slow Burn!  Our New Year's resolutions:

(1) Play more gigs!

(2) Get back in the studio!

(3) Play more gigs!

To satisfy (1) and (3), we hope you can join us for a return engagement at Bangkok Blues in Falls Church on February 5th at 7:00!

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#43 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Bangkok Blues, October 16th http://theslowburn.com/news.html#42 THE SLOW BURN is pumped to return to Bangkok Blues on October 16th where we will flaunt our new lineup with Jess Robinson on bass and Abby Sanford on vocals.  Join us for great Tha food and kickin' tunes!

Best,
TD

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#42 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Exit Joe, Enter Jess and Abby. http://theslowburn.com/news.html#41 We recently underwent a few personnel changes in The Slow Burn.  In May, after many righteous grooves, we parted amicably with our bass player of three years Joe Loftus. 

We were very fortunate to quickly find a replacement in Jess Robinson.

We are also delighted to announce that we have added a new member to the lineup:  Abby Sanford has joined us on lead and backing vocals.  It’s nice to add a little estrogen to the Man Cave!

We have been woodshedding to get our new members up to speed, and we are looking forward to our first outing at the Mantua Pool on July 24th from 6-9. 

We hope you can join us!

Best,
Ted Donat

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#41 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Gearing up for Summer! http://theslowburn.com/news.html#40 The Slow Burn is busy setting up some late Spring and Summer gigs, so stay tuned for more info!

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#40 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Happy New Year / Gigs Galore! http://theslowburn.com/news.html#39
We are excited to announce 3 upcoming gigs! Two at Miller's Tavern in Old Town Fairfax - one on Friday, January 15th and one on Saturday, February 6th, and a return engagement at one of our favorites - Brothers Encore Pub.

For details, please see our calendar page.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Ted Donat]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#39 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Two New Gigs http://theslowburn.com/news.html#38 And so another Summer draws to a close.  Time to put that white back in the closet...


We have a couple of gigs coming up:



  • Fat Tuesday’s in Fairfax on Saturday, 9/19

  • Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair on Saturday, 11/21


For more info on these gigs, click on our Calendar page (www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html).


Hope to see you!


Best,
Ted Donat

]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#38 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News Song of the Moment #6 http://theslowburn.com/news.html#37
I wanted to take a moment to remind you about our upcoming shows and to do another Song of the Moment installment.

First, the gigs:

We will be returning to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair, VA on Saturday, June 6th at 9 PM. We love playing at Brothers. The crowds are great, and the grub is even better!

On June 20th we will be playing at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club — the local pool. This gig is free for members of the pool. If you are not a member and you would like to come, let me know and we'll see about getting you in as a guest.

For more info on these gigs, please check out our Calendar page: http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.


Song of the Moment:

The first selection is from Tinted Windows, a new “supergroup” composed of four members: Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne (“Stacy’s Mom”), James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick (you read that right!) and on vocals Taylor Hanson of”¦Hanson. You may not have taken that group seriously, but believe me, Taylor Hanson can SING! (I’ll cop to the fact that I used to secretly sing along to MMMBop — will you?) The tunes are a throwback to the eighties — pure power pop and very catchy. I am including the song “Dead Serious” from their self-titled debut album. I dare you not to be humming this all day!

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009

For more on Tinted Windows, go to http://www.tintedwindowsmusic.com/

I also recently became aware of the band Kings of Leon, which is made up of the four Followill brothers from Tennessee — Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan. Daddy was a preacher and dragged the four boys from church to church where he would deliver fiery sermons. The boys were forbidden to watch TV or listen to the radio growing up. Whether or not their upbringing influenced the intensity of their performance, I don’t know, but there is no shortage of angst on the track “Use Somebody” from their album "Only By the Night" which I have put up on the share.

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009

Here’s a video of them performing the song live on Leno on May 15th.

For more on Kings of Leon, visit http://www.kingsofleon.com/

These guys are the real deal!



As always, if you like the tunes, please support the artists and buy the mp3's/CD's.

All the best,
Ted Donat]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#37 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News TSB Update / Song of the Moment http://theslowburn.com/news.html#36
It seems like forever since I wrote last, so I thought I would fill you in on some news, and take the occasion to do a Song of the Moment too!

JUNE GIGS

We have a couple of gigs coming up in June we wanted to tell you about.

First we will be returning to Brothers Encore Pub in Montclair, VA on June 6th. We love playing at Brothers. The crowds are great, and the grub is even better!

Also, on June 20th we will be playing at the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club - our local pool. This gig is free for members of the pool. If you are not a member and you would like to come, let me know and we'll see about getting you in as a guest.

For more info on these gigs, please check out our Calendar page: http://www.theslowburn.com/calendar.html.

WEBSITE REFRESH

We recently did a refresh of our website and we'd love to know what you think. You can even see a picture of our bassist Joe Loftus (it only took us two years to get a picture of him up on the site!)

Once you have had a tour, mosy on over to the guestbook and share your thoughts.


SONG(S) OF THE MOMENT

You may have heard of "Pandora". It's a site where you tell it what kind of music you like, and they stream music to you - some stuff you know, and other stuff you don't that they think you might like. One artist I discovered there is Richard X. Heyman. His jangly pop is reminiscent of The Byrds and Matthew Sweet, and his production ethic is akin to Todd Rundgren's - like Todd, he often plays all the instruments himself.

I have uploaded the song "Everywhere She Goes", an infectious pop gem, to the share:

http://cid-0a3434d89334a56a.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Song%20of%20the%20Moment/2009

Here is a link to Pandora: http://www.pandora.com/

And here is a link to his website: http://www.richardxheyman.com/


Is Amy Winehouse a train wreck? Sure.

Can she sing? Hells yeah.

Check out her version of "Valerie" from the "I Told You I Was Trouble (Live in London)" DVD, which I have also uploaded to the share.

If you want to see the video (caution, you will be concerned for her health!), go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdM97BtS9R8

Finally, I'm a huge fan of witnessing the creative process - the sausage-making, as I like to call it. I'm including a cut from one of our rehearsals of a great new song of Paul's called "When the World Is Asleep". We were woodshedding on this, and it is quite evident in the recording. Paul is calling out instructions and we are trying to follow. It is by no means a perfect document, but I think it captures very well our working style. I put it on the share. (Paul will almost definitely kill me when he discovers that I have done this, so it was nice knowing you!)

As always, if you like the tunes, please support the artists and buy the mp3's/CD's.

All the best,
Ted Donat]]> http://theslowburn.com/news.html#36 Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Melodic rock - with an edge - The Slow Burn - News