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Ben Carter preps for a record, rocks Sweetwater Feb. 6 w/ a new face and maybe an EHB…

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Happy Friday everyone,

Tomorrow’s show (2/6/2010) at Sweetwater Cafe in Boston with Ben Carter, Darren Hawe, and Seth McFadyen is going to be a great one. We’ve even heard there might be an acoustic cameo from the Eagle Hill Band.

The folk-poppy stylings of Ben, Darren, and Seth are sure to get cozy downstairs of Sweetwater singing along tomorrow night, and you definitely want to be part of the show. It’s 21+ with a $5 cover, so if you can make it, do what Ernie Boch Jr. says and come on down! (awkward beckoning wave here)

In related news, Ben Carter will be recording and putting out an acoustic EP with a little help from Brewster Productions – we’re really excited about it, and you can bet he’ll be testing out some cool new stuff at the show. Ben and Darren rocked Club Passim in Cambridge the other night, and Ben was caught working on a song (see the photo) – so I’ll say it one more time: Don’t miss the show!

See you in Boston. Keep it real.

- Jon

New featured music!!!….and The Brewster Sessions are here (sort of)!

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Shaun Dever performing at the Hedge House in 2009. A little kid named Brody wandered up to the stage to enjoy the show.

Good afternoon everyone in Brewsterland!

We’ve just added some great new songs to our FEATURED MUSIC player (look to the right –>) and we’re really excited to tell everyone. There are some of our old standby artists, plus two brand new (sort of) tracks off “The Brewster Sessions, Vol. 1″, which is a new thing we’ve been trying to launch for a while where artists come into the studio with us and do a live-recorded session. The first one we did was with Shaun Dever, Seth McFadyen, and Nick Amendolare, and it turned out to be a really fun time with each of the guys doing a few songs, then we miked the whole room with some overhead mics and had a big sing-along party (Andrew Carleen, Harry Quinn, and myself were also there). They aren’t the prettiest recordings ever, but it was a good time. Here’s what we’ve got for the new featured music:

• “Bloodshot Eyes” by Ben Carter, who will be playing at Sweetwater Cafe this Saturday 2/6/10. This is a demo of a song he’s going to be recording for an acoustic EP (more news on that soon).
• “Forget Your Name” by The Release. These guys are awesome, and you should go download their songs. You’ll likely be seeing them again this summer at the concert series.
• “Heave To” by Jake Hill. The title track off his 2008 album. This is a great song about facing death and all that, and it’s got some great horns and electric guitar. A rockin’ gritty folk song.
• “Path Of the Enemy” by The Eagle Hill Band. Another song off EHB’s 2009 release “In Cahoots”.
• “She’s A Drug” by Nick Amendolare, from “Brewster Sessions, Vol. 1″. A few swears in this one, so watch out if you have a sensitive disposition.
• “Heaven Is A Halfpipe” cover performed by Seth, Shaun, and Nick on “Brewster Sessions, Vol. 1″. This was just a fun one, with everyone singing along in the studio and making weird noises and having a good time. A few bad words in this one too.

Please enjoy the music, go to those artists’ shows, and definitely come check out the Ben Carter show this Saturday in Boston.

Keep it real,

Jon

Showtime! Ben Carter & Darren Hawe to hit Boston for a ‘sweet’ time

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Ben Carter performs July 3, 2009 at the School's Out Summer Concert Series

Happy New Decade everybody!

We’ve got our first show of the ’10s (or the ‘teens, or whatever we’re going to call this decade), and along with Ben Carter and Darren Hawe, we’ll be rocking the fine city of Boston. The show is at Sweetwater Cafe, and it’s going to be a darned fun time. The details!:

Ben Carter, Darren Hawe + more tba
LIVE @ Sweetwater Cafe, Boylston Pl., Boston
Feb. 6, 2010
10pm, $5 cover, 21+

This’ll be a great show, so don’t miss it. Also, stay tuned for some great news and info about the concert series coming up. We’ve got big things planned for this year and we can’t wait to unveil them. Remember, if you’re in a band, or you’re a solo performer, now is the time to send us an email and tell us you want to play. Rock & roll!

- Jon

Rock & roll is RELEASED upon Copperfields; EHB, Ben Carter and Shaun Dever join in the assault

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Boston's own The Release rocks to a packed house at Copperfield's 10/17. Photo by Shaun Dever.

Saturday night was a-rockin’ at Copperfield’s Bar on Brookline Ave. in Boston. THE RELEASE topped off of an evening of half acoustic folk/pop (Shaun and Ben) and half rock & roll (The Release and the Eagle Hill Band), and it was certainly a great time had by all.

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Shaun Dever opens the night with his brand new guitar.

We were hoping for a big turn out, since this is one of our first shows in Boston and our reputation was riding onit, and man we got a great bunch of people there. The show was a huge success, with some highlights being the crowd dancing and going crazy to The Release and EHB, and Ben Carter’s rendition of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me.”

Just announced: Brewster Productions will be sponsoring the Plymouth South HS talent show in November. We’ll be volunteering our sound services for the evening 5 years after the talent show our senior year. More info soon.

Peace out Brewster-Land,

Jon

Photos of The Release by Shaun Dever:

The new mixer fares well in Pembroke….on to Copperfield’s!!!

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Emma Ate the Lion rocks the house at the Pembroke Town Green 10/11/09.

(This weekend we are producing our first full show at Copperfield’s (10/17 w/ The Release, EHB, Ben Carter and Shaun Dever) … please come support the cause! I digress, for now)

The other day Brewster Productions/The School’s Out Summer Concert Series purchased a brand new mixer. While everyone in the world might not be as excited as us, this does mean for even more awesome things to come….many of which are those sorta things that are meant to go unnoticed (like if we do our jobs right most people should not know we’re even there).

Well anyway, we got to put the new board into action hot out of the box at the Pembroke Town Green this past Sunday, and it was a damn good time.  Some great young acts put on some great shows (CJ & Nick, our good rainy friends The Hiding Spot – you may remember them as Second Nature, the guys who got rained out 600 times in a row at the Hedge House), and then the headliner (after some finagling…long story) came in a ROCKED the house. They are called Emma Ate the Lion, and you should keep your ears peeled for these guys – they’ve got a heavy, experimental crazy sound that had all the kids going nuts at the show. Think something like ‘Daisy’-era Brand New + Boston (“Foreplay/Long-Time”) + maybe a little Zeppelin + something else. I’ll just say this: The bass player/lead singer has a pedal board. Check them out.

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Scott averts his tempted gaze from our seductive new mixer as we breakdown Sunday.

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Emma Ate the Lion @ Pembroke Town Green.

Now on to this weekend. We have a familiar-face lineup at Copperfields on Saturday 10/17  (98 Brookline Ave, near Fenway Park, 21+, $5 cover): THE RELEASE, The Eagle Hill Band, Ben Carter, and Shaun Dever will rock the cool October night away. Please come support the bands and us – this is a big show for us and if we blow the managers away with a great crowd, we’ll definitely be able to come back and do more shows there and around Boston.

I’ll be back with more updates. Remember, we still have some cool things cookin’ with our alma mater, Plymouth South High School.  Stay chuned.

- Jon

The Revolution comes to Boston…..again. Plus some more South Shore shenanigans.

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Tom of The Release performing at Harper's Ferry. The Release will be headlining at Copperfield's, Oct. 17. Photo by Michelle Hevey

‘Afternoon,

I’m only on my 3rd day of classes up at my new place-of-residence in the fair city of Boston, and we’re already working on a Caesar-esque mobilization to take over the Hub….or at least get our foot in the door. Well, it’s fair to say we’ve got our sneakers wedged right in there, and this October we’re going to see what we can do about kicking it open.

We’ve got 3 shows lined up so far, two of which are in Boston, and our expansion to one of the biggest centers of art, music and culture in the world starts this October. Grandiose statements aside, our first show is at the Sweetwater Cafe, in Boylston Place (an alleyway sort of thing off Boylston St. near the Common), and will feature the Eagle Hill Band and others to be announced. Show # 2 will feature our awesome musical pals, The Release, as well as The Eagle Hill Band, Ben Carter, and Shaun Dever at Copperfield’s Down Under Pub (Brookline Ave, right next to Fenway Park). Both shows are 21+ and have a $5 cover.

Also, we’re returning to Pembroke, the place of many of the first bands we ever worked with, and helping to put on a nice outdoor fall show. It’s at the Pembroke Town Green, featuring Emma Ate The Lion.

Now that you know about our next three shows, you will be even more excited to stay tuned to find out about the awesome things we have in store – all we’ll say now is that our biggest plans will involve charity, and will stick close to our roots by being ALL AGES. Keep a look out, youngins of Plymouth, the rock & roll is on its way.

OK, so I’m off to do schoolwork that I actually find interesting and want to do (who knew that was possible?), so stay tuned and we’ll be back with more updates and great news. Peace!

- Jon