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

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Jon Dorn

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.

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!!!

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Jon Dorn

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.

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

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.

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Jon Dorn

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

Brewster LIVES!

Posted on February 2, 2009 by admin

Hey everyone,

We’ve been kind of invisible/non-existent in the past couple months. For that we sincerly apologize. Of course, the economic meltdown thing even affected good ol’ Brewster Productions. BUT we’re slowly getting back on our feet, and this summer is going to be a doozy.

Before I get into that, I have to mention some good press we got over the winter. Brewster Productions topped the list of “who to watch in 2009″ in Ryan Wood’s column in the OCM. Along with us were a ton of the rad characters we’ve worked with in the past year-and-a-half: Jake Hill (artist of the year), 3rd Left (best live act), Stephen MacDonald (best new act), and our good friends Shaun Dever and Eagle Hill Band (who to watch). 2008 was a great year of local music around Plymouth, and 2009 is shaping up to be even better. Check out the article:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/fun/entertainment/music/x2094352641/Sound-off-Jake-Hill-artist-of-year-many-others-top-local-best-of-list

SO, we have some great news:

1) The second year of the Acoustic Evenings on the Harbor series is officially ON. And it’s going to be even cooler and longer (we’ll likely be starting Memorial Day weekend). Stay tuned for a schedule (and if you’re a musician who wants to play, e-mail us).

2) This summer, the School’s Out Summer Concert Series is an official IRS incorporated non-profit organaization. Awesome (anyone want to sponsor us???).

3) The School’s Out Summer Concert Series is now the name of a multi-venue Plymouth free waterfront concert series, that will include the normal main stage and the Hedge House for our acoustic shows. Basically, all the free waterfront shows we’re doing are part of one big series. It should be pretty awesome.

4) We have a show! Go see the EAGLE HILL BAND at the Black Spot in Hyannis March 13th!!! They’ll be giving away singles off their upcoming EP (out this summer).

That’s all for now. Please support Brewster Productions! You don’t have to give us money, but tell everyone about us and let’s get some publicity for the series. Rock n roll!

Keep it real. Go Brewster.
Jon
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