{"id":179,"date":"2010-01-04T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T16:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jondiener.wordpress.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:33:51","slug":"spinning-even-more-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/04\/spinning-even-more-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning Even More Plates&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, hey everyone! The holidays have come and gone, and my musical world keeps adding projects. Here\u2019s an update on what\u2019s coming my way in the near future:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Time Peace\u00a0&#8211; I took over bass duties with this band in April of 2009. We play a variety of classic rock and pop from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, with a few other things sprinkled in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Grape Smugglers\u00a0&#8211; Slowly gaining some momentum, this ensemble shows a great deal of promise. Comprised of 2 guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and a horn section, the band is covering a fascinating spectrum of classic soul and R&amp;B tunes, as well as some early rock gems, and some of the standout pop tunes of the 70s. Our first \u201cofficial\u201d gig was one set at a fall benefit in Waterville, but we had some great feedback from listeners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.epworth.com\/getting-connected\/worship-a-arts\/hearts-afire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epworth.com\/getting-connected\/worship-a-arts\/hearts-afire\">Hearts Afire<\/a> &#8211; This is the Epworth United Methodist Praise Band.\u00a0 I play with this group when my schedule permits. We cover many of the popular contemporary pop\/rock praise songs, as well as a few classics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fill-in &amp; Sub Gigs\u00a0&#8211; I played a few fill-in gigs with The Homewreckers in 2009, and hope to do more with this band in the future.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also started playing some fill-in gigs with\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mt-Fuji-and-the-Eruptions\/231445084875?ref=mf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mt-Fuji-and-the-Eruptions\/231445084875?ref=mf\">Mt Fuji &amp; the Eruptions<\/a>, a good-time party band that covers all the bar favorites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Musicals\u00a0&#8211; With spring just around the corner, the musical season is about get wound up. I currently have shows booked at Bedford High School, Whiteford High School, and Ottawa Hills High School (pending).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a challenge keeping up with everything, learning lots of new tunes in the last 6 months (over 100), and practicing. But I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out my\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.jondiener.com\/jondiener\/schedule.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jondiener.com\/jondiener\/schedule.html\">gig schedule<\/a> for details on dates, times and places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, hey everyone! The holidays have come and gone, and my musical world keeps adding projects. Here\u2019s an update on what\u2019s coming my way in the near future: &#8211; Time Peace\u00a0&#8211; I took over bass duties with this band in April of 2009. We play a variety of classic rock and pop from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, with a<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/04\/spinning-even-more-plates\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spinning Even More Plates&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,13,23],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-band","tag-gig","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}