{"id":81,"date":"2009-07-10T17:46:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T21:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jondiener.wordpress.com\/?p=81"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:34:58","slug":"spinning-more-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/10\/spinning-more-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning More Plates&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, hey everyone! Summer is here, and my musical universe is filling up with orbiting projects. Some of the current endeavors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time Peace\u00a0&#8211; I took over bass duties this spring and with a few gigs under my belt, things are settling in. We play a variety of classic rock and pop from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, with a few other things sprinkled in.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The Grape Smugglers\u00a0&#8211; While we\u2019re not officially a band yet, we\u2019ve been rehearsing since early spring. This is an interesting combination of instruments and talents. 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. I\u2019m expecting some promising results from this ensemble. Stay tuned&#8230;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Hearts Afire\u00a0&#8211; This is the Epworth United Methodist Praise Band. I began playing occasionally as a sub here &amp; there, but that has turned into a regular bi-weekly gig. We cover many of the popular contemporary pop\/rock praise songs, as well as a few classics.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Fill-in &amp; Sub Gigs\u00a0&#8211; I recently booked 2 sub dates with Toledo\u2019s powerhouse band, The Homewreckers. Amazingly, I\u2019ve never actually heard them play before, despite their ubiquitous presence over the years.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Musicals\u00a0&#8211; With summer upon us, the musical season is in a bit of hibernation period. But when the school year cranks back up in the fall, I plan to do several musicals at area schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s been a challenge keeping up with everything, learning lots of new tunes in the last 3 months (almost 100), and practicing. But I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, hey everyone! Summer is here, and my musical universe is filling up with orbiting projects. Some of the current endeavors: Time Peace\u00a0&#8211; I took over bass duties this spring and with a few gigs under my belt, things are settling in. We play a variety of classic rock and pop from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, with a few<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/10\/spinning-more-plates\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spinning 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-81","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\/81","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=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1645,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jondiener.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}