Stolen Idols at the Hukilau 2009

Greetings -

Stolen Idols are humbled and honored to be playing the Hukilau 2009!

Details are at:

http://www.thehukilau.com/2009/

If you're on myspace, please be our friends!

http://www.myspace.com/stolenidolsexotica

And for those of you in the greater Tampa/St. Petersburg Metropolitan Area, we will play Oct. 3 and 4 at MJ's Jazz and Tapas Lounge in St. Pete (details on our myspace site).

Cheers!

OnyaBirri

[ Edited by: OnyaBirri 2008-09-22 17:00 ]

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Thanks for the update. This is going to be good folks!!!

Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff

I finally had a chance to listen to some of the cuts. These guys are really, really good! Almost note for note perfect renditions of classic exotica songs.

If I could only make one complaint: It sounds like the bass being used is over amplified. If it was me, I would lose the Pick-up and go with a microphone only. That is, if an acoustic upright is being used. To my ears, it sounded a bit like an electric upright bass (Minimal body, basically an electric bass in a stand-up configuration). Are my ears wrong on that?

The other thing was that they should get some originals.
But that version of Black Orchard was very, very good! Those are not easy chords to get right. It takes some higher level understanding of music theory to get that right. They did.

Thanks for the kind words Lucas!

You have good ears. That is indeed an electric upright on the recording. Our bassist, Bob Strickland, generally plays a (gorgeous) acoustic, but it was in the shop when we did that demo. And I stress the word DEMO. :wink: We did the best we could given the limitations of the instrument.

We have originals, they're just not recorded yet. We had to start someplace! :wink: You'll hear originals and classica exotica during our Hukilau sets!

On 2008-09-23 14:55, OnyaBirri wrote:
Thanks for the kind words Lucas!

You have good ears. That is indeed an electric upright on the recording. Our bassist, Bob Strickland, generally plays a (gorgeous) acoustic, but it was in the shop when we did that demo. And I stress the word DEMO. :wink: We did the best we could given the limitations of the instrument.

We have originals, they're just not recorded yet. We had to start someplace! :wink: You'll hear originals and classica exotica during our Hukilau sets!

You are welcome! I am loving it so far! Refreshing to hear a band where they are actually using jazz style chords. A person starts to get a little tired of basic chords sometimes.
Yeah, I kind of figured it was an EUB being used. I almost bought one once, (seduced by the ease of transportation) but I am glad Lucky Designs talked me out of it. I started electric and upright bass around the same time (age 12), but only got back into upright in the last 5 years or so. It does make a huge difference, in feel, sound, attitude. It's worth destroying the inside of my little car for!
Hey, you guys are going to be at Hukilau. I think that one of my bands might be too, but I have to check on that. If so, we could go bouncing?

Is that the same Bob Strickland that finds uprights in bad shape and brings them back to life???