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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 16:20 — Grunge
 

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Mon, 10/19/2009 - 13:14 — marcweber
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Marc Irving Weber Wednesdays at Don Juan's Latin Grill

As part of their Wine Down Wednesday event, Don Juan's Latin Grill will be presenting composer and guitarist Marc Irving Weber every week from 6 to 9 pm.

Dr. Weber has a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a Master of Music from Yale School of Music, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He has written for orchestra, band, mixed ensembles, choirs, and a variety of solo instruments over the years. 

Now back in California, where he was born and raised, Marc has been focusing on performing. He plays throughout Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Kern Counties; in Santa Clarita at both Persia Restaurant and the Egg Plantation, in Oak View at Om Fusion of Thai, in Ojai at Farmer and Cook, in Pasadena at Sitar Indian Cuisine, in Tehachapi at Don Juan’s Latin Grill, and in Santa Barbara at Coastal Winery.
His live music is influenced by everything from classical, jazz, folk, rock, and blues to music from the Near and Far East. In addition to his ‘fixed’ compositions he loves to improvise, and has found some unique solutions to the problem of performing alone. “I am trying to bring more and more counterpoint into my improvising – it is easy enough to write that sort of thing out, but more challenging to do ad lib.” Marc often employs open tunings, creating a fluid and dynamic bass drone underneath his solo lines. He also uses a digital delay system, creating canons (one line of music ‘copying’ another line) or setting up a call-and-response effect. “As a musician, I love bouncing ideas off of others and in a solo setting I can use some simple technology to transform aspects of myself into the ‘other’ – I send out a ‘call’ and then try to react to it; just the right amount of echo allows things to return a bit, and sometimes the effect can be pretty amazing.”
 
Marc may be reached by phone at 661-993-2540 or by email at drmarcweber@yahoo.com and his website is www.iowacreativemusic.com.
Fri, 11/06/2009 - 07:37 — Joe Ferraro
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New Blues

 

Please give me a listen

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1410813

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 09:28 — A Fan - Visitor

Great sounds Joe! Phelan? I

Great sounds Joe! Phelan? I know I have been there before but for the life of me I can't remember where it is. By Victorville, no, it's near Palmdale isn't it? At any rate welcome to Grunge! Maybe you can come down to T-Town and play at Hillybeans for us? I hear they are going to showcase more local sounds now, you'd fit right in.

Steve

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:40 — A Fan - Visitor

Thanks, Steve

You're right, closer to Vikkieville than Palmdale, on the slope of the desert side of the San Gabriels.
I'd love to come up to play. I think all my old haunts have become zombified from heavy metal! If I don't find some new venues, I'm afraid my brain is going to melt.

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:18 — Joe Ferraro
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New Tune

Hi, I uploaded a new tune over the weekend. This one is sort of a Tom Waits inspired thing..a bit different for me..

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2006373

Please check it out-