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Eardrum Buzz Radio is turning three years young this July. I am looking for one hour shows for the anniversary week so contact me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net with the subject "EDBZ guest show" and let me know if you're interested in curating a show and sharing your love for music. I'll send you the details then. If you can't make the June 15th deadline you're welcome any time of the year to host a one or two hour show. Be prepared to send MP3's or a mixed file along with a picture of yourself or band and be able to record your voice to introduce/back announce the songs.


We have a new DJ, David Kasheta and his show Rock Never Rusts. You'll hear him on Sundays at 11am & 7pm PT right before Keeley's Blissed-Out Bangers. I'm hopefully getting better at bringing in new and passionate music fans and David seems to be excited to renew his sharing of music to the world. Find out for yourself starting the third Sunday in May and new on the first and third Sundays from then on. When he mentioned Rush I knew we were going to get along just fine.


Also, this thing ain't cheap to keep going, so if you'd like to contribute to the station, you can buy a shirt, become a Patron, send me a few dollars via Paypal and make posts, tweets and such on social media. Let's not keep my station a secret for another year, please help spread the love and thanks for listening to Eardrum Buzz Radio!


I'm on Facebook at: facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio, facebook.com/EardrumBuzzRadio, on Twitter @eardrum_buzz and Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio. I have an autopost for songs played on Twitter too. On Patreon you will get exclusive mixes of some of my favorite bands, a discount code for shirts and you'll get to hear Vapour Trail Live a week early, plus mugs, totes and more for the higher tiers. patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio. Buy shirts and hoodies with three different designs and many color choices at: bonfire.com/store/eardrum-buzz-radio.


Thanks to Colan Miles for the vinyl copy of Echoes Of A Former Life by his band Sun Shines Cold. Colan was nice enough to mail the record from Scotland, sign it and thank me among many other fine people in the liner notes. In the past year or so I began getting songs from Colan and I put them on the station right away. I loved their sound, full of effects-laden guitars, wispy vocals and understated yet epic melodies. Brian Jordan is the other half of Sun Shines Cold. How just two people make such beautiful music is beyond me but they are super-talented. They even did a station promo which you can hear throughout the day. Echoes Of A Former Life is their first full-length album after several one, two and three song releases. I guess I said the right things to help light a fire in them to put out the album. They're going to do a guest show for the third anniversary too! You can find Sun Shines Cold's music at: sunshinescold.bandcamp.com

May is a busy month for touring, as if every band you want to see decides to come through your town within the same four weeks time. Love & Rockets, M83, The Cure, Cruel World in Pasadena, Duran Duran, Frankie Rose with SRSQ, Ringo Deathstarr and others are on the road in the United States and will be asking your time to go singalong, dance and meet up with friends in the coming weeks. Me, I'm going to Cruel World on May 20th followed by The Cure on Thursday the 25th. Once again I want to see 13 of the acts on the Cruel World bill but will have to live with seeing maybe four full sets and a few partial sets. Will Siouxsie and Iggy sing a song together? Will Billy Idol still swagger and sneer? Will I get to see Adam Ant or Modern English or ABC or The Human League or Gary Numan? The Motels have some great songs too. And this year I'll happily stay to the end, unlike last time. It will be like a Saw movie cutting out which bands to see. Whoever puts these bills together could be nice and split the lineup in half and have the event over two days instead of one.

The Cure will play three nights at the Hollywood Bowl and I'm happy to have a seat anywhere after the trouble my friend Dave had to go through to get them. I do remember the nights spent drinking and having fun waiting for the ticket office at a venue or a record store to open so we could get the best seats in the venue. You can read all about the ticket buying situation online if you're interested in that. I'm just going to enjoy singing with Dave to all the songs we loved as teens growing up in Burbank.


While I do spend more money on music than I should, I shy away from most expensive vinyl reissue packages. I'd love to get all of the Rush reissue packages with the new art and tour books. Pink Floyd's 50th Anniversary release for The Dark Side of The Moon would be amazing as a physical package but I don't want to spend the money. I did find out about the Live From Knebworth release thanks to Floyd fan and excellent musician Martin Kennedy and got the digital files, though it is also out on vinyl. According to Amazon, "Live At Knebworth was recorded at Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, UK, on June 30, 1990 in aid of the Nordoff Robbins Music Centre and The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology". It was during Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound of Thunder Tour. Other bands that played were Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Dire Straits, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Genesis, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Status Quo, and Tears for Fears.


The reason I speak of this release is the performance of Great Gig In The Sky. The song finds the original vocalist Clare Torry returning to perform the song live. This is the first and only song Pink Floyd chose to have a female singer take lead. Richard Wright's lovely piano begins, joined by David Gilmour's pedal steel slides for a minute then Clare takes over for four minutes of sublime wordless singing. While Roger Waters isn't involved in this particular version, the band do a stellar rendition of the song, a highlight of their career in my mind. For five minutes you can feel elated, emotional, sad, mad, or just appreciate all that went into what was originally a drop in and sing job for a singer that had no idea beforehand who she was singing for. You can watch Clare Torry talk about it online, or in a documentary on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon. Watch HERE

Being able to geek out about songs, even one particular song from 50 years ago is a fun thing with a receptive audience, which I hope you who read these newsletters are. See you at Cruel World and the third Hollywood Bowl show for The Cure! Have a great May and get to work on your DJ sets!


Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and send me your band submissions in MP3 format as well as your requests and keep up with our latest shows! Sign up for our monthly newsletter at the bottom of our website or check out the Blog page on the website.


Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio


Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio



Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!



It's been a very cold February and the first few days of March. We've had record rains, it's been snowing at lower altitudes than it has in decades and even the Hollywood sign had snow on it. There's snow on the hill overlooking Burbank and snow in the La Crescenta Valley on the other side of the San Fernando Valley, at 1400 feet. Right now it is cold and windy, lows in the 40's and highs in the 50's. I'm eagerly awaiting for it all to pass and to enjoy warm Spring weather so I can ride my new bike and get some much-needed exercise.


I've got some shows coming up with Airiel and Deserta, The Church and Letting Up Despite Great Faults with Draag as well as the Cruel World Festival in May. I also got to enjoy the Ride/Charlatans show at the Wiltern and caught up with friends including Charles Motorbike, Keith, Tony and Daanon.

I'll get to meet Tina and The Hams and Factory guitarist Damian Frood, coming from Australia this April, which will be a treat.


The station has been down for the better part of a day and I hope to see it back up tomorrow. Something to do with too many similar genre tags. I can't get into the library or load songs. But the folks in Greece, where Radiojar is located are working on it and I'm confident they'll fix things before our weekend shows begin airing.


Brandon Dudley has a new show called Souvlaki Bass Station and for two hours on the first Sunday of the month at 1pm and 9pm PT your ears will be graced with songs focusing on the bottom end, the bassists that keep the songs moving and laying down the melodies for the singers and guitarists to follow. If you don't know Brandon, he is the bassist for the band Echodrone, a band I love, full of talented musicians and with a large enough and far-ranging catalogue that fans of many styles and genres should find something to enjoy. They also know their way around a cover or two. Echodrone has done a show where each member played and introduced songs and Brandon has also done two anniversary shows for Eardrum Buzz Radio. I've seen the playlist for his first Souvlaki Bass Station show and it is amazing. You can find the shows on Podbean the rest of the month.


Keeley Moss' show Keeley's Blissed-Out Bangers has also been on weekly for five weeks now and each show is just so much fun! Be sure to listen Sundays at 12pm & 8pm PT for a fun hour of classics and recent releases. Keeley's enthusiasm is infectious!

We're still selling shirts and hoodies on Bonfire and taking subscriptions for Patreon too. I've added merchandise for the Absolute Legend tier that includes a sticker, mugs, prints and totes, each with a different design. For $20 a month you can receive all of those items as well as exclusive mixes and you get to hear our twice-monthly Vapour Trail Live a week before the rest of the world, if you missed it on the 2nd and 4th Fridays at 6pm-9pm PT. You can also become a Patron for as little as $5 a month and get the mixes and advances of Vapour Trail Live. If you give $10 a month you'll get a mug with one of our many logos designed by Tony Bennet. All tiers get a discount on the Bonfire merch too, including Mindy Scurto's Evolve design. Help support Eardrum Buzz Radio and get stuff!


You can hear past Vapour Trail Live and guest shows at our podbean page and download for later listening. Leave a comment and tell us what you think!


Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and send me your band submissions in MP3 format as well as your requests and keep up with our latest shows! Sign up for our monthly newsletter at the bottom of our website or check out the Blog page on the website.


Until next month, stay toasty!

Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio


Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio



Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!



We have new shirts! Tony Burnett has been working on designs for what seems like the better part of 2022 and finally turned in some amazing logos and designs for Eardrum Buzz Radio. We made our first sale on the day of posting about it. The first print doesn't have a name yet, so if you can think of one, let me know at bret@eardrumbuzz.net and I'll send you a T-Shirt. You can find the new shirts here. Mindy Scurto's "Evolve" design is also in the store here.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MORNING DJ to entertain and educate our audience in the hours between 7am-2pm PST Mondays-Thursdays, for at least 3 hours. Preferably live but recorded is fine too. Wherever you're from, if you have the time, please contact me at bret@eardrumbuzz.net.


We're also looking for DJ's for regular shows, monthly, twice monthly or even weekly if you have the time. You must be willing to learn the server, load and schedule your shows and to promote your shows and Eardrum Buzz Radio. I'm pretty open about styles, but if you've heard the station for at least an hour, you know what we play. If you are reliable, have personality, love great music and possess the slightest technical abilities, please contact bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "DJ Enquiry" in the email subject line.

Greg Peters, Meagan Masingill and myself had our First Tracks Vapour Trail Live a few weeks ago and while I made it almost 3 hours, Greg and Meagan went on for a few more hours. It was great fun and I hope to revisit that theme again.


By becoming a Patron you can hear our Vapour Trail Lives where all three of us participate before anyone else gets it on Podbean. This month Patreons get to hear the five hour version while the rest of the world gets the three hour version.


What would you like to get or hear for becoming an Eardrum Buzz Radio Patron?


Become a Patron and help support the station at: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio


If you can wait to hear Vapour Trail live online, go to eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com and listen to our shows there or download for later listening. You can also find many of our guest DJ shows from the likes of Letting Up Despite Great Faults and Echodrone.


Stephane, aka DJ Wampas has a new (to us) show on Eardrum Buzz Radio called Shoegaze Dreams and you can hear it on the 3rd Sundays at 10am & 6pm Pacific. Sound Is Deep In The Dark is on the 1st Sundays at the same times. Shows replay the following week. Both shows are now one hour long. DJ Wampas always digs up the most deserving independent bands from around the world and you'll be sure to find a new favorite band every time.


Madame Maledicta has moved on to other adventures to showcase the latest musical releases. You can find her at: mixcloud.com/mme_Maledicta

I will miss tuning into the station Monday-Thursday to hear her great taste in music, her endless enthusiasm and rambling stories about her life. I also enjoyed when she talked about the history of bands and her shows were always fun.


John Treanor has put his The Bitter Seas show on hold while he gets ready to play live and release his new album with Tombstones In Their Eyes. We wish the best to John and hope he can return in some form or other down the line. If you haven't heard or seen his band TITE, be sure to give them a listen and see them live if you get a chance! tombstonesswc.bandcamp.com


We've got some leads for new DJ's. When I know, you'll know but they might include a bassist with bangs, another bassist that has done two previous shows and a blonde singer from Ireland with an upbeat attitude.


That's it for this month!

Bret

(The guy that runs Eardrum Buzz Radio)


Other ways to support Eardrum Buzz Radio are via Paypal: paypal.me/eardrumbuzzradio. Every little bit helps and goes towards bills, saving for new gear and purchasing more music for your enjoyment. You can also retweet our autoposts from Twitter @eardrum_buzz and on Instagram @eardrumbuzzradio and repost and share our events on Facebook, post about your new music and releases at facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and join us there to chat during our shows.

Thanks to everyone who listens to Eardrum Buzz Radio, chats with us throughout the week and during our live shows and helps spread the word. You are appreciated!

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio



Written by Bret Miller Eardrum Buzz Radio eardrumbuzz.net

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio Twitter: @eardrum_buzz Facebook: facebook.com/groups/EardrumBuzz

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!


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