Deck The Halls With Brows Of Charlie

December 26, 2006
The Jam NYC Bulletin
musical news, prurient humor, and other minutiae
NEWS
  New Year's Eve 2007

More than 30 people plan to attend our First Annual Times Square New Year's Eve Jam, and there's room for a few more to enjoy a bird's eye view of all the mayhem. Our guests will be particularly close to the Pontiac Garage, a rooftop stage that will feature performances by P.O.D. ("Alive", "Boom") and the very-hot My Chemical Romance ("Welcome To The Black Parade"). Our $20 BYOB gathering also includes complimentary snacks and an open jam session in our studios. RSVP ASAP if you want in on the action.

TECHNOLOGY
  Planet Waves Auto Trim Tuner

I usually leave guitar repair and modification to the pros, but over the weekend I got curious and dropped a new set of Planet Waves Auto Trim Tuners into a recently-acquired Hofner acoustic/electric. It couldn't have been easier: Take off a string, unscrew/unbolt a peg, pop the replacement in, screw/bolt the replacement down, restring. Locking tuners are one of the few universally-applauded advances in guitar technology in the last 50 odd years, and the Steinberger-
designed Auto Trims offers the significant improvement of automatically cutting off your excess string. Beautiful.


ARTS & LEISURE
  Love Power Peace

May the Hardest Working Man In Show Business rest in peace: James Brown, 73, passed away yesterday. His musical influence is towering: As a deeply soulful singer, incredible dancer, much-sampled architect of Hip Hop, and beloved Father of Funk. Words can't do his legacy justice, so I suggest a more fitting tribute: Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971. A performance that sat in the vaults for 20 years, LPP documents the short-lived first-incarnation of the JBs, whose guitar-heavy approach makes for an incendiary set of funk and soul classics. Unique, unparalleled, and unforgettable - like James Brown himself.

WEATHER
  Human Karaoke Experience

Tuesday (12/26): Newbie/Kwanzaa Jam at The Jam (701 7th Ave., 7W), from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Join us for a professionally-
facilitated open jam session specifically geared to newcomers - but where all are welcome. $10 for Jam members, $15 for non-
members, all gear included.

Thursday (12/28): The Human Karaoke Experience (pictured above) rocks O'Flanagan's (1215 1st Ave, between 65th and 66th). Free!

Friday (12/29): Open Blues and Rock Jam from 6 to 10 pm at The Jam (701 7th Ave., 7W). $15 for Jam members, $25 for everyone else, all gear included.

Saturday (11/30): Open Rock Jam at The Jam (701 7th Ave., 7W), 4 to 8 pm. $15 for Jam members, $25 for non-members, all gear included.

Sunday (11/31): First Annual Times Square New Year's Eve Jam (701 7th Ave., 7W),
8 pm to 1 am. $20 per person, BYOB. Free jamming and snacks. RSVP required!

EXTENDED FORECAST
  The Contractors

The Jam will be closed on Monday, January 1, in observance of New Year's Day. I think it says much about us as a people that we start a new year, and immediately take a day off.

There will be no Newbie Jam the week of January 1.

Our first 2007 Showcase happens on Thursday, January 4 at Red Lion, and features: Planet Girl unplugged, Frisky Business, Princess Rainbow & The Crown Victorians,
The Contractors (pictured above), No Mersey, and The Rolling Bones.

ADVICE
 

If you're making musical resolutions for the new year, here are a few suggestions:

1. I will join/start a band.
2. I will practice at least a few minutes every day.
3. I will rehearse/jam more frequently.
4. I will take some lessons.

And if all those seem like too much, how about this one: I will join the Jam. Much like joining a gym, it's the important first step of commitment - a way to feel a sense of accomplishment without actually expending any effort. Go for it!

POSTSCRIPT
 

"Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear." -Brian May

Jam Master G
a/k/a Gregg Raybin
 

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