triple dog dare

Just popped in

2012-02-10T22:40:00.000-08:00

I've been devoting my energies to sculpting with ZBrush and taking Master Classes in Anatomy and Creature Design at ZBrush Workshops. They are now holding their Master Classes at Visularium.com.

I haven't done much music or song writing this last year or so.
I plan to play more with Richard and Patrick.
If we had a gig or ten lined up I'd be there on a regular basis.
It wouldn't take much to be back in the groove.

Here's a self portrait I sculpted:

this year is passing fast

2011-07-21T07:42:00.000-07:00

still on hiatus from actual band function. Patrick and I have got together a few times this year. Once with Michael. I'm supposing we won't be together enough to play live for a while yet but Patrick and I plan on rehearsing this Sun. again. I think we could pull off a show with just the two of us in a pinch:)

Whoa!

2010-12-31T17:19:00.000-08:00

It has been far too long since I was here.
Not much traveling on the Super Bi-way lately...

another new year

2010-12-31T08:52:00.000-08:00

OMG it's another new year!

Since the gig last spring we have had a very hard time making time to all play together.
Busy Busy schedules and multiple projects have got between us and our musical collaborations.

But now with the new year arriving and the holidays and remodel projects mostly behind me I'm going to make more of an effort to make music again.

With a bit of luck both Patrick and Micheal can join me more often and we can feel like a band again soon.

did it again

2010-05-03T16:21:00.000-07:00

We've done it again!
That was FUN !
I wish more people had made it down to the show but I'm grateful for those who did!
Thanks for coming!

MayDay!!!

2010-04-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

Beltane and our gig with The Buddha Magoo tonight a the Matrix, Chehalis.

It's all sounding so good! Hope you can be there.

I'll be posting pix and stuff after just because I can. --->

2010 matrix gig MayDay

2010-04-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

Another gig at the Matrix scheduled for May 1st 2010!

a new year

2010-01-22T08:38:00.000-08:00

Music is still happening here on occasion!
Patrick and Richard have been getting together once a week again. Michael has serious time constraints with his current job/family situation. He's working on some songs via laptop now and then.
I've got some new tunes percolating also. No immediate plans for any gigs though since we can't seem to all be in the same room together...... 8-[

Dog Talk

2009-11-28T20:40:00.000-08:00

Still barking, scratching, and some howling goin' on in the studio on the occasional odd night.
Might even be a new song or two soon. A couple good jams got recorded recently too.

Liberated

2009-07-15T22:42:00.000-07:00

We've been playing together again. almost regularly, for the last 2 months. I've been feeling great about the way we're sounding. Liberated and freeform. More to come, SOON!

this week

2009-02-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

Just checking back in with an update.
This week Michael and Richard got together and worked on a new song that Michael is recording. Added a guitar track to it. Should be posted on Soundclick for the Technology project in the next week or so.
Michael had another birthday yesterday. :)

And then Patrick came over and Richard and he played for an hour or so resurrecting old tunes and jamming on some cover songs. Thought it worth noting because it's been so rare to get to play for the last 6 months with our difficult weekly schedules. And there you have it. Hopefully more will be in store soon.

True but strange

2008-10-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

the three of us have gotten together once in the last 6 months but
two of us have played music at least 6 times in that time and it's possible
that we'll be playing as a band again!!!
Maybe not that strange but possibly true.

forgotten sparkelers

2008-07-07T22:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Rash I've resurrected some old recordings and re-kindled some old forgotten sparks:}

more Matrix pix

2008-05-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Lorin, Michael H, Me, Michael C.

Muriel, Boh, Ceceilia & I

Glad to see some friendly faces! Marisa, Mike and Michael C.

We presented the minimalist rocky versions of our tunes and I'd do it again in a minute!
Thanks for the chance to finally perform,,in public,,, in front of the whole world(so to speak)

Matirx with Milroy Holler

2008-05-04T16:33:00.000-07:00

Some pix of the show. Sorry about the poor lighting.

Smallish crowd but a good show.

TripleDogDare(the incredible shrunken band)

We made it thru as a duo with a few rough spots, and our usual quirkiness and then
Milroy Holler was phenomenal! Best I've ever seen them by far.
They played as a seven piece band with sax, 2 women singing backing vocals, some flute, keyboard, guitar, drum and bass and they were HOT.

Milroy Holler

Thanks to all and what a blast!

changes, again

2008-04-20T22:27:00.000-07:00

It looks like we'll be performing as a 2 person trio called something like TripleDogDare, most likely for the last time under that name.

Michael and I rehearsed the tunes last week and they sound good this way for the most part.

So this will be the first time just the two of us have preformed together live. I'm excited about it.

It's more of a minimalist electric folk experimental rock formation. duo ( is that a genera?)

At any rate, it will be the last of one thing and the beginning of the next and I hope you can be there to bear witness ;-)

Milroy Holler has also gone thru a bit of a metamorphosis and is now a 6 piece band with keys, flute and more singers. I'm excited about hearing them too. It's going to be a completely different show than I originally imagined!

"a Dynamyte Show!"

2008-04-07T00:33:00.000-07:00

Flutterby's anyone?

Matrix gig Poster

2008-03-30T23:25:00.000-07:00

It's confirmed! We're on for May 3rd.
Come on over and Trip the Light Phantastique.
What the hell, life is a cabaret!

May 3rd at the Matrix!

2008-03-20T07:29:00.000-07:00

We've got a gig lined up with MILROY HOLLER on May 3rd. 8pm show I think.
We hope to record it again.

random Feb. bloggage

2008-02-21T19:46:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is TripleDogDare rehearsal day. (still ambivalent about that name)
Pete has been in contact with Moon from The Matrix about setting up a gig. Scheduling 2 bands/ containing 7 guys with work and life schedules is more complicated than we wish it were.
It’s looking like it won’t be till May sometime now. We won’t know for another week since Pete left for Arizona Tuesday. I’m hopeful that all these little setbacks are for a good reason and when the show finally happens that it is gratifying.
We'll need to assemble more Virtual Radio cd’s and I'm going to put together a limited edition jam disc too. Say 10 copies or so. 

Michael’s laptop crashed last week and he’s lost a bunch of work from the last couple months. That also probably means we won’t be uploading much more to the Dreamtime in Dreamsville project before the deadline on the 29th. I haven’t been able to bring myself to focus on recording my Fever Dream song anyhow. Too many distractions and other projects that need to be attended to. Many others that I haven’t yet gotten to as well. Car issues, job issues, pottery, house and garden need work, etc. etc.

Next weekend we’re going to Leavenworth with my parents for a couple of days too.

and next up...

2007-11-16T21:20:00.000-08:00

The All Hallows Eve project was a great thing and brought a good number a songs together.
Now there's another project in the works.

"Out West Mutant Country"

Out West (Mutant Country) is a theme of slightly off the beaten path, slightly country/twisted/alien abduction and left of center songs that you might want to contribute to too.

Jam discs

2007-10-17T23:55:00.000-07:00

a new Jam Disk or two are forthcoming! I believe it could be a box set but will most likely take the form of bonus cd's for those of you who care.

All Hallows Eve

2007-10-11T22:37:00.000-07:00

There is a new project underway at Dreamsville and you can download some of our songs for free at soundclick.com . It's a "All Hallows Eve" various artist compilation that a number of musicians are submitting songs to for the next few weeks. Click on it over in the LINKS section of this page.

Hi there!

2007-09-22T23:53:00.000-07:00

It's been far too long since I've posted anything to this blog so here I am. Oh you Poor neglected blogsite.

We never did get it together for a gig this summer. Things just didn't work out for it.
The band is still meeting and recording a couple times per month, as we can. It's been hard with our work and other commitment schedules but we've recorded and developed a few new tunes. Uploaded more stuff to Soundclick.com for a variety of projects that you could download for free.

Check out our soundclick site and our cd baby site if you're curious.

June and the Juno

2007-06-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hey, guess what?
A new flash!

we still don't know for sure what we're doing. But we have a lot of fun jamming about it on Friday afternoons.

Hoping to have a firm date for a gig soon.

i uncovered the old Juno keyboard last week and started remembering how to make it talk to me.
Going to add to a percussion track of Patricks and make a dance tune for the Dreamsville Lucky Sevens Dance project. Michael and I are both working on submissions to the project.

a Live gig?

2007-04-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

We are tentatively looking at a Saturday in June to schedule a gig with Milroy Hollar at the Matrix. More details to come soon.

St Valentines Day Massacre Project

2007-02-26T22:32:00.000-08:00

This various artist project started by some of us on the Bill Nelson website Dreamsville
has been completed and is available for free download at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=666361

Many diverse artists participated including TripleDogDare and Quantum Mechanix.

Give it a listen. You'll hear electronic, indie folk, rock and more.

St. Valentines Day Massacre Project.

Free (!) Music Downloads!

2007-02-13T17:09:00.000-08:00

We now have free music downloads on Soundclick.com:

SoundClick MP3: Triple Dog Dare - Alternative, Indie, Psychedelic, Electronic, Humorous, Inspirational, Improvisational

SoundClick MP3: Quantum Mechanix - Highly ExperiMental, Rock, Blues, Electronica, Ambient, Acoustic, Comedy, Philosophical...

SoundClick MP3: Senseless Budd - Always improvisational and often funny beyond belief. Sometimes Socio-political and usually philosophical. A generous mix of experimental, blues, improvised lyrics, rock (electric and acoustic) blended together in the fun mixer.

Help yourself and be sure to have fun!

another photo

2007-02-03T12:08:00.000-08:00

Just got this picture from one of those who attended the show. Thanks Jean.

of things to come

2007-01-13T00:16:00.000-08:00

It's totally possible that these three guys will make music happen somewhere for you to attend in person and conscious. We'll let you know when we know.
It will be a rare and wonderful event so you will want to be a part of it.
I will want to be a part of it too.
Let's all be a part of it!
...more about that later.

My Space

2007-01-07T11:47:00.000-08:00

Our MYSPACE page is up.

my space

2006-12-30T23:04:00.000-08:00

there will soon be a Triple Dog Dare myspace page.

Checkin in to See what's Throwin' down.

2006-11-09T01:17:00.000-08:00

We have proof that people really do go to CD Baby and buy things!! Yeah! Thanx for listening.

quote #1

2006-09-29T08:56:00.000-07:00

"The white zone is for loading and unloading only." FZ

more on jammin'

2006-08-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Speaking of Goood Jammin' (I'm thinkin' I heard you speaking from here) Last Friday was such a gratifying time making music happen ! It's been said before that "We need to put together a cd of some jams", it's what the people want. It may have to be a box set. (we have a warehouse full of recorded material to choose from) Does anyone have a forklift?

O..and also, thanks to The Punslinger for the new links & stuff here on the blog.

Ay?

2006-07-31T22:42:00.000-07:00

Good Jammin' U'all.
Every time we play it seems something really good happens somewhere. Even those days when we're feeling uninspired or distracted I listen back to the recording and find some Gems in there. Us Guys Rock! ( and don't let anyone tell you it's not way groovy ..cause ...well f***n Smeg um if they can't take a toke) (I mean a joke) Ay?

So let's schedule another gig.

....And that's really all I have to say today.

cd baby,baby

2006-07-09T08:56:00.000-07:00

I was just checking out the new review at our cd baby site. Thanks for the reviews whoever you are. We are trying to pull together another live show but have not yet got a date or location, just alot of songs!!! Some time this summer we'll get out of this garage/shed.

I'm pretty sure we're not in Kansas

2006-05-28T20:23:00.000-07:00

TRIP LE' DOG

2006-05-26T05:42:00.000-07:00

the matrix

2006-05-21T13:39:00.000-07:00

FROM OUR CD RELEASE PARTY AT
THE MATRIX COFFEEHOUSE 4-18-6

(more photos on our website)

virtual radio is now easily available world-wide

2006-05-18T11:50:00.000-07:00

Check out our new website on cdbaby.com and listen to any song on our new album you want!! (oh and feel free to buy it too!)

http://cdbaby.com/cd/tripledogdare

Dog Dare the Third

2006-04-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey Hey...i've been trying to find my dear friend J-9...do you know where she dissolved to?

At the same time as recording the songs on this cd, we also recorded quite a few more and we're happy to announce that we did NOT choose the best for this disk...these just seemed to go together well. So hopefully we'll have another done before 2 more years pass!

(First we need to finish mixing Patrick's solo drum disk so it can be released...yes it is nothing but different types of drums all played by the Padman)

quick test

2006-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

O and guess what... we have recently discovered that there is another band, somewhere in illinois with the same name as us...Hmmm.
It seems they're a pretty good cover band,,,oh well.
We still are absolutely and exactly who we are anyhow......for now.... I think!

And one more thing! The cd 'Virtual Radio' by Triple Dog Dare(that is, us guys) is now available at Rainy Day Records in their new location on the corner of 5th and Jefferson St. in Olympia.
And also it is now in the Timberland Regional Library catalogue.

2006-03-30T12:34:00.000-08:00

We'd like to thank Moon for doing such a great job on the sound that night!!
I'm still learning how to manipulate this blogsite so things are likely to be messed up for awhile.

dare to be dogged

2006-03-11T00:27:00.000-08:00

WELCOME

TO THE OFFICIAL

TRIPLE DOG DARE

BLOGSITE!!!

Our new cd "virtual radio" is finally finished.!!!

It took years but we feel it was worth it.

More info is also available on our other site (just click on the tripledogdare link) as well as photos from our cd release party at the Matrix Coffeehouse in Chehalis,Wa.

We thank everyone who showed up and hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did!

Thank you Moon for the great sound!!