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Last night at Father’s Pub

todd — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:32:31 +0000

I played Boris’s open mic at Father’s Pub and Grub last night. I played She Probably Thinks I’m Happy, I Don’t Drink Any More and Leaving You Isn’t Easy. It went like this:

Todd 8-31-2010 from Father's Pub & Grub on Vimeo.

Last night at Viento y Agua

todd — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:54:11 +0000

I played Viento y Agua Coffee House last night with Blue in the Face, a piano / guitar / laptop duo from Portland, Oregon. I had a good time. The crowd was sparse but the environment is so cool and the sound is so phenomenal that playing there is a pleasure no matter what. It was the first show I’d played there (I’ve played some open mic nights) and Angie does a great job on the sound and making you feel welcome. I hope to be back there soon.

For those of you who missed it (and you know who you are), audio and video are below. I tried a little experiment of playing a bunch of short, similar songs all together right up front. I have mixed feelings about that approach. You can leave me your impressions in the comments.

Here’s the video. Audio is below it.

the Hit On List – live at Viento y Agua from the Hit On List on Vimeo.

You can play the individual tracks below or just right-click that first link to get all the mp3s. The song titles link to the song pages where you can get more info on that particular song.

Download a zip file of all the audio tracks for the show

I Don’t Make Passes at Girls Who Don’t Wear Glasses
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Out the Other / Kari / Babs / Nicole
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I’m Sorry
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Lazy Man
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Frankly, Mr Turner
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Hollyday
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Ewa
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Selina / With You
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Last Night at Cobantigua

todd — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:27:40 +0000

Finishing out three days of open mics, I went to Cobantigua Coffee last night for the open mic they debuted in May and then cleverly shut down for two months lest anyone attend.

Needless to say, a last-minute booking of the open mic didn’t draw a lot of performers. I think there were four of us. Luckily, the duo who played brought enough of a crowd that the small coffee shop felt comfortable. Since there were so few performers, we each did 20-30 minutes. Boris ran the sound and it was phenomenal.

Apparently, I did 9 songs in less than half an hour. That seems about right. Two of them — both covers — I’m not uploading. One you’ve seen and the other I didn’t pull off as well as I’d like to. Other than that, minus some chit-chat, here’s my whole set — wrong chords and all:

My Set: Lazy Man, We’re With You, She’s a Morning Person, I’ve Just Destroyed the World I’m Living In, Ewa, You Got Lucky, The One I Loved, Selina, Babs

Last night at Cobantigua Coffee

todd — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:59:05 +0000

So Boris emailed me yesterday afternoon and asked me if I want to play an open mic at Cobantigua Coffee House in Huntington Beach that he was helping set up. He’d mentioned it to me before but didn’t know when they’d be starting it up. Apparently, they wanted to go ahead and knock out a test run this week. It sounded fun so I headed out.

They hadn’t had a chance to promote the evening much so it was pretty empty. Boris played a few songs and then called me up. Since the crowd was sparse and we were waiting around for more players, I played for almost 20 minutes. It was a little awkward. Lesson learned: always have a damn set list. I am not good at thinking on my feet.

After my set, I watched the other performers and then ended up hanging out and shooting the shit and playing songs with Paul Hines til almost 2am. On one hand, that’s exactly what I want to do all the time. On the other hand, I have a day job and I was a wreck this morning. Paul’s a great guy to hang out and talk songwriting with. I have to remember this phrase so I’m writing it here: kill your darlings. I’ll explain later.

In the meantime, here’s all of the set I’d like to share now:

Nina, I Don’t Drink Anymore, Girls Who Wear Glasses, Selina

Click more to see all the vids…

My gig at Sipology

todd — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:02:50 +0000

So I played a show at Sipology in Long Beach a little over a week ago. My friend Allen asked me to do the gig with him. It was all acoustic. We each played a set and a guy named Josh whose contact info I didn’t get opened.

I’ve just finished clipping and uploading videos to YouTube. So you can see how it went, minus my thrilling banter.

My set: News 4 U, Nicole, Babs, I’m Sorry, Stay Together, Girls with Glasses, Frankly Mr Turner, Maureen, Please Come Home, Selina.

Click for more to see all the videos.

Tuesday Night at La Cave

todd — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:16:47 +0000

the Hit On List live at La Cave, 23 Feb 2010 from the Hit On List on Vimeo.

Sadly, the Local Music Showcase that happened each Tuesday at La Cave has ended. We had a great last show this week. I opened it with the songs you see above. I would like to thank Paul Hines for hosting a real quality evening of music, Boris Bengin for running the sound and shooting video each week and making sure we all sounded and looked as good as possible, and of course, La Cave for allowing us to hang out in their lounge and play tunes.

My Set: Ilsa, News 4 U, Hollyday

This Week at La Cave

todd — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:15:05 +0000

I played the Local Music Showcase Tuesday night at La Cave. I’ve been playing there for the past month and it’s usually the same scene: the crowd fluctuates a little but it’s the same general character. Tuesday was different.

When I walked in at 9pm-ish, the back room was packed. There was a party of like 12 seated along the wall and another whole wall of people and the tables in the middle filled and people standing at the bar. It was loud already. I discovered that the party of 12 was a birthday party and they were all, you know, grown-ups. And pretty much everyone else was there to see one couple perform. Lovely people all, I’m sure. But maybe it wasn’t the right time to bust out songs about strippers and showering with other people’s girlfriends. There was also a child there. Whoops.

There was a little confusion on the line-up so I just volunteered to open the show. I was in that kind of mood, I guess. I felt like I played rough. I played three songs I hadn’t played publicly before. And I only learned the Lemonheads song last week. My apologies but I wanted to keep it fresh. Anyway, you can tell me what you think.

My set: I Just Took a Shower with Your Girl, Maureen, Outdoor Type (by the Lemonheads).

the Hit On List live at La Cave from the Hit On List on Vimeo.

Last night at La Cave

todd — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:51:38 +0000

After I left Alta Coffee, I headed to La Cave to play the Songwriters’ Night there. I felt much looser there. I had a moment before I got on-stage where I really felt like I’d just forgotten all the lyrics to my songs. And once I got on-stage, the monitor at my feet was just booming so Boris kindly adjusted it while I played. All the other interesting facts about this performance are explained by me in the video.

I played Our Weekends Are Weekdays, Leaving You Isn’t Easy and You Got Lucky by Tom Petty.

Last night at Alta Coffee

todd — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:18:37 +0000

I played John Carillo’s Songwriter Night at Alta Coffee last night. I hadn’t been to that coffee shop before. It’s nice. But the inside is tiny and tight. I went first at 8pm. I was about two feet from the front table and a foot or two from the corner table. At one point the woman at the front table was looking at a lingerie catalog or something and I got distracted by the ladies’ underwear. I don’t know if you’ll see it in the video.

My set was: Out the Other, Ewa, Stay Together for the Dog, Hollyday, Selina, Don’t Come Close. Apparently, 6 songs of mine don’t even hit the 20 minute limit set I was given. So John asked me to do another. I chose I Want To Stay With You.

It went like this:

And then:

This week at La Cave

todd — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:41:20 +0000

Funnily enough, I thought I did great this week but listening to the audio, I am way shaky in the opener. Set list: Selina, Ewa, I Want To Stay

Live at La Cave

todd — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:27:40 +0000

I played the Local Music Showcase at La Cave this week. Paul asked us to do four songs and I was a little thrown on what to play. Also, the place was empty (maybe because of the rain?) so it was a little odd. It’s all dark and underground and there’s a few light bulbs pointed directly at your face. It terrified me into making banter.

My set: Laura Prepon, Stay Together for the Dog, Frankly Mr Turner, Ilsa

Live at La Cave from the Hit On List on Vimeo.

live at the Gypsy Den

todd — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:47:08 +0000

From a couple of weeks ago…

Set: Charlotte, Hollyday.

Live at the Gypsy Den

todd — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:23:38 +0000

From an open mic I played in December…

Set: Frankly Mr Turner, Leaving You Isn’t Easy

live at La Cave

todd — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:58:13 +0000

I played a songwriters night at La Cave by accident last night. I went to check it out and ended up on the list. My set: Ilsa, All or Nothin, Don’t Come Close.

Thanks to Boris Bengin for recording it:

Live at Westside

todd — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:06:51 +0000

I played the Westside Bar’s open mic last night and thought I did a decent set despite landing on a wrong chord in my opener.

Set list: Stay Together For the Dog, Leaving You Isn’t Easy, Frankly Mr Turner.

New Faces Night

todd — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:10:09 +0000

the Hit On List played New Faces Night at the Basement in Nashville, TN last night. Ryan from the Carter Admin set up the show and joined me onstage. We worked up 7 songs for the show. Check out the links for each song to get the backstory and such. But I’m embedding the set below so you can watch it in one place.

Set List
Out the Other, News 4 U, Zooey, I Wanna Stay With You, Hollyday, Easy Street, Tears For Christmas

Westside open mic

todd — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:24:29 +0000

So I played the Westside open mic last night. I opened with “That Hat….”

Followed it with “Ewa.”

And closed with a dusted off old song called “Mindy.” Because open mics need more power chords.

Open Mic Night

todd — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:59:50 +0000

A few days before Christmas, I played an Open Mic. It went like this…

I opened with Ilsa:

Debuted a new song, She Probably Thinks I’m Happy:

And closed with a song from the 2005 Christmas Single, Tears For Christmas:

all or nothin

todd — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:14:25 +0000