Jeff Elbel + Ping: Cornerstone, Filming, Contest Winner, etc.
In this newsletter (click a link below to jump directly to a topic):
Jeff Elbel + Ping: Cornerstone Festival, LOST DOGS date
Filming Ping
CD sale through July [plus iTunes, etc.]
We Have a Winner (poor sap)!
Chicago Sun-Times article about Cornerstone
Podcast
Studio work
Sharpe World Music ensemble
Contact
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Jeff Elbel + Ping: Cornerstone Festival, LOST DOGS date
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Friday, 29 June 2007
Cornerstone Festival
Industry Roundtable
12:00pm (noon)
Talk Tent
Jeff Elbel will participate in a spirited panel discussion and Q&A session
hosted by Chris Macintosh, aka Grandfather Rock.
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Cornerstone Festival
Bushnell, IL
4:15pm sharp
Gallery Stage
Jeff Elbel + Ping: full band performance (and filming)
All ages welcome!
The band will have a big line-up for its Gallery Stage set. Great fun is
guaranteed as Ping debuts lots of new material. The band includes:
John Bretzlaff - lead guitar
Kim Bretzlaff - vocal
Mike Choby - organ
Dave Dampier - percussion
Jeff Elbel - vocal, rhythm guitar
Matt Gadenken - violin
Marc Ludena - bass
Al Oliver - guitar tech
Andrew Oliver - drums
Who knows, maybe a few more people will crowd up there as well! The band will
miss Stacey Krejci, Clint Davidson, and Andrew Carter this year, but welcomes
Mike Choby and Marc Ludena, who are both joining the Ping family for the first
time. Dave Dampier and Matt Gadenken are making their first return engagements,
so they're veterans. You could be next.
The band will haul out an old Farewell to Juliet tune, particularaly for this
show. Jeff says, "I don't remember whether John and I ever played it in FTJ.
Marc thinks we may have played it at True Tunes Upstairs on the Grace and Dire
Circumstances tour in 1997."
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Sunday, 7/1/07
Opening for the LOST DOGS
Fellowship Chapel
308 Robinhood Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(Route 53 near I-55 and I-355. 308 Robinhood Way)
Showtime: 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:45.
Tickets: $10 in advance or at door (General admission)
http://www.fchapel.com/
more info: 630-631-7124, gafritz@juno.com
An opening set by Jeff Elbel + Ping is still technically tentative, but the
possibility looks good enough to call it "likely." We'll be able to confirm on
Monday, June 25th. Feel free to e-mail ping@marathonrecords.com for final
details. Jeff will provide technical assistance to the promoter and Lost Dogs
for this show.
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Filming Ping
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The set by Jeff Elbel + Ping at Cornerstone Festival's Gallery Stage will be
filmed. There will be three camera operators on hand to capture the band's new
songs. Come on out and be part of the action!
Ping approves of and encourages tape-trading of live shows, so bootleggers
should feel free to bring their own audio and video recording devices. In fact,
Jeff would love to receive a first-generation copy of any recordings made.
These could make their way into a film compiled from the set, and appropriate
credit will be given.
Contact Jeff via ping@marathonrecords.com
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CD Sale through July
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Through the month of July, Marathon Records is reducing the price of any of Jeff
Elbel's CD, so that the total price is the same as if you purchased in person at
a show.
For $10 total, you can purchase titles by:
Jeff Elbel + Ping
Farewell to Juliet
Sunny Day Roses
Andrewesley
The Hopescope
Actually, if you purchase more than one title, the price drops to $7.50 +
shipping. If you wish to buy extras as gifts for friends or even your arch-
enemies, Marathon Records will send to multiple addresses.
To order, visit the Marathon Records Online Catalog
If you find those bulky CDs with their fantastic Brian Heydn (Ping) and Doug
TenNapel (Sunny Day Roses) artwork to be impractical, you can download "The
Eleventh Hour Storybook" by Jeff Elbel + Ping from outlets including:
iTunes
http://tinyurl.com/ebbwl
Jeff Elbel + Ping on iTunes
PayPlay
http://payplay.fm/jeffelbelping
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We Have a Winner!
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Last year, Jeff promised to draw a winner from our mailing list for a box of
various Ping-related items. He also revealed that this would be a "white
elephant" gift, and not necessarily desirable. Many people were intrigued,
fought their better instincts, and signed up! It looks like the beginning of a
tradition.
So, dubious congratulations are awarded to:
Darin DePew
Darin, you have won the following items, which shall be in your hands very
shortly. You may wish to wear protective gear:
* A guitar cable which failed moments before Ping's set at the 2006 Cornerstone Festival
* The original, handwritten set lists for shows in Ann Arbor, Chicago, and Cornerstone
* The original, handwritten set lists from some other Gallery Stage band
* A lock of Jeff Elbel's hair
* An unopened set of Jurassic Park novelty pencils
* Jeff's photo ID card from the El Segundo, CA Dept. of Recreation
* Jeff's Cornerstone 2006 packing list
* Hand-drawn stage plot from Cornerstone 2006
* 18 audio cassettes including these 1980's trash-pop favorites:
Loverboy
the Go-Gos
Debbie Gibson
Quiet Riot
Men at Work
plus
Mortal
Imagine This
One Hundred Days
Christafari
Mark Lowry
* A Cornerstone 2006 All Access vehicle pass [expired]
* A couple of random CD samplers
* A Tape Op Conference 2007 swag bag
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Chicago Sun-Times article about Cornerstone
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On Sunday, June 24, 2007, the "Sunday SHOW" section of the Chicago Sun-Times
will run a feature about the Cornerstone Festival, written by Jeff Elbel. If
you don't have access to physical copies of the newspaper,
http://www.xanga.com/marathon will link directly to the article on the
Sun-Times' website beginning Sunday.
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Podcast
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Matt McCabe of Marathon Records artist King Never has completed the first
edition of the Studio Rats podcast. During the inaugural episode, McCabe hosts
a field report by co-host Jeff Elbel from the 2007 Tape Op Convention in Tucson,
AZ. The pair discuss "crazy recording" techniques from Potluck Studio, useful
mastering tricks, and sun-deprived audio engineers hogging the kiddies'
waterslide.
Future podcasts will feature interviews with artists and working engineers,
pulling back the curtain to reveal how some of our favorite new recordings are
being made. The podcast will appeal to tech-nerds, but will also be
sufficiently down-to-earth to entertain music fans of any stripe.
To subscribe to the Studio Rats podcast, visit:
http://www.finleysound.com/studiorats
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Studio work
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This year, Jeff has mastered projects for Lo-Fidelity Records, including The
Seventy-Sevens' "DVD," and The Lost Dogs' "Via Chicago (All We Left Unsaid)" CD.
In July, Jeff Elbel + Ping will record a dog-eared sea shanty called "Puppy
Ocean" for a benefit album of children's music to be released this fall by
Fundamental Records.
For Marathon Records, Jeff has been co-producing and mixing tracks for Ann
Arbor-based art-pop band Mumble's "Happy Living" album. To hear advance music,
visit the band's MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/mumblemusic
Currently, Jeff is mastering the haunted indie-folk of Willowfair's "The Lie
Within." Willowfair is based in Aurora, Illinois, and the album was tracked by
Benjie Hughes at Back Third Audio.
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Sharpe World Music ensemble
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Jeff Elbel plays upright bass with Tom Sharpe's big band. The Sharpe World
Music ensemble has been described as "Beethoven with Kodo Drumming." Fans of
Blue Man Group will be mesmerized. Sharpe's music features deep percussion
grooves and ethereal, ambient passages.
Upcoming performances include:
Saturday, 28 July 2007
7:30 pm
Sinnissippi Park music shell
1400 N. Second Street
Rockford, IL
Admission is FREE to All Ages!
Saturday, 11 August 2007
3:30 pm
Millenium Park
Chicago, IL
Admission is FREE to All Ages!
Monday, 24 September 2007
Schaumburg District Library
7:00 - 8:15 PM
Admission is FREE to All Ages!
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Maple Avenue Pub
corner of Maple and Rte 53
Lisle, IL
10:00PM
More info: http://www.sharpeworldmusic.com
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Contact
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e-mail: ping@marathonrecords.com
Thank you for supporting independent music!