The Official History of Instant Dogma

(Woodrose, snakes & ladders, Freak Music,
Punk Rock Treehouse and everything else.)

2005 - 2006 



One song from each of our sixteen releases
                                                                                                 
Go here to order
 The end of snakes & ladders

Authenticity was finally released on June 26
 
Our last show was at Club Cats, September 9th.

We headlined and there were eight people (including four of our friends.)
We decided to do one song for every person in the room and call it a day.
The vibe was this is the curtain call for our little band.
It was over. We struggled to build a wider following and instead
were critically popular. John was ready to move on,
as was Greg, there was no way we could continue in the format
we'd maintained. I learned a lot about the music biz and people,
and figured out how to write a decent song. We created
and performed in good faith. I am still proud of our efforts.


1997 - 2005
  Go here for the original Dognews posting


One beautiful morning in February of 2006, I woke up,
got on line, and went to Tape OP.com. There I and found crisis and panic.
Quantigy (the last maker of two inch, half inch and one inch recording tape)
had shuttered their doors. Folks like Elvis Costello and Steve Albini bought it all.
That was it for folks like me who had been recording analogue. I did some
fast research and hatched a plan. I borrowed some money from my
(then) spouse, Wendy and purchased an HD-24 24 track hard drive recorder.
I had already been editing audio masters in Soundforge and editing video
in Vegas, so it was short hop to mixing “in the box.” Pete Zolli
 said, “welcome to the wonderful world of digital editing.”
After that I did some hybrid digital/analogue projects but tape
price and machine maintenance became cost prohibitive.

Tascam MS-16

Alesis HD-24


Wormtown Wednesday pics

     
      
      
1st row - Fred Dusak (RIP), Phil McNamara & Mike Marz, unknown
2nd row - unknown, Mike Jones, Johnny Walker Black
3rd row - Muss, Pete DeGraaf & Liam Sullivan (RIP), Eric Godin

October 6
My last night hosting Wormtown Weds.

"There are more than enough fine memories for me to keep:
the early days, Daisy Chains, Dr. Frog, Cho Experiment, 
playing the show with my band (three separate line-ups) Tubesteak,
Moist Chicken, Optic Lock/Essence of Green (you had to be there...)
the one hundredth Anniversary show, the pizza night, my two birthday party shows
(what could compare to being serenaded  by the combined Numbskulls
and Spoilers.) And then there was The Monkees night which captured
something truly wonderful in everyone who shared that bill.

This show was/is a place for established bands to try new stuff
(it was great any time Curtain Society, The Bees Knees,
The Numbskulls, Steve Mossberg or Gutta stopped by
to try out new tunes.) It was great to see bands like Sumo
or Voodoo Screw Machine try out Worcester for the first time.
It was also pretty furkin' amusing to see some of the train wreck
sets that occurred there as well. Though nothing will top that
gallon of bile that came out of Motokops 2000's lead singer
 or the night that stripper started dancing on-stage or well... I digress.

I have made some stellar friendships which I intend to hang on to.
And I will continue to support Mr. G., Pete, Liam and Fred
and their efforts to give new bands a chance to test their mettle.

To those of you who supported and participated in the show during my tenure,
as well as the larger Wormtown musical community (you know who you are,)
 you will always have my respect, admiration and affection.
To those who were less so, boo stizi.
Lastly, to Chris Cah, you are and shall always be The Man."

(originally posted on The Dogpage.)

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