Check out some acoustic tunes:

I would love the support of my friends and family. If you’re in Tallahssee on February 27th, come out to the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella. The show is called Acoustic Ovation and will feature other performers. I will be 2nd in the slot of 5 performers and the doors will open at 7pm. All performers will be doing acoustic sets for the evening (hence the acoustic in the name).

We’ve made it really easy to get tickets to this show in advance and save you some money in the process. You don’t have to meet me, you don’t have to go to some store to buy them. All you have to do is click on this link and you can buy your ticket online with a credit card, safely and securely. You’ll then be registered and get an email confirmation. HOW EASY IS THAT?! No excuse for putting it off and you’ll save $3 off the ticket by not waiting to purchase at the door. Also, I’ve even taken it one step further and embedded below a way for you to purchase your tickets now. Can’t get any easier.

February 27th, at 7pm at the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella will be a great time to spend your Sunday evening (especially after engage for you ENT folks!)

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See you soon.
Samuel Febres

I would love to see you and your friends there rocking out with us, it’s gonna be good times. If you like dancing, and bopping your head along to good tunes, you’re not gonna want to miss it.

Come out this Saturday, July 24th. The doors open at 9:00 pm so come check out the awesome supporting act and we’ll be up shortly thereafter. Can’t wait to see you there. (RSVP on Facebook!)

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Because we got our tickets a few months back as part of an album pre-order/VIP promotion, we received a ‘First in Line’ pass which allowed us to get in a little early to the show before other folks and have some pizza and drinks, and buy stuff without the crowds if we wanted to.

This worked out great because Nat and I were able to get a great spot near the front of the stage. You couldn’t ask for a better spot to enjoy the show.

I didn’t bring my camera like I usually do, and only took a few photos with the cell phone, so I don’t really have anything to share, but I couldn’t resist filming something, so near the end of the show, I pulled out a little portable camera that my dad let me borrow and filmed a song called Reset and another part of the show where Darren King (the drummer) stands on top of a floor tom that is being held up by the crowd, and then jumps back into the crowd and crowd surfs. All that happened within 3 feet of me. Pretty cool.

Check out the videos below and let me know what you think. If you haven’t heard of MUTEMATH, check out their new album, Armistice on itunes or Amazon.com. It’s a great album, and definitely, if they’re coming anywhere near you, make sure you get tickets to enjoy the show… or do like me, and drive 5 hours to another city to do so.

Oh, also, we found out that they were filming the show for a DVD, if it all works out. I was in front of the camera man quite a few times, as was my better half, so there’s quite the possibility that we might make it on the DVD. Very cool stuff.

Darren King jumps into the crowd video…

“Oh my god! I’m never gonna wash these hands again! I’m never gonna wash these hands again.”

Reset by MUTEMATH performed live at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on November 6th, 2009

I was able to participate in two ways.

The first way was as a trio with a couple of friends. We did 4 songs that I wrote and a good time was had by all. I was very pleased with how things turned out with just one rehearsal. I’m looking forward to performing more with these guys as opportunities arise.

Unfortunately, I’ve only got a 30 second clip of a song we performed because the memory card ran out of memory, but it gives you a good idea of how we looked and sounded. Check it out below.

The 2nd way I was able to participate was through the Late Night Cafe which was part of a songwriting competition. To enter to competition, I had to submit an mp3 my song and my song was judged based on the mp3.

What was great about the competition this year was that we received the judging score cards to see how we were judged and it included comments from the judges. I didn’t win the competition, and the scoring wasn’t so great, but I am quite ok with that. My purpose for entering is more to get comfortable singing my songs out in public and to get a feel for how people like the songs.

Based on that, my songs are doing really good. When the band finished playing the set, I got quite a few compliments on a great set from folks, many whom I didn’t know (maybe they were just trying to be nice). In addition to that, once I finished performing at the Late Night Cafe, I got quite a few compliments as well from folks I didn’t know, in addition to a “you should have won”, and a request for a website or place to get a CD. I was very encouraged to hear that.

I would actually like to share the judge’s comments later, because I found a couple of them to be quite interesting. I’d like to get your opinion, dear reader, and thoughts the decisions the judges made, as well as your thoughts based on hearing the song.

Here’s the video of the song I entered for the Late Night Cafe. It’s called Humbly, I’ll Fall.

Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments.
(Also, this wasn’t the most ‘respectful’ crowd with regards to performers and you can hear quite a bit of talking all throughout the songs. Sorry about that.)

Some of the photos are from my digital camera and some are from my palm pre.

Ok, I didn't design this flyer so no threats on the design, but I did take that photo of myself. They found it on the internet. True story.

This is probably not the place for this, but let me vent a little. Folks like to complain about ‘how there is nothing to do’ in Tallahassee and how it’s ‘boring.’ Well folks, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. Here is an event that is not cost prohibitive ($5!), will allow you to check out and discover local talent you might not even be familiar with, and get out and have a good time and shared experience with some friends. In other words, something to do. And, if you’re reading this, you probably know me and we’re what you might consider FRIENDS, the least you could do would be to show up to support me and the music I’ve been writing and working on.

Tallahassee is a gold mine of creativity and artistry. Stop looking else-where for it and to be entertained. You have no right to complain about there being ‘nothing to do’ or that you’re ‘bored’ when local events like these are put on and NEVER CHOOSE TO GO. Turn off the tv and be a part of the local community that you live in. It doesn’t matter where you’re from. You’re HERE now. Get involved. If you don’t support it, whatever grows out of it, if it doesn’t die, will move on and go elsewhere where it can and will be supported and grow.

Look where you’re lying and get involved. Ok, rant over.

That out of the way, I would love to see you guys come out on Saturday night. I know it’s short notice, but I know the majority of you usually have no plans and Florida State isn’t playing (as far as I’m aware). Those of you who come out, we’re gonna have a good time.

Make it Facebook official that you’re coming.

IMG_9697, originally uploaded by ONE.org.

from me and Natalie. They took our ‘dirty kiss’ photo with the potential of it being shown on the big screen at the end of the show. We didn’t make it on the big screen, but our photo managed to make it on the One.org flickr account.

Here’s a slide show of other ‘dirty kisses’ from the Tampa U2 show. You’ll find us in there again.

It was an awesome experience. The sound was awesome, the show and stage was great. I’ve got a few other photos and audio clips that I would like to share, but before I post those online, I would like to share something a little ‘special.’

You know it’s bound to happen that if you put over 70,000 people into a giant stadium (a new record for Raymond James apparently), serve them beer and play some loud rock and roll, there are bound to be a few ‘special folks’ that make an appearance.

I had the pleasure of having one sitting a few rows down from me. Check out these dance moves.

You’re welcome.

Below is a video of my performance.

There’s definitely room for improvement but overall, I felt like I did alright.

Anyway, I would appreciate if you could head on over to http://ccbstars.com/, register to vote and then head on over to http://tallahassee.com/ccbstars and vote me!

Voting ends this Thursday night (October 1st) at midnight, Eastern time.

Thanks!

PS: A friend had the I Am T Pain app on his iphone and I sang a bit of this song into it. Check it out. Pretty funny.

Stop Pretending-T-Pained by Samuel Febres

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This is one of my favorite songs off the new album, if not my favorite (ask my wife, she’s heard me play it over, and over, and over).

HT to The Worship Guitarist

You may not like this song if you heard it on the radio, but seeing this performance… admit it, if you were a hater, you’re hating a little less right now, aren’t you?

HT: Mark Thomas

I hope you like it. Thoughts are appreciated.

I Won’t Remain at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.

Sing Alone at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.

I really enjoy playing the verse chords on this track, they make me want to do ‘The Rock.’ You’ll have to ask me about ‘The Rock’ later, but I will say that it was born doing Isreal Houghton’s Not Forgotten when I was rockin’ it in San Antonio, Texas. I will say, I miss playing that song. Shout out to my buddy Guti on that one. Keep ‘The Rock’ alive in Texas.

I’m looking forward to playing this track with a full band. It should definitely be a fun song to do. Here’s Humbly I’ll Fall, the 7th song of the evening.

Humbly I’ll Fall at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.

Anyway, I wrote and first recorded the song during a hurricane when I was home alone. I opened up the windows and doors and the wind felt great. It wasn’t a really bad hurricane, which just had a lot of wind and I mic’ed a guitar and did two tracks. It was definitely more of a wrist cutter with the slower tempo I originally recorded it in, and finger-picky and stuff but I’ve recently sped up the tempo and with a full drum kit and a distorted guitar, I think it sounded pretty good.

I originally didn’t have a name for the song, so I just called it Untitled, which isn’t very original. I decided though at some point, it should definitely get a more proper title so I opted for Terrible Summer, Bracing for the Fall, which is obviously a lame attempt at a joke, yet I still find funny.

Despite the electric guitar and drum kit being gone, this is the new and improved version faster version. It is the 6th song from the night.

Terrible Summer, Bracing for the Fall at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.

I really like this song. I think the chord changes are nice and I enjoyed where I began to write it, which was in the built in amphitheatre in downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza.

I happened to look up at the sky as the sun was setting and I could see it’s rays just shooting over the huge amount of clouds in the sky and it reminded me of a trip I took to Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was a weekend trip and the whole time we were there it was always dark and cold while there was light, you certainly couldn’t see the sun at all during the day.

I had sort of forgotten about the sun, but when our plane broke threw all the clouds on the way back home, it was just so beautiful to see the sun shining so bright. It was beautiful. Think Trinity in the 3rd Matrix movie when her and Neo break the clouds.

Anyway, here’s Clouds.

Clouds Performed at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.

Otherwise, I thought it went ok. Gotta love Blake’s chimes and that rain wheel. Yes, I said wheel. You can’t really see it, but it’s a circlular ‘thingy’ that you spin. A more convenient rain stick. Awesome.

Here I Am at Acoustic Ovation, January 2009 from Samuel Febres on Vimeo.