The list so far - revised.

I posted this back in December, but it now needs to be revised - and besides, it's a good lead post during my necessary hiatus (which I will grow weary of soon enough, but let's hope it doesn't have to last too long). This is a comprehensive rundown, for those interested in or curious about my services, of whom I've represented and where I've gotten them featured. Either you've heard of these artists, bands, and media outlets or you haven't. And for that matter, either they're still active or they aren't. But as always, if you have any questions, you can leave me a comment or click through to my profile to send me an e-mail.


Artists and bands I've represented:

Downtown Harvest - rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop, electronica
Audible Eye (Gregory Morgan) - rock, funk, folk
Laura Cheadle - pop, soul
The Absolute Zeros - rock, soul, blues
The Josh and Pete Band - pop, rock, comedy
Bad Apples - funk, jazz
Reality Stricken/The Escape - rock


Artists and bands I've formally assisted:

The Guggenheim Grotto - folk, pop, rock


Press/webzines/blogs I've gotten these acts featured in:

Origivation
Underwater Explosions
Phrequency
Wonka Vision
Philly2Philly.com
Metro (Philadelphia edition)
Philadelphia Weekly
Philly EDGE
The Broken Bell
Cheap Shot! Philly
Crunkbox
Perfect Porridge
MusicReviewer.com
The Weekender (Northeast PA)


Other media outlets I've gotten these acts featured in/on:

WXPN (My Morning Download; The Key/Philly Local Philes)
Volta Radio (Volta Unveiled)
Bits and Watts
Philly Fun Guide
Philly Music Network Fans


As you can see, the Philly market is my specialty, but I have promoted beyond Philly at times.

Hiatus

I just looked at this blog and realized I haven't posted in over a month.

There's little to report, really. The Josh and Pete Band have suspended PR for the time being. I haven't picked up any new clients, although I have been in talks with prospective clients. But this lack of activity is all for the best, as I currently have some personal matters to take care of and they are of the utmost importance right now.

So I'm on hiatus as a music publicist. I'll let you know when I'm back up and running.

The Josh and Pete Band in Origivation!

Sweeeeeeeeeet. The Josh and Pete Band's Origivation debut is here!

http://www.origivation.com/features/february2011/josh.php

Feeling sorry that you missed the performance of "Dances In High Heels" described in the article? Well, here it is!



Oh, and I had NOTHING to do with this, but I would be remiss if I didn't also point out the excellent interview in this issue with our old friends The Absolute Zeros:

http://www.origivation.com/features/february2011/zeros.php

Woo-hoo.

A Short (But Exciting) Month for The Josh and Pete Band

[The official press release.]

February might be the shortest month of the year, but Josh Band, Pete Band, King Alon, and Dr. Lemonade will be making the most of it!


AT LONG LAST, ORIGIVATION

It was supposed to happen in December. Then it got delayed. Now it's finally happening: The Josh and Pete Band will be featured in Origivation's February issue! And what better company could the guys have asked for? Cake will be on the cover! And The Absolute Zeros, early supporters of The Josh and Pete Band, will also be featured! If print copies disappear as quickly as they are expected to, look for the online edition at http://www.origivation.com. Both are expected to be released this Friday.


DIG THESE GIGS

Here's where and when you can see The Josh and Pete Band perform this month:

The Philadelphia Folksong Society's Circus of Sound presents the Klezmer stylings of Klingon Klez at The Elkins Estate on the 13th. The Josh and Pete Band will be supporting.

Klingon Klez with The Josh and Pete Band
Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 7:00 PM
The Elkins Estate
1750 Ashbourne Rd, Elkins Park, PA
Free for PFS Members, $10.00 for Non-Members
http://www.pfs.org/UCE.php


On the 18th, Millcreek Tavern plays host to The Josh and Pete Band plus Josh Band's supergroup The Best Westerns (also featuring members of Conversations with Enemies and Eat Your Birthday Cake), along with Lion Versus and Baltimore's A Cat Called Cricket.

The Josh and Pete Band, Lion Versus, A Cat Called Cricket, and The Best Westerns
Friday, February 18th, 2011 - 9 PM showtime (The Best Westerns at 9, The Josh and Pete Band at midnight)
Millcreek Tavern
4200 Chester Ave, Philadelphia, PA
$8
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186758814681552


The Josh and Pete Band will return to the king of all Philly Open Mic's, Philly Rising, in February. However, they can only make it once this month.

The Josh and Pete Band at Philly Rising
Monday, February 21, 2011 - 7:30 start time (The Josh and Pete Band's set time to be determined)
World Cafe Live Upstairs
3025 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
Free
http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=606


BE DR. LEMONADE'S VALENTINE

Those who have donated to the band's album fund will get their prizes in time for Valentine's Day. Because The Josh and Pete Band love their fans. And money.


TURN ON, THEN TUNE IN

Radio continues to deem The Josh and Pete Band's demo EP too good for a mere demo. Having already been embraced by Philly's own Volta Radio and a little station called WXPN (ahem), radio stations in other parts of the country are taking notice. Ohio's ruKus radio has proven once more that The Josh and Pete Band have a home on independent radio, while California's Jelly Bean Radio (whose Captain Jelly Bean has featured "The Captain Song"!) demonstrates that The Josh and Pete Band can provide ample entertainment for the kids. When they're not singing about sex.


R.I.P. JOSH BAND?

Finally, a rumor which must be put to rest. The internet was all ablaze after Pete Band announced that his brother Josh had died in a horrible table tennis accident. Pete even claimed to have released a recording of "Strawberry Fields Forever" in which he seems to say "Cranberry sauce" but actually says "I buried Josh." But never fear: Josh Band is alive and well and living in a house somewhere. Turns out Pete was just joshing.


But in all seriousness, March and April will most likely have big news as well, so please stay tuned! And as always, thank you for reading.

I'm not a radio promoter, but I play one in real life.

Remember when I got a song by The Guggenheim Grotto featured as WXPN's My Morning Download and I cautioned you that I can't guarantee you I can get you onto XPN?

Well, seriously, I can't guarantee it!

However......

http://thekey.xpn.org/2010/12/philly-local-philes-the-josh-and-pete-bands-“miscommunication”/

Thanks, John!

A Big December for The Josh and Pete Band

[The official press release, minus any personalized introductions.]

Josh Band, Pete Band, King Alon (rhymes with "throne"), and Dr. Lemonade have big news for a really big month!


ROCKIN' FOR THE KIDS

On December 23rd, The Josh and Pete Band will take World Cafe Live's Upstairs stage to play a benefit concert for Rock To The Future, a free afterschool music and education program for Philadelphia School District students aged 9-14. The program is directed by Jess and Josh from Philly faves (and The Josh and Pete Band's great friends) Conversations with Enemies. Also performing will be The New Motels and Big Terrible, as well as The Best Westerns, a veritable supergroup featuring Josh Band along with members of CWE and Eat Your Birthday Cake.

For more information on the show: http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=3846

And for more on Rock To The Future: http://www.phillyrock.org/rtf.php


RAISING FUN(DS)

The Josh and Pete Band's previous efforts to raise funds for their first professional album didn't exactly set the world on fire, so the boys have kicked things up a few notches. For one thing, they will be hosting a big fundraising party in December (message me for details). But in addition, they have taken their cause to GoFundMe, where those interested in supporting independent music can win all sorts of cool prizes -- a professional dental cleaning from Dr. Lemonade? A voice cameo on the album? An art lesson with Pete Band? A signed color print featuring your cartoonized self alongside The Josh and Pete Band? It can all be yours IF the price -- I mean, donation is right! But hurry -- the deadline is Christmas Day!

http://funds.gofundme.com/xgtw


RISING. PHILLY RISING.

Never content to rest on their laurels, The Josh and Pete Band have taken to Philly's most famous open mic, Philly Rising, to expand their fan base and increase their profile on the Philly music scene. [editorial note: and to meet all the cool people their publicist knows.] They're playing twice a month, every month, on whichever dates work for them. So if you swing by World Cafe Live on a Monday night and stop in for this cover-free (and now even more awesome) open mic, you never know who might be rockin' the stage...


NO ROYAL PAIN HERE

Finally, December marks the release of King Alon's first solo album, Alone With Alon, and the kickoff of his worldwide Regal Tour, on which he will be supported by Kings of Leon and Prince.


[Note: one of the above stories may be made up.]


For more information: http://www.thejoshandpeteband.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Josh-and-Pete-Band/87845884175
http://www.reverbnation.com/thejoshandpeteband

And as always, feel free to contact me with any inquiries.

The Josh and Pete Band - Halloween Show

Fittingly, the end of September has brought the end of the September slump. On October 29th, The Josh and Pete Band will return to their neighborhood hangout, Millcreek Tavern, for a Halloween show headlined by their good friends (and Philly favorites) Conversations With Enemies. And because it's been too damn long since we've even tried to get a show review, we're promoting this one in hopes that someone will review it.

But when all is said and done, show review or no show review, publicity is still publicity, right?

Here's Millcreek's music calendar: http://www.millcreektavernphilly.com/music.html

and the Facebook event page for more details:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160166097343406&index=1

And in other news......wait, there is no other news......

Standing at the crossroads

I've grown accustomed to the September slump. I don't know what it is, but my work as a music publicist keeps slowing down for the month of September and perhaps beyond. But this year, it's a little different. Yes, the September slump is happening in a sense, but a lot is also in flux.

First and foremost, I must announce that Bad Apples are on a break for now, as the band's members have other things going. Therefore, band PR is on hiatus for now, and thus I will say that my stint as their publicist has ended with the possibility of a second turn in the future.

Of course, The Escape are still regrouping following Stuart's departure, and they're working on new material as well. In August, I put band PR on hold indefinitely, given the aforementioned circumstances, plus the fact that our latest round of EP promotion wasn't going anywhere. I will continue to keep you updated on what's happening with The Escape and my work for them.

The Josh and Pete Band are still trying to raise funds to record a professional studio album (see earlier entries in this blog), but they may also have some other intriguing endeavors in the works. They've put band PR on hold for now, until we once again have something more concrete to promote.

And I may get a new client soon. But it's always a big "maybe" until the deal is final!

The Josh and Pete Band's Album Fund (and potential dire consequences)

(As before, this is a slightly altered version of the official press release.)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 1, 2010

In less than two years, West Philly foursome The Josh and Pete Band have brought their sunny harmonies and unique brand of humor to venues such as North Star, World Cafe Live (Upstairs and Downstairs), The Fire, The Blockley, and The Troc Mainstage. They've been selected as "Featured Performers" by The Absolute Zeros at Tritone. They've shared the stage with acts including Agent Moosehead, G. Calvin Weston, Conversations with Enemies, and Caravan of Thieves. But all those feathers in their caps will not accomplish the goal of funding the first professional album by Josh Band, Pete Band, King Alon, and Dr. Lemonade; after all, one cannot pay studio bills with feathers.

So they're taking the route traveled by so many others who refuse to sit around waiting for a record deal: they're asking their fans to fund the recording of the album. One of Dionne Warwick's former psychic friends (or is that fiends?) has predicted dire consequences for the band's members should the album not get funded in time:

- King Alon will be forced to abdicate his throne, leading other musical royalty (Carole King, Ben E. King, B.B. King, etc.) to poke merciless fun at him in song. Meanwhile, his former kingdom will be taken over by The Queen of Soul, who will command plenty of R-E-S-P-E-C-T but will never be able to say she played both bass and oboe in a rock 'n' roll band.

- Dr. Lemonade, a tooth doctor by trade, will quit the music business for good and go into television. He will star in a pilot for "The Dentalist," in which he plays an American who occasionally speaks with an Australian accent. Every network will pass on the series after critics predict that it will last only a Simon Baker's dozen of episodes.

- Left without their rhythm section, Josh Band and Pete Band will soldier on as a duo, The Band Brothers. This name will be most unfortunate, as concertgoers will, upon seeing the duo, ask, "Where's the BAND?!?!" Josh and Pete will split in disgust, and Josh will go back to his day job of putting Weight Watchers out of business, one cupcake at a time. Pete will continue to play music as a solo artist, but a New York Times reviewer will lament the split of the duo, writing, "Pete was the Garfunkel to Josh's Oates."

But if saving The Josh and Pete Band from such misfortune is not enough of an incentive, those who contribute to the album fund will get the following amazing and fabulous prizes:

$0 to 10 - Josh and Pete Band sticker
$10 to 20 - above plus Demo CD
$20 to 40 - all of the above + your name on special "Thank You" page of the professional CD (and Josh and Pete Band 9th Grade CD Series)
$40 to 80 - all of the above + ticket to the next Josh and Pete Band show
$80 to 150 - all of the above + free copy of the professional CD
$150 to 300 - all of the above + custom-made Josh and Pete Band T-Shirts

...and finally...

$300 or more - all of the above PLUS a date with any band member -- or all! (You can donate the date, too - give The Josh and Pete Band to your daughters, your aunts, your grandmothers, even your pets!)

If you wish to donate, you can visit http://www.thejoshandpeteband.com/, and there is even a Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103310596388459

And if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Copyright © 2010 S.J. Dibai and The Josh and Pete Band. All rights reserved.

Bad Apples in Origivation!

Quiet times for Bad Apples these days, but I did get them reviewed in Origivation! I haven't seen the print version yet, but here it is online: http://www.origivation.com/reviews/august2010/apples.php