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A Day in Romania – Poiana Brasov

Tim — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:21:07 +0000

Here is a video I made just using the point and shoot camera I had on hand. This was on our day off. We went up into the mountains in Transylvania. It starts out at Bran Castle (Vlad the Impaler – also known as dracula!) and goes to Rasnov which is a fortress with a city inside that dates to the early 13th century. The video ends with a hike at Poiana Brasov which is the premiere ski area in Romania.

The music is by The OaKs (of course!)

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you really want to you can go to youtube and watch it in higher quality by clicking here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA58WCQ68g&fmt=18

video test

Tim — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:00:40 +0000

This is a test to see how to embed this video on a page. It’s The OaKs playing “Old Bones” and was a huge test for me to see if I could edit together a credible live video using Windows Movie Maker. Yes, Final Cut would have been easier!

Since it’s kind of hard to hear the words being a live performance, here they are…

Old Bones

in the valley is a grave
a thousand years alone
and the masses held their sway
from underneath the ground
I’d rest there everyday
as it fell on my route
in the shade
I’d lay in the grass
and imagine those
old bones

I searched the valley over
but no words remained
to hold the stories
whether noble or slave
I stacked up stones
to wall it in
and chased the wild dogs
nose to the ground for
old bones

one day came a trembling
like a great voice spoke
the ground pushed open
and bones rose
sinews stretched their fingers
muscle layered on
skin unrolled itself
and an army stood of
old bones

Two pictures from FMF

Tim — Sun, 27 May 2007 01:18:36 +0000

Here are a couple of shots from the Florida Music Festival in Orlando. It was a really fun show even though we got drenched by a colossal downpour before we went on stage. At least it finished raining before we went on.

That’s Melissa, Greg, Ryan, Matt, Jeremy, and my jeans under the keyboards.

You can see more pictures by clicking here

Florida Music Festival

Tim — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:09:28 +0000

We just found out that we will be playing on the main festival stage on Thursday May 18! We’ll be opening for the Festival headliners Flogging Molly who are this Irish Folk/Punk band from L.A.

Here are a couple shots from the main stage last year.

The best thing for me from a playing perspective is that it’s outside and it’s the main stage so we’ll have great sound which always makes it so much more fun to play.

One picture from The Backbooth

Tim — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:32:30 +0000

Thought I’d post one picture from a show with The OaKs last week.

Relevant Magazine

Tim — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:47:22 +0000

The OaKs have a nice interview in Relevant Magazine that was just posted. You can read it here

The OaKs next gig

Tim — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:49:33 +0000

Pictures from the gig

Tim — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:53:52 +0000

The gig at the AKA went great! A fun time was had by all and things held together musically very well. Can’t wait for the next show in Lakeland on Dec 21 at Lillian’s.

That’s me with my accordion and Jeremy Siegel playing mandolin. Jeremy is also the bass player (the best I’ve played with!)

Rachel Schalm (vocals, bells, melodica and percussion) sat in for her sister Naomi who was off recording in the south pacific. Rachel is joining staff here working with MK’s. Naomi is just finishing her STINT with the travel team making great recordings for me to edit and mix!

Greg Willson just moved to Orlando 4 months ago to start his M.Div program at Reformed Theological Seminary. Little did he know that he’d be onstage with the OaKs so soon.

Matt Antolick = serious groove! Just so you know, Matt’s “day” job is drumming for Mo’Rockin the Moroccan band at Epcot and for the Irish band (along with Jeremy) at Universal. We have a pretty sweet rhythm section happening.

Ryan Costello leads us all. I think we’re all pretty glad to have the first one under our belts. If you’re in central Florida be sure to keep up to date with our live shows. Here’s our Myspace page that has the latest happenings

The buzz is growing

Tim — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:55:49 +0000

I’ve kind of kept it under wraps that I’m in a band. I’m pretty geeked (that is to say I’m right chuffed for all you England readers). Anyway, I’m playing keys as well as a bunch of other instruments with The OaKs. We’ve been getting good press coverage in several indy music blogs and getting a bit of college radio play as well.

Today there was a nice story in the Orlando Sentinel about the band and a show we have this week at the Anti Pop music festival here in Orlando. The story has a couple of factual errors (I don’t play harmonica!) but then every story has a couple of errors.

I’ll post some pictures from the show later this week if I get any.