Thanks to Jake Durrett for this beautiful footage from The Roxy in West Hollywood.

Thank you to everyone who voted in the Shure Give It Voice contest. I made the cut and am moving on to the next round in L.A. at The Roxy on the 19th of this month. I will be joined by The Internet and Captions. Stay tuned for more details about the show!

Hello Party People,

This weekend is gearing up to be top notch.

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

I am playing a fundraiser for the Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School at The Skylark on 16th and Valencia in the Mission.
Time: 6:30pm.
Admission: $5.
Age restrictions: No Minors.
Address: 3089 16th Street.
Venue phone: (415) 621-9294.
With Bias Tape: http://www.biastapemusic.com and Comedian Alex Koll: http://www.alexkoll.com. There will be loads of drink specials, good people, and a lucha libra wrestling photobooth – with real pro wrestlers!

Check the evite here: http://bit.ly/cuoIt3

Sunday, November 21, 2010

I am playing a Fundraiser to Benefit Pakistani Flood Victims.
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm.
Set Time: 2:00pm.
Age restrictions: All Ages.
Address: 610 Old Mason Street.
Join the Purusha community to help raise funds for the Pakistani flood victims. You will receive 10% off ANY purchase in Sports Basement and 10% of that purchase will be donated by Sports Basement to the flood victims. The organization we are working (Khushhaal Pakistan) with has literally no overhead so 100% of your money will go directly to the people in Pakistan. Oh and there will be free food and drinks and merry-making. (some yoga and live music as well!)
Schedule of events: 11:00 am: Yoga 12:01 pm: Kids Yoga 1:00 pm: Kate Kilbane Band (http://katekilbane.com/) 2:00 pm: Daniel Durrett 3:00 pm: Closing
Please feel free to donate directly as well if you are unable to come: http://www.khushaalpakistan.com/contribute.html

Check the Facebook invite here: http://on.fb.me/bVhKmE

This coming Week is the 129th Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco. I am excited to see all my old friends from the Pro Audio world!

And, luckily for me, I have a FREE show on Friday night here in San Francisco. Check the details below and I hope to catch you there!

Related show

• Artist:
  Daniel Durrett
• Date:
  Friday, November 5th 2010
  
• Time:
  7:30pm
• City:
  
  Daniel Durrett in
  San Francisco
• Venue:
  The Red Victorian Hotel
• Address:
  1665 Haight ST
• Country:
  United States
• Admission:
  Free
• Age restrictions:
  All Ages
• Notes:
  Presented By Ronnie Cato.
  With Concrete Marshmallow, Kat Kilbane, Benjamin Francis, Karaj Lost Coast

  Read more: http://www.myspace.com/redvicsessions#ixzz0xGOZBpJP

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This Sunday, October 17th, I will be performing at the Shrader Street Block Party in San Francisco. I will be debuting a new addition to the set! Come on by between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. for food, music, drinks, games and pure SF fun!

This is going to be sweet!

Related show

• Artist:
  Daniel Durrett
• Date:
  Sunday, October 10th 2010
  
• Time:
  7:00pm
• City:
  
  Daniel Durrett in
  San Francisco
• Venue:
  Cafe Du Nord
• Address:
  2170 MARKET STREET
• Venue phone:
  415.861.5016
• Country:
  United States
• Admission:
  10
• Age restrictions:
  No Minors
• Notes:
  SF BIKE COALITION PRESENTS: Kestral Sound Review, Volume 2: Battle of the One-Man Bands.

  With:
  A MAGIC WHISTLE
  THE MALLARD
  RICKY LEE ROBINSON
  HANALEI
  MC: SF Air Guitar Champion Cold Steel Renegade!

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Some cool events coming up in the next couple of weeks.

I will be on the Radio this Wednesday night (9/29/10 at 9 p.m.). You can tune in for a live performance, interview and some of my recorded material. You can dial up the show here: FccFreeRadio.

Sunday, October 10th I will be performing at Cafe Du Nord in a battle of the one-man bands. This is a fundraiser for the SF Bike Coalition. You can read more about it here: Kestral Sound Review.

Related show

• Artist:
  Daniel Durrett
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 29th 2010
  
• Time:
  8:00pm
• City:
  
  Daniel Durrett in
  San Francisco
• Venue:
  The Unbound Sound Show
• Country:
  United States
• Admission:
  Free
• Notes:
  Live on the radio!
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Check out the other bands here: Kitchen Fire | The Bad Moons

As I prepare for my upcoming shows this summer, I have been working on bringing what I do in the studio (playing multiple instruments) to the stage. Obviously, I can’t do it all at the same time, so I am using what is called “looping” to achieve a wall of sound. I can record and play loops using a foot pedal so that my hands are free to play guitar/keyboards/percussion.

Here is a video of my song Wasting Our Minds – Live in my studio.

they’re coming for heads
and they”ll stop
at nothing
giant plumes engulf the creatures
we’ve already compromised
sinking chrome and plastic moans escape from
the recently paralyzed

somebody’s got a hold

there’s silence ahead
plugging holes with greedy life vests
picking spots with soiled pies to treat us
ripping tar across the sky
puncture wounds and darkened glue
erase our
delicate vital signs

somebody’s got a hold

of your mind.

My sister-in-law, April Durrett, made these dope posters for the summer tour. Grab one and hang it up!

For my shows in the Midwestern/Eastern US this summer, I needed to find a way to pack my gear for the plane. SKB came through with this awesome concept.

Closed: small enough for carry on!

Open: big enough to rock your face off!

This was written by good friend and super talented artist, Ray Swaney. Enjoy!

Chase The Morning Fog; sun is rising and I’m wet with hope, crisp. The playful bloops and electronic blips play in the road like children and over the fields as I’m lifted into the star-filled sky. Break free; open like a bloom headed West to touch a dream.

Followed Into His House; a sinister specter B&E enters into the heartbeat. A singer with serrated teeth narrates zoo keeper surreality, stuck in a loop, ever unraveling as animals turn tables.

Carson City; where cops eyeball for loose mistakes. A call to know and outsmart the law. Don’t show your hand as strings whorl. A Subterranean Homesick Blues rapper fights on with a heavy, greasy guitar twang.

Entrance; womb music to African chants is played by Descartes (in my head). A song of ashes dance in the wind to a simple beat (a beatific filling of the lungs).

Wasting Our Minds; we’re not starting a clap around a bonfire. Tambourine and acoustic guitar at home in a park of golden gates. We cut the dangling carrots down. The pressure builds like a distorted guitar crescendo in absence of inspired existence.

Will Spite You; the devil’s vintage going down like sinister calls of “WAKE UP,” fates preconceived notions of happiness with two voices in sync. A cautionary tale laid across the country. Hold the light inside.

Close Up; ominous tones and jewels flare up with a tang of 80s astral prom. I’m awash in synthesizer bliss, frothing up like a San Francinno (coming to a head like a tea pot crying for cool release).

Sonnenuntergang; the angels play with distorted guitars and woodland creatures play logs. Myriad layers, a fortress of sound is drowning in aural fire (opening a door). I slip out unnoticed to pick flowers. An open plain surfaces like a submariner.

Forward Thinking Politics; now is the time we’re starving. We’re dying on the vine. Pumping loops and the piano gongs; wars over definitions and for money. Tired, where is the healthy human commerce? Driving a car and you can’t see over the steering wheel.