http://metroland.net/features.html The readers of Metroland, the venerable arts paper of the Capital Region, have voted: Best Local Solo Musician: Mike Grosshandler Best Local Rock Band: The Velmas (second place) Thanks to everyone who voted! Hope to see lots of you out at Sage College on 3/27 4/24 (new date)!
Entries Categorized as 'The Velmas'
Thanks, Metroland Readers!
March 5, 2009
“Bass”-ically getting stuff done
December 22, 2008
So it was a snowy weekend in Albany. I think we got nearly a foot and a half over the last 3 days. Not good for stuff like playing shows (The Velmas had to cancel our show on Friday), but great for stuff like staying home and recording, luckily. Also lucky was the fact that [...]
Valerie Webb’s new song
September 1, 2008
A couple months ago, Valerie Webb (from the band Venomentality) contacted us (The Velmas) with an idea. She’s putting together a portfolio for college (she’s only 16!) next year, and in general is trying new things and experimenting with her music. She had this song called “All While Laughing” that she had recorded a quick [...]
drummers, garageband, and wordpress
June 3, 2008
random thoughts: i’ve got 7 drummers lined up now to play on 11 songs i plan to record for my new side project/solo album. can’t wait to start tracking. need to come up with a name for that “band” as well as the album itself. after using pro tools for years, and then trying to [...]
Music Video: Tell Her I Love Her
April 15, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18 after much ado, the velmas are proud to announce our first music video! it’s for the song ‘tell her i love her’ from our city canyons records debut, “Station”. enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWRTnapOXs&fmt=18[/youtube]
we come from the land of the ice and snow
March 3, 2008
bruce and i had a show up in amsterdam, ny this weekend. it was Very cold out and snowing. i don’t remember exactly how cold, but cold enough that we couldn’t get the lock on our trailer to open. we went in and asked the owner of the place if he had a hammer or [...]
HF5
February 29, 2008
Round 5 was Guitarists – Warren DeMartini from Ratt vs. Vito Bratta from White Lion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duuOfhpxbHo [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duuOfhpxbHo[/youtube]
Hairband Fistfight IV
February 18, 2008
sweet, round 4 is up! michael bolton goes up against geoff tate from queensryche! leave some youtube comments? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQSWOWH-b3A [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQSWOWH-b3A[/youtube]
Hairband Fistfight III
February 10, 2008
Another great battle: Yngwie vs. Vai [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQRhbGlwOI[/youtube]
Hairband Fistfight II
February 5, 2008
Round II is up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfYiilmAfA [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfYiilmAfA[/youtube]