NEWS

TUBAJOE NEWS NEWS NEWS (current and archived)

Updated 4/2008

Many thanks to the great studio and folks at Plan B Studios in Philly! The Spice Factory! Wonderful place!
Numerous Upcoming CD releases: Joe is on upcoming releases by Tin Pan, Low End / Sax Pastors, Wharton Tract, Niobe, Corn Mo, the Ja Ja Ja's, and on the soundtrack to the movie Herb and Dorothy
Calendar (and News - sort of) FINALLY updated! Lots of dates added.
MySpace is BLOWING UP! Now over 7000 friends. So much activity there that it is hard to keep up, stay patient! Stop by! www.myspace.com/tubajoedotcom
(note -- Joe or TubaJoe.com are not responsible for MySpace content)

more soon!

TubaJoe News Archive:

Joe's New Years gig at the legendary "Rubulad" featured in the New York Times World New Years Slideshow (photo is of the crowd - see slide #4 - LINK)
2007 Busiest Year Ever! Despite "paternity leave" 2007 has been remarkably busy!
Trumbull!! Trumbull High School GEMB, a band coached by Joe, takes it's second Musical Arts Conference championship!
TubaDaddy! Fiona Catherine!! 8-16-07 8lbs 4oz, 21.5 inches! see here!
Joe's very first tuba student recieves Grammy nomination! Tubist / bassist Jeanie Schroder and the band Devotchka recieved a Grammy nomination for their soundtrack to the Academy-Award nominated film Little Miss Sunshine!
PURDIE! finally hit the studio along with the Tuba Love band with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on drums! Click HERE for a photo and HERE for an early sound clip!
350,000 hits per year?? Yep. That's how many web hits we've had in ONE year (now averaging 1000+ a day!) people must really love the TUBA!
THE GUESTBOOK IS FIXED!! Finally after a year, it is working! It's not pretty yet, but please sign it anyway! Let us know you stopped by!
Rockstar weekend! right after hitting with TS Monk in Columbus, headed from the airport directly to Summerstage in Central Park to jump on stage with the Himalayas playing with the Brazilian Girls! ...at one point in the show the Brazilian Girls' bassist had Joe take over for a bit.
--Total rockstar moment.-- :)
(if you have a pic from that show, pleeeease send it!!)

On the Road with T.S. MONK - Joe will be appearing again with T.S. Monk and his "Monk on Monk" big band. This time in Columbus for the Columbus Jazz (and Rib!) Festival on July 21.
Clifton Hyde Tuba Trio - a exciting new project with Mississippi-raised acoustic guitar maven Clifton Aird Hyde. Clifton, Joe and drummer Kevin Garcia have been hitting around town, and also recently hit the studio with the great Joe McFee and a host of other great folks. Clifton and Joe also joined Kenny Wollesen and his Himalayas for the grand finale of a large show with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at St. Anne's Warehouse in Dumbo. Clifton's guitar antics are a "must hear!"
TUBA LOVE VIDEOS posted! See video clips of Tuba Love in action at a big show in Brooklyn and an after-hours jam in Manhattan!
Gato Loco finally hits the studio! Stay tuned for a burnin CD of punk-ish jazz!
Sonicbids - view the TubaJoe and Tuba Love "EPK" on Sonicbids!
Trepidation causing Trepanation, Joe's "Concerto-ish for Trumpet" was premiered by the amazing Nate Wooley and Anti-Social Music at the unique Issue Project Room on the banks of Brooklyn's lovely Gowanus Canal on December 2nd!
Hitting again with Howard Fishman, Dec 15 at Barbes! The last time was so much fun!
Education program launched! Go here for more information on lessons and instruction
Pedagogy Blog added! TubaJoe's "Brass Class" see the education page for more information
Gato Loco hits at Vassar! see the calendar
Joe makes a special appearance with the Animators at the CMJ Showcase at the Living Room!
New sound posted on MySpace - Asphalt Dance, Xuba Trio live!
Joe hits with Howard Fishman at Barbes!
The Bushwackers take HIGH BRASS performance honors at DCA! (a group Joe teaches!)
Trumbull High School takes top honors at the MAC circuit championships! (another group Joe teaches!)
NEW SOUND added!! TubaJoe SOLO - recorded LIVE in concert at Sara Lawrence College
TONIC!! That's right, Tuba Love at Tonic. A wonderful hubub of downtown sounds... Midnight Set! May 6th
Tuba Love will be joined by special guest drummer Joe Tomino (Dub Trio / Fugees)
TubaJoe records with several singer-songwriters, (release info TBA)
New TUBA LOVE sound posted! Waxing Rhapsodic, a ballad - recorded LIVE at the legendary 55 Bar in Greenwich Village in NYC
TUBA LOVE resurges in a BIG WAY! THANK YOU so much to everyone who came to the wonderful birthday show, as well as to Rubulad DURING the biggest snowstorm in NYC history!! Pictures and sounds will be posted soon.
Anti-Social Music rehearsals have been going great! It will be a great show at Merkin! There is so much excitement around this hard working collective!
TUBA LOVE @ RUBULAD RUBULAD RUBULAD!!!!, Sat, Feb 11, late (details)
The Village Voice calls RUBULAD the: Best Insane Brooklyn Weekend Spot to see bands
TubaJoe joins the board of Anti-Social Music - the successful NYC based new music collective, just in time for their large concert hall show at Merkin Concert Hall in NYC on the World Music Institute's Interpretations Series
TubaJoe Birthday Show with TUBA LOVE, Jan 27th, 2006 10pm (info)
Look for TubaJoe on BRAVO TV -- Oct 5-9 Great Things About....
NEW live sound clip added -- Texas Testify and Burn recorded live in NYC earlier this year
Check out the new band GATO LOCO, a very fun new Latin-ish quartet with Stefan Zeniuk, Mike Gamble, and Greg Stare!
Joe's been on the road teaching a lot over the summer, amazing times, amazing people.
Tuba Love took a bit of a hiatus over the summer, as much of the band was on the road
with other groups, at festivals etc. Look for gigs starting up again in the Fall!
The 55 Bar was GREAT!! Nice crowd, amazing vibe. It was a great location for TL to play!
Thanks to Queva for letting us hit there, and thanks to Jim Shearer (all the way from the desert!)
for hangin out and spreadin the good tuba word!
GUESTBOOK ADDED! Please stop by and introduce yourself!!
PHOTO GALLERIES ADDED!People have been taking pics...
MANY NEW SOUND CLIPS POSTED! For the benefit of folks worldwide, and by request, we have posted archival LIVE recordings of many TUBA LOVE shows. Some recordings are of a higher fidelity than others, but we have actual Hi-Fi recordings coming soon. The last few shows have had great recordings done of them. Stay posted. We have attempted to capture and share the live experience.
Participation in the James Tenney concerts was intense! Joe says it was such an honor to be part of that historic event.
TUBAJOE REMIX!! San Fran's DJ YAO remixed Tuba Love's Interboro Boogie to get "TubaJoe Remix". It is posted on the sounds page!!!
TubaJoe.com voted TubaNews.com's SITE OF THE MONTH!! Thanks TubaNews.com!!
GRAVITY was AWESOME! It was an amazing time at Sweet Rhythm in NYC. Screamin out the hi notes on the F tuba...
TUBA LOVE Gigs are ROLLING IN. TUBA LOVE is taking NYC by TUBASTORM. Hitting at Don Hill's, the (legendary dive) 55 Bar, and will be coming back to the good ol Bowery Poetry Club (it's for music too!)...and there are others on the horizon as well. If you've not been out to hear TL, it's time and the opportunities are plenty.
THREE finishes out Lyubo to sell out crowds!! The tuba trio THREE completed the run of the theater show Lyubo which featured the low-note triad as musical providers for this theatrical experience in SoHo in NYC. The show ended on a hi (or low, however you wanna look at it) note with multiple sell out crowds. (apologies to those of you who made the trip out and did not get to see it because of the sellouts)
FANTASTIC support at Rububad!! TUBA LOVE played a THREE hour marathon set -- and the audience would not let the band stop! It was amazing!!
THREE is featured in the production "Lyubo" by world-renowned puppeteer/playwright/director/composer Chris Green. "A saturation of puppet theatre, dance and cinema (recreating cinemagraphic techniques such as zooms, frames and shifts in scale and perspective), Lyubo features original songs for live piano, tubas and a Balkan duet."This amazing production gets ELEVEN performances -- from Jan 20 to 30. More info at the Calendar.
TUBA LOVE finally heads out of town! Gonna hit at the wonderful AS220 in Providence, RI in FEB. See the Calendar.
HUGE Congratulations Joe's amazing sister who is the new official bass player for Nashville Pussy (YES, this is the same Grammy Nominated Nashville Pussy who's dawned the cover of Rolling Stone!) Karen is amazing!! HERE is a picture of her rocking out. She'll be touring the world 2005-2006.
TUBAJOE TUESDAY!! November 16, 2004, both Guignol and TUBA LOVE hit at Galapagos at 10pm!!info
Thanks to all the great folks in Denver that helped to make a really great night. Special thanks to the great and kind folks at Cervantes, and the bands Chronophonic, Cerulean City, United Dope Front, and the Future Jazz Project. Special thanks Hemi Cuda for the use of their HUGE amps, and yes, thanks to the Blue Devils - and great thanks to radio station KUVO for spinning some TUBA LOVE cuts on the air and pluggin the show!!!
TUBA LOVE gets recurrent dates at NYC's KNITTING FACTORY (see calendar for more info)
TUBA LOVE track released on the Concord Blue Devils' Alumni CD -- the track was donated for fundraising and promotional purposes for this great youth music organization
www.bluedevils.org for more information.
Joe has been crazy busy! working with many bands, check the calendar for more info!!