GTLO hits myspace.com... finally! The Future!

Get the Led Out is officially on myspace.com now. We were told eons ago to do it by good friends
like Erik Rex and Brian McTear, but we resisted. We needed to prove that we could "make it" with out ever being on myspace.com, and we did! Sold out shows, radio, television and newspaper interviews all without ever being on myspace.com. I guess it was the old school mentality that we had that prevented us from doing it. We still have that to a degree. I still want to put out vinyl records. I love analog tape. We use tube amps and classic guitars. This is why we do what we do. A lot of folks have a nostalgic longing for times that were more innocent, technologically more naive, and more hopeful for a brighter tomorrow. I am one of them. But I also embrace change. I use digital technology every day, have a cell phone, do online banking, use sampling keyboards, and so on. In ten years we will most likely be saying, do you remember hard drives? They are so outdated and primitive. And if the future holds the ultimate promise then we will be saying things like, remember automobiles? They are so outdated and primitive. That might be a little further off though. The idea of a programmable
travel pod that you punch your coordinates in and travel via air, water, or land, is not that far fetched. As witnessed time and time again, science fiction tends to become science fact. Also as I have many times personally experienced, if you think of something and want to make it happen, you usually can through hard work, perseverance, diligence, and a little luck thrown in for good measure. That's how we "made it" without myspace.com. The site is cool, check it out at www.myspace.com/theamericanledzeppelin
So that's it. The Sellersville Theatre is sold out and I can't wait for the show, All the Best, PH

Etc. & Gearing up for some big Rock shows.

Hello again. After my brief hiatus from leaving blogs about the band GTLO I am back for another round. We rehearsed last night and went over some key parts in songs to tighten them up. We started playing a few new songs to keep the show interesting and fresh for all our loyal fans. As usual,I was amazed and delighted at how the guys in the band just play and sound so good. There is a difference to playing with real professional musicians. Jimmy Marchiano has a rock sound and style that totally fits the band perfectly. Adam lays down the drum groove with astonishing precision and feel. Paul Piccari is an extremely talented musician who can make playing a song sound easy and as if he's been playing it his whole life, even though he never heard it before! Paul Sinclair is Paul Sinclair, a total freak of nature that sounds more like his rock hero idols than anyone else, including his rock hero idols,(except for maybe Steven Tyler). Andrew Lipke is a prodigy who sniffs out chord inversions and melodic passages like a fox in a hen house. And me, I just love to play the guitar. All kinds. I also appreciate and like to play all kinds of music. When I get tired of listening to classic rock I channel surf the radio and will listen to all kinds of commercial music and appreciate it for what it is. I have no problem with listening to R&B, Hip Hop, Metal, Jazz, Classical, Country, Indian, you name it. I have played guitar on just about every one of those formats so its good to keep up with whats going on in the world of music. I write music that spans the gamut of styles that is out there today. Some of the musical twists and turns I throw into the solo section of the GTLO concerts can be attributed to that, I'm sure. Sinclair is more of a hard rock purist. He likes what he likes and that's it. He is mostly right about which music has the "cool" factor and which doesn't. Though he does practice some Bach on the piano which to me is "cool". As the Sellersville date approaches the tickets are getting scarce. If you plan on going, get your tickets now because they are almost sold out. We are planning some concerts further north, west, and south this year so keep checking for new dates, they will be posted soon, I will try to list them here as well. I get all caught up in playing the guitar you know. I get multiple phone calls, emails, letters, and such that I try to deal with but can't get to because I'm playing the guitar. To those that have tried to reach me and can't-don't take it personally. I'm either out of town, out of the country, or playing the guitar! I'll leave you with this quote from
rock dude John McNutt, "Its all about Rock". See you at the Show. PH.

Happy New Year! Happy New Blog!

Greetings and Happy New Year! So much happened in the past year I could write a book about it.
I will at some point with the help of Paul Sinclair. He has a photographic memory. At any rate the new year also brings a new Get The Led Out Google video - No Quarter - from the Ram's Head Live show in Baltimore. We have some great shows coming up this year, more work on some original material, and great industry contacts to help us take the show to dizzying new heights. Many thanks to all of you who helped us make Get the Led Out the best Rock Concert available to see today, as you have expressed in person and via email. And Major thanks to the people that help us make the shows happen - Frank Kielb, Dave Anderson, Chris Chalfin,
Bryon Tymer, Rob Martyn, Jesse Lundy, Dan McKeown, JR Warner, Allan Benincasa, Stephanie McVey at 100.7 the Bay, all the staff and DJ's at 102.9 WMGK, and all our immediate families that are with us 110%! We will not let you down this year! PH