make the jump!

I'm lucky to say that two of my favorite things in this world are my amazing brothers, Travis and Guthrie. And since this blog is about music, life, love, and adventures, I think it's about time I introduce them to y'all.

Travis plays bass (and guitar hero), has attended more live concerts than anyone I've ever known, is a critical and talented music writer, and also has a photographic memory of which he devotes an entire hemisphere of his brain to cataloging musical experiences and data. His most recent endeavor involves recording live concerts (with the bands' permission, of course) and posting the torrents to his site, The JumpStation.

Once again, thank the sweet Lord for brothers, because The JumpStation has been a real publicity kick for our younger brother Guthrie, an incredibly talented working musician. Guthrie plays bass in Middle America, pretty much the hottest rock band in the Hudson Valley. He's also the bass player in another great local band, Johnny Unstoppable, and plays a bunch of solo gigs here and there. He's also a pro-tools engineer, sound designer, film composer, remote classifier for Pump, and one of those guys who can pick up any instrument and play it beautifully, (or rocking-ly, depending on the groove) with very little ego.

Middle America played a hot set at The Basement the other night which Travis recorded and will soon be uploading as a torrent on The Jumpstation. For now, you can check out and download some other cool shows from his site; there's also a killer Dead Unicorn show up -- they're yet another insanely awesome Kingston band.

I love you brothers, you keep on rockin' now boyzzzzz....