Happy Holidays and Free Download

Be a hill seeker.

“Most of us try to avoid hills but what’s so good about flat? Think about it: flat tires, flat singing, flat returns and ~the ultimate~ flatlining. Hills are opportunities to prove yourself that you’re stronger than you ever imagined. If you never attempt the ascent, you’ll never know the thrill of swooshing down the other side.”  -taken from the Self Magazine my girlfriend reads.

As we go into a new year, I hope to become more of a hill seeker. Take the challenges with a sense of humor and find the balance in work, music and family life. I wish everyone a Happy Holidays and hope your hills ahead are filled with adventure!

Please enjoy a free download from Reverbnation to load onto your new iPads, iPods and iPhones that you will be getting for Christmas! Click the Play button on my home page atwww.davetamkin.com or www.reverbnation.com/davetamkin

Pick up your tickets for Jan 19th at THE SPACE in Evanston, IL : TICKETS

They would make a great Holiday gift!!

Thanks for all the support in 2011,

Dave

Denver Ice-Rink, New Video, Chicago Tickets.

Nice to wake up to 5 inches of snow in Boulder this morning. Not so much for my partner in crime as she spilled her entire bottle of water into her purse while cleaning the snow off her car. Everything in there was floating. The day can only get better from here

I’m playing Denver’s Skyline Park Ice Rink this Saturday, Dec 3rd from 8-10pm. Come on out to see the parade of lights in downtown Denver and stay to skate for FREE to some tunes. It will be nice to have Brian McRae on Drums, Neil Ross on Bass and Luke Halpin on Mandolin. I have been warned that they will unite against me in a fury of snow balls if the stage does not have heat lamps. More info here : http://bit.ly/tWaPfP

Get your tickets for the Jan 19th show at the Space in Evanston, IL with Mike Mangione & The Union.

Vinluan and Sansom will be joining me for a Trio show with new tunes. I can’t wait for this show!!!

Tickets Sold Here : http://bit.ly/rKEMr3

Check out Mike Mangione & The Union on iTunes

Here is a video from Soiled Dove in Denver with Bryan Sansom and Luke Halpin on Mandolin.

I hope everyone is doing well and I hope to see you soon,

Dave

Dec 3, 2011 – Denver, CO () @ Skyline Park – Rocking the Ice Rink

Dec 15, 2011 – Denver, CO () @ Appaloosa Grill

Jan 19, 2012 – Evanston, IL () @ The Space w/ Mike Mangione & The Union

Jan 20, 2012 – Milwaukee, WI () @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn w/ Mike Mangione & The Union & Briar Rabbit

BRYAN SANSOM PHOTO FILES:

I asked Bryan to start sending me his photo’s from the road.
I hope you dig them as much as I do. If you want prints, let me know. dave@davetamkin.com

Dick Prall and a Show or Two

I hope your holiday weekend treated you well. After three years of living in Boulder, I finally discovered that there is a beach 4 miles away from my house. How very observant of me. Boulder Parks : http://ow.ly/6m9Lf

Looking forward to playing at the Bluebird Theater this Thursday Sept 8th 7:30pm with Rob Drabkin and Alpha Rev

I’ll be opening the night so get there early!

Get ready for October!

I’ll be hitting the road with Dick Prall for a few shows from Denver to Chicago and back starting with a show at

THE SOILED DOVE on Thursday Oct 13th. Here is the rundown for now, more to come :

Plum TV and Stolen Bass Guitars

After a fun show with Chris Webb in Avon, CO this weekend;
Chris Webb invited me to share his spot on Plum TV.

I appreciate the opportunity and you should all check out his songs on iTunes :
Chris Webb on iTunes

Here are the clips from Plum TV up in Vail at 8am on Sunday Morning.

http://www.plumtv.com/videos/smile

http://www.plumtv.com/videos/musician-chris-webb

http://www.plumtv.com/videos/musicians-chris-webb-dave-tamkin

HEAD ABOVE MUSIC

I’m proud to partner up with Valuemags.com to grab some great discounts on music magazines for all musicians.
Please swing by to see the new page : http://www.headabovemusic.com/magazines

STOLEN BASS GUITARS

My friend Neil Ross had two of his Bass guitars stolen from a show he played last week.
He kept them both in one fine gig bag that contained even more gear. I want to help him out!
Neil will be playing a show with me at Appaloosa Grill on JULY 16th. It will be a FREE show
with one big bucket in the middle of the stage SAVE NEIL’S BASS GUITARS. We hope you can pass
this on and bring out some friends.

More info here:

Stolen Bass: Two cherished instruments (belonging to local bassist Neil Ross Hebbert) were stolen after a gig in Craig, CO over the weekend. If you spot either of these instruments, please contact the Craig police department (            970-824-8111      ) immediately, or respond to this post. Stolen were a 2002 Fender American Jazz Deluxe 4 string and a 2008 Pelosi custom 5 string, both in a Mono M80 dual bass case, http://www.monocase.com/mono-dual-bass.asp

Arlington Race Track and Some Kryptonite!

Looking forward to heading home in a few days to play some shows with Vinluan on Violin and Alongi on Drums.

We’ll be hitting up one of our favorite places to play on June 8th. www.kryptonitebar.com

June 10th we’ll be playing our annual stop at Arlington Race Track’s Party in the Park. Use promo code is: AP11DTC and save some money on the tickets to use on horses!

Get Tickets

Kick Ass Open Mic : Crossroads Theater

http://www.5280live.net/kick-ass-open-mic-night/ Sign Up Today!

The city of Denver is overowing with talented musicians. The Kick Ass Open Mic is a bi-weekly series that is geared towards drawing in the best of that talent under one roof and oer opportunities for artists to collaborate and showcase new material. This series was originally hosted at Paris On the Platte, by Chris Webb and Dave Tamkin but they had to grow to our venue with its popularity! Kick Ass Open Mic Night premiers at Denver’s Crossroads Theater March 24th at 7p.

Begins This Thursday March 24 @ Crossroads Theater : Denver, CO

http://www.denvercrossroads.com/

Episode 169 – Dave Tamkin & Chris Webb

Chicago-fueled (and now Colorado-located) nationally touring acoustic rock artist, Dave Tamkin maintains his own popular blog, Head Above Music, which was created as a free resource for musicians to find tips about gear, touring, travel, health and other important interests related to the working musician. Denver is where Chris Webb calls home and performs ferociously in the Metro area. A graduate of CU-Boulder’s School of Music Webb’s musical accomplishments include sharing marquees with Sister Hazel, Leftover Salmon, The Big Wu and The Samples.

www.chriswebbmusic.com

Episode 169 Full Interview here : http://madtoastlive.squarespace.com/latest/2010/12/21/episode-169-dave-tamkin-chris-webb.html

Episode 170 : Second set : http://madtoastlive.squarespace.com/latest/2010/12/21/episode-170-dave-tamkin-chris-webb.html

Got to Love Me Some March

My morning started out with a friend leaving this facebook post “No more waiting for the leaves to settle…in a whirlwind of “this could get better”.

Well… I’ve spent the last two years regrouping out here in Colorado and there is no more waiting for anything to settle. I’ve had the honor of starting a new business with friends out here. I’m happy to have found a business that will allow me to tour and grow as a musician and songwriter from anywhere in the world.

Another project that I’ve been working on has grown more quickly than I had expected.
Head Above Music’s reader base gets larger every day and I’ve enjoyed reading the advice articles sent in from musicians all over the world. It is truly an honor to own a little piece of internet real estate where musicians can come together to help one another. I look forward to watching it grow along with the musicians that share their stories.

A few things I’m looking forward to:

Thanks to Hope College in Holland Michigan for the invite to fly out and play their school this Friday. Love me a road trip… but I’m flying. Need to back in Lone Tree by Sat Night.

Thanks to the Colorado Music Business Organization for inviting me to play their artist showcase at Rock N’ Soul Café in Boulder on March 16^th.

Mike Alongi and Michaele Hannemann are making a road trip out to Colorado to play a few shows with me on March 18^th at Appaloosa Grill. Let’s see how high they can hike. Estes Park here we come.

Daphne Willis extended an invitation to join her on a few shows in April. I’m looking forward to playing around home again.

Thanks to www.artheffronphotography.com and www.tamarasphoto.com for setting up a photo shoot for me as I get ready for the summer shows.

Look forward to seeing you soon,

Expect more of these, I’m getting an itch.

Recommendations:

• The documentary “exit through the gift shop” is fantastic.
• Watch “an idiot abroad” on Comcast, you won’t be disappointed.
• You have to check out “Portlandia” as well.

STRINGS&WOODS 2yr ANNIVERSARY SHOW

Dave Tamkin w/ Mike Mangione and The Union

Mike Mangione and The Union are coming to Colorado for three nights.

Check them out here on iTunes!

Mike Mangione, a songwriter and musician from the Midwest, embarks on a new tour that will cover a lot of ground this fall. For Mangione, touring has become a mainstay of his career. It is a means and an end. Touring allows Mangione the opportunity to connect with people and to try out new material, and perhaps most important, to survive. Mangione has remained an independent touring artist for over seven years. That he has maintained independence in this age of DIY and indie-model renaissance is perhaps not surprising, but that he has remained so by choice and that it has worked, surprises even Mangione himself. Now, on the dawn of his third release, Offering, the first with his official band, Mangione plans on continuing one CD, one fan, and one step at a time towards the blossoming career of a self-made independent.