Tickets for Subterranean in Chicago

Buy YOUR Tickets Here for The Shoeshine Boy Production Show @ Subterranean in Chicago on Saturday, March 2nd! No Extra Fees and your tickets will be waiting for you at the door.

Vinluan Sansom Tamkin

join a great line up of bands!

SATURDAY, MARCH 2ND

DOORS @ 7:30 PM | SHOW @ 8:00 PM |

TICKETS: $8.00 ADV./ $10.00 DOS

CHECK OUT : COUSIN BONES / 3 IN COUNTING / LONDON GENTLEMEN

How Many Tickets?

1 Ticket $8.00 USD 2 Tickets $16.00 USD 3 Tickets $24.00 USD 4 Tickets $36.00 USD

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American Pie Reunion and New Video

Hey Crew,

Happy Valentine’s day to all you love birds out there. Here are some new updates and new videos for you this week.

Gibson presents: the American Reunion U.S. College tour, featuring Kevin Meyers from American Pie! Come hang out with Thomas Ian Nicholas and myself tonight at Club 156 University of Colorado at Boulder 8pm Valentine’s Day Show!!! Concert goers will have a chance to win a trip for 2 to the Hollywood premiere of ‘American Reunion’. http://www.tinband.com/

THURSDAY, FEB 23rd : FREE Appaloosa Grill Show in Denver, CO

with Brian McRae on Drums, Neil Ross on Bass and Jonah Wisneski on guitar all night! 

A special thanks to Clover Media for coming out to The House in DeKalb, IL to film Bryan Sansom and I play a few tunes. We’ll be posting them for the next few weeks.

Here is one more take on DRIFT from Bryan and I

Looking forward to some shows back in Chicago in April and May. More info next time.

Thanks for all the support and I hope to see you soon!

Dave

Chicago Rooftop Sessions and a New Drink!

I hope things are treating you well. Chicago’s own ROOFTOP SESSIONS swung by our last show in Chicago at THE SPACE and put together a video for DRIFT. It’s always a fun time to share the stage with Vinluan. Even more fun knowing you’re being video tapped and you better not screw it up. I hope you dig it.

Dave

Rooftop Sessions Chicago :

Jason Vinluan and I playing The Space in Evanston, IL.

DAVE TAMKIN from ROOFTOP SESSIONS CHICAGO on Vimeo.

Mike Mangione and The Union also played that night.

Mike Mangione and the Union from ROOFTOP SESSIONS CHICAGO on Vimeo.

The Blogging Side Of Music – Part 2 of 5 – Dave Tamkin

Today, we once again open the floor to Chicago-based (and now Colorado located) national touring musician, Dave Tamkin. We spoke with Dave about the promotional strategies that he finds to be most effective on his own blog, Head Above Music. Dave created Head Above Music as a free resource for musicians to find tips about gear, touring, travel, health and other important interests related to the working musician:

Describe yourself as an artist.

I’ve been a full time national touring musician for the last 8 years, maybe more but I don’t want to admit it. I try to write honest, upbeat, percussive songs that tell stories from a few different perspectives.

How important is social media marketing to your overall goals as an artist. Do you use it often? What is the level of engagement between you and your fans through various social networking channels?

It’s important to stay in contact with your friends and fans at a few different levels. It’s a creative outlet like anything else and the more you can give your audience new material to keep them updated and entertained the better. I use Facebook daily. I have a good time posting crazy ass videos and try to find something either personal or external that provokes some comments. Its fun to see people I’ve met from across the country interact on a topic.

I’m not a huge twitter fan but keep it updated through other platforms. Myspace is still great to tool to connect with other musicians but I’m not sure how many people still use it.

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Topo Ranch and Dave Tamkin

Lamplighters Changes Things Up!!

LAMPLIGHTERS PRESENTS:
The Singer/Songwriter Circle:
Featuring Dayna Lane, Dave Tamkin, & Kevin Mileski
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM (CT)

 
Lamplighters Inn and Tavern tries something new. They are hosting a night of music for only 100 people.

You can buy tickets here: http://www.lamplighters.eventbrite.com

Three Singers/Songwriters (Kevin Mileski, Dayna Lane, and Dave Tamkin) will share their stories and songs to a seated audience. 312 Beer will be sponsoring the event with a meet and greet before the show from 9-10pm. This is something the North West suburbs have been looking forward to for sometime. Lamplighters new Listening Room: The Singer/Songwriter Circle.

Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille
60 N Bothwell St
Palatine, IL 60067
(847) 991-2420

BUY TICKETS HERE: WWW.LAMPLIGHTERS.EVENTBRITE.COM

New Tshirts!