You guys!!! I went to the Monterey Aquarium yesterday. It was uber cool! I saw all kinds of sea creatures. Like these jelly fish that look like they could sting you just by looking at you!
There were sea otters who I wanted to take home and be my friend…there were penguins…there were sharks…BUT I have to say the exhibit that took the cake was “The Secret Lives of Seahorses”…hehe.
I pretty much want a seahorse now after visiting this. I took this photo and I thought was the best photographer in the world for one second. Haha! It’s kind of hard to see…it’s two seahorses in the same pose. Once you see it you will realize how cool I am for getting a shot like this.
Later on that night I played at the East Village Coffee Lounge. It was AWESOME! People planted their butts in the seats and didn’t leave. I finished my set and new people came in during my last song…so I played a bunch of songs for a 2nd time and people still stayed. I want to give a shout out to my friend Sierra Dehmler for having me come out and play in Monterey. We got a chance to hang out before the show and she is really good-hearted person.
In conclusion, I love seahorses…I want one and the town of Monterey was beautiful and the people were wonderful.
I wanted to blog out my tour a few weeks ago with Joanna Burns & Anthony Fiumano. We started out in Indianapolis, IN. We played at a really cute coffee house outside on a deck. It was really nice.
Then we headed out to Cincinnati, OH. We played at Xavier University. It was crazy. We got to play a big stage in a grassy knoll. I’m not gonna lie, I did feel pretty cool.
We played Sitwell’s Coffee House the next night. But before that we went out with our friend, Emily Clark and at the famous Skyline Chili! Haha! It was a blast.
This place was super cool. We couldn’t get the sound system to work, so I decided to get up on a bench and sing to the audience that way. It worked out pretty well, or at least it made me feel better. Haha!
Our last adventure was a house concert in West Virginia with our (now) friend Gary and Wendy. It was a great experience and I’m pretty sure we left WV with a few extra melted faces.
Well, I hope this was an ok recap. I really had a blast with Anthony and Joanna and I really look forward to touring with them again!
I’ve been out west for the past week and I’ve been enjoying the scenery out here. In fact, I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the sites. I went to Yosemite National Park and it was amazing!!! I’ve been playing my tunes for these Bay Area peeps and things are going pretty well. Well, that’s it for me.
If you want more blogs from me please feel free to nag or beat me up and I will be sure to provide you with more entries. Ok, enough out of me! Byes!
Ok, so here I am tranffering my old blog entries to my new Tumblr account. But I really don’t want to. I enjoy WordPress….I really really do. And one of my favorite bands…The Two Man Gentlemen Band has WordPress…so I think that is good enough for me. Enjoy a video of two of my favorite Gents:
There are certain days you come to realize how lucky you are. I tend to realize this often, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful family who have supported me in everything that I’ve wanted to do. Today I found out that a young girl from my town passed away this morning. She had been fighting cancer for a few years now. She had to drop out of college in order to get different treatments and then there were issues with her insurance causing her medical expenses to skyrocket. People in my community organized fundraising events multiple times a year in order to help with those expenses and I performed at many of them. Actually, my first full band show was at one of her benefits.
My point in writing this blog is that you should realized how lucky you are. Hug your parents, your family, and your good friends. Tell them you love them and how special they are to you on a consistent basis. I can’t imagine the grief that the family is experiencing right now. My mom said “Parents aren’t supposed to bury their children. It should be the other way around.” She and I shed some tears this morning and reflected about our lives for a while. My father is a cancer survivor and I am lucky to have him around to say “Happy Fathers Day”. Not everyone has that.
You never know. That is something that always holds true in life. You never know what can happen on a day to day basis. So, be good to people along the way and be good to yourself. Thanks for reading this.
Tonight I went out on the town and saw lots of people I knew and apparently I hugged someone who was wearing way too much perfume because I smell like it now. And if it smells this strong on me…imagine what is smells like on her. Wowie!
Good news is that I had the most fantastic pistachio gelato tonight. I LOVE pistachio gelato. It’s what a normally get when I get gelato, but this new little shop in Asbury Park had some bangin’ pistachio gelato. GELATO! Ok, I got that out of my system. What? It’s a fun word to say.
This blog is a short one because my bed is screaming at me like a bad kid in a super market saying “get in bed now!” I hope your Friday was as good as mine!
Hi, we are the Two Man Gentlemen Band and Amanda Duncan thinks we kick ass!
Tonight was super cool! I got to see the Two Man Gentlemen Band record a live album and I was a part of the live audience. I entered a contest of sorts and won 2 tickets to this very exclusive event. Needless to say, I had horseshoes up my butt that day (meaning I was very lucky)!
Man…what entertainers they were! So witty (which I already new). The show took place at Serious Business Records in NYC on Spring Street. The record company actually has a recording studio and about 40 people gathered in very small room to party with the Two Gentlemen. There was hootin’ and hollerin’ and other kinds of craziness. I met some awesome people, wanted to punch one drunk guy in the face cause he talked the whole time and I spoke with the Gentlemen for a bit. What nice guys! So, down to earth. Andy Bean, the banjo player, knew that I came in from New Jersey (I think he noticed the amandaduncan.com in my email address) and he asked me how my music was going! Can you say the word “flattered”! FLATTERED! I find that a lot of musicians don’t really take the time to look past their own nose to check out other people’s music, but man that floored me that he asked me that.
So, do yourselves a favor, take a listen to these 2 fine gents. They are a funtimes for your ears and just know that they are good guys. And I don’t know about you but it always makes me feel better knowing that I’m supporting good people making good music. When this live album comes out I am going to be thanked in the album credits and I get a free copy. How cool is that?
Well on that note, I am going to head to bed. I hope everyone has a great Friday!
A few of my friends go bike riding down the Henry Hudson Trail fairly often. They have been begging me to join them on their joy rides and I would always say “I don’t have a bike”. Well, all that changed a few weeks ago on my birthday when my friend took it upon herself to go on craigslist and find me a used bike!!! It’s a Huffy and it’s all mine! I was given cupcakes the same day and I figured since I at 17 cupcakes in a week I should probably put my bike to use. I bought a new seat…a GEL seat. I figured if people go gel’n for their feet…I should do the same for my butt. The past few days I’ve been taking the bike out here and there to “warm up”. Today I jumped in with two feet by riding the Henry Hudson Trail for 20 miles! It was awesome! The weather was perfect, I was in good company, I said hello to everyone along the trail, and we even stopped for some bananas…it doesn’t get much better than that. Haha!
Right now my butt hurts so much! I need one of those special donut pillows that you sit on. I don’t think I will be riding the trail tomorrow, but I think I will attempt it again in a few days. If my butt had a face it would be giving me mean looks just for thinking about sitting on my bike seat.
I’m sure I am going to sleep like a baby tonight. I’m excited to move and exercise for once in the past 15 years. Haha! Thanks for reading. You rule.
So, here I am finally writing a blog since forever ago. It’s embarassing. I’ve been telling myself…I’ll write a blog tomorrow and then it never happens. Ok, enough of my self-loathing and on with my charming-ness.
I had my EP Release Party and boy-o-boy was it somethin’ else. You know when you have something planned and you envision it in your head for months and months…and then when the event comes to pass and it seems like a dream because it went so amazingly well? That is pretty much how well it went. We (meaning the fire fighters) moved the trucks out of the garage. I had a stage built specifically for the event and put it in that garage. There was food (wings, wraps & my mom’s homemade cookies). The Rock n’ Roll Chorus opened up and Zach Sang of WZAP hosted. Over 250 people showed up to the event! It was crazy, but a great amazing surreal kinda crazy!
I have all this cool merch now. Shirts, buttons, pens, stickers….and last but not least CDs! Hooray! I am planning on setting up my online store in the next week or so. Sit tight until then OR come to a show in the meantime and see how much cooler I am. My coolness factor is really amped up. No joke! Haha!
I need to get in the mode of blogging everyday. Send me virtual kicks in the butt by telling me to blog more. Word.
Hello, yes, I know I'm the coolest EP Release poster ever!
Oh my poor blog…yet again I have neglected you. Well, moving on. I am finally going to release my 6 song EP (which stands for Extended Play. Meaning there are more songs than a demo and there are less song then a full album). Here are the specs (or as much as I know right now):
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm and music starts at 7:00pm
Where: Hazlet Firehouse (570 Holmdel Rd, Hazlet, NJ 07730)
Tickets: $10 – You can purchase tickets online on my site www.amandaduncan.com
Details: The Rock N’ Roll Chorus will be opening the night with insanely amazing acapella arrangements and Hosted by WZAP’s Zach Sang
You may be asking…”Why a firehouse…that could be lame.” First of all, how could you? Hehe! Just kidding. This is going to be an awesome event. We are opening up the garage doors, taking the trucks out, putting in a stage and will proceed to rock everyone’s faces off. The environment is going to be awesome and I genuinely feel that this is going to be an event that you won’t want to miss.
So, if you’ve been wanting to come see me perform and have put it off til now…come see me on May 30th, will ya!?! This is kind of big like a wedding or a baby shower…only I’m getting married to music and I’m birthing my CD. If you need to travel and stay over night in a hotel admission is FREE. I’m breaking out new songs and just wait til you hear the covers!
And to those of you who have been checking to see if I have written a new blog…my most sincere apologies. Tonight was the first night I had a chance to take a few breaths. Until next time (which will be sooner than later)…have a blast with whatever you have going on. Later!
