Aria in NYC

An Beal Bocht Open Mic Tuesday March 24

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:37:00 +0000

We were back at the Bocht last Tuesday for their weekly open mic. It was our first time back after our gig there March 15^th. We performed Dos Gardenias and Just the Way You Are (the Billy Joel version). Thanks to the host for working the sound board and giving us a great sound. There was also a great vibe with all the musicians. By far was the girl who performed Radiohead’s Creep. Don’t know her name but she was outstanding.

P&S Bard Hall Coffeehouse Feb 26th 2014

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:16:00 +0000

Our next gig is at the P&S Bard Hall Coffeehouse this Wednesday, February 26th. We played at the coffeehouse a little over 2 years ago. It was fantastic. We did 39 by Queen and then House of the Rising Sun.

Bard Hall Youtube

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Myspace

Salon Night- February 20, 2014

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:09:00 +0000

UPDATE: We were not able to perform. We'll have to wait till the next Salon Night.

After our busking at MUNY (Saturday February 15, 2014), it's time to get personal and intimate. The setting is Salon Night at International House. Salon Night offers us a chance to play to a seated audience of our musical peers as we listen and share our musical talents.

Click here for the link to Salon Night.

Myspace Link.
Youtube Link
Angelfire Link

MUNY 2/15/2014- Grand Central Terminal

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:08:00 +0000

It’s Back to Busking. After our successful gig at Alphabet Lounge and some in between recording sessions it's back to Music Under New York.

We’ll be at Grand Central on 2/15. 9pm to Midnight. Mezzanine level.

From the All Nations Musical Event

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:24:00 +0000

From the All Nations event at International House. We performed Veinte Anos. Sorry, no video or audio for this. It was a packed auditorium and we were the next to last act. The show featured different musicians from all over the world. Some performing music in their native languages while others did broadway tunes, and scenes for shows. It was an absolutely great night.

From Salon Night at International House 11/22/2013

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:08:00 +0000

This is from Salon Night at International House. We had a great time performing Whiter Shade of Pale, and House of the Rising Sun.

The video for House is here.

Alphabet Lounge January 10th, 2014, 9:30 pm Friday

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:55:00 +0000

Aria will be performing at the Alphabet Lounge on Friday, January 10th, 2014 at 9:30pm.

ALPHABET LOUNGE, 104 Avenue C (at the corner of 7th Street), 212-780-0202

$10 admission - 21+ w/ID

For further info: www.alphabetnyc.com

Bands Performing:

7:30-9:30pm Madame Please (facebook.com/pages/Madame-Please/191758226782)

9:30pm Aria (AriaInNYC.blogspot.com)

Youtube Channel

Aria TC Everett 8 1 2012

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:36:00 +0000

Shortened concert at TC Everett Cafe August 1, 2012. Click here to Play.
Only got to play three songs. Pretty good though, coming right after the MUNY Concert.

Ghost Riders
House of the Rising Sun
Whiter Shade of Pale.

MUNY 7 28 2012

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:31:00 +0000

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This concert was everything it was cracked up to be. Hard, Hot and Loud. We played from about 3pm till 6pm, with 2 intermissions on the hour as I went back to put money in the meter. For some reason the Ipod recording was not balanced so that one track was recorded very low.
Still, you'll get the idea.
We played at Union Square, 14th Street.
Set List:

From Small Things
House of the Rising Sun
Veinte Anos
Air That I Breathe
Move It On Over
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Here There and Everywhere
In Dreams
Heaven
It's Not Unusual
My World
Va Pensiero
My Prayer
39
We Three
Delilah
Wreck on the Highway
Dos Gardenias
Greenback Dollar
Red Red Wine
The Crowd
What's So Funny
Can't Let Go
Ghost Riders (Encore)
From Small Things (Encore)

MUNY- Union Square

MUNY 2012 Audition

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Music Under New York Audition. May 16, 2012. Grand Central Station, Vanderbilt Hall. We performed House of the Rising Sun. It was a great performance and we gave it our all.
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Aria at the Greenmarket 7 26 2011

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:26:00 +0000

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Well after a few months on the shelf I got around to editing this concert.
We were seriously peaking. This was a 2 hour concert and we gave all.
By the end, my speaking voice is hoarse but still going.
There are a number of PSA's, which shows how comfortable I was at improvising and talking to the audience.
Dan is always comfortable and you'll hear it.
Enjoy

Ghost Riders
From Small Things
House of the Rising Sun
Veinte Anos
Air that I Breathe
Move it on Over
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Here there and Everywhere
In Dreams
Heaven
It’s not Unusual
My World
Va Pensiero
My Prayer
39
We Three
Delilah
Wreck on the Highway
Greenback Dollar
Red Red Wine
The Crowd
What’s so Funny

Everett Cafe 7 21 2011

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:12:00 +0000

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We added 5 songs to the set. Brought back to 2 old ones and tried out 3 new ones.
The hardest one was the easiest. That would be Va Pensiero. The easiesr one, Red Red Wine is still a work in progress.

During the break we just practiced the new songs. We know our standard set pretty well. But there was some rustiness especially on Whiter Shade of Pale. But we picked it up after that.

Set list. Enjoy.

Ghost Riders
From Small Things- Debut
House of the Rising Sun
Here There and Everywhere
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Veinte Anos
The Crowd
Heaven
Va Pensiero - Debut
Dos Gardenias
Red Red Wine - Debut
39
Greenback Dollar

Aria at Greenmarket 6 28 11

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:26:00 +0000

Aria at Greenmarket 6 28 11

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First time in a long time that we braved the elements and played outside.
Ipod ran out so we only got about an hour of the almost 2 hour performance.
Last song, 39, cuts off.
A bit of musical interruptus
Ghost Riders
House of the Rising Sun
Veinter Anos
Air that I Breathe
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Run for your life
In Dreams
Heaven
It's not Unusual
My World
Dos Gardenias
My Prayer
39

Enjoy!

Aria at Teachers College 6 22 11

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Well it was a triumphant return to the stage.

Song list
Ghost Riders
House of the Rising Sun
Air that I Breathe
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Veinte Anos
Heaven
My World
In Dreams
It's not Unusual
My Prayer
Dos Gardenias
39
Greenback Dollar
What's so Funny

See you next Tuesday at the Farmer's Market on 168th.

Aria at Klimat Bar 2 7 11 Unedited

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:45:00 +0000

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This is a rough recording. No separate tracks, just one long one.
I'll probably edit it in a few days. Take this one down and put the more polished one up.

Aria at Red Room

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:35:00 +0000

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This concert is from last year at The Red Room up in Washington Heights.
It was open mic night. You can hear the audience singing and playing along especially on Veinte Anos and What's So Funny.
It was a great atmosphere.. People are encouraged to play along as the audience is also made up of musicians waiting to play.
We only had 10 minutes but stretched it to about 15.
I was having problems with my squeaky harmonica on the last song. Soon thereafter, I moved up to a better grade of Harmonica. Enjoy.

The set list:
Delilah
Con te partiro
Veinte Anos
What's so Funny

Everett Cafe 12 1 10

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:37:00 +0000

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Despite not playing or practicing much this set was very energetic. You'll hear some mistakes here and there. On some songs my breathing isn't correct. Sounds like a tape glitch, but it's me choking on the words. Other than that we were extremely happy with the set.
Turned out to be a much shorter set, with 2 less songs.
We have our usual repertoire, but included Pretty Paper for the holidays.
Enjoy.

Ghost Riders
House of the Rising Sun
Pretty Paper
Air that I Breathe
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Veinte Anos
In Dreams
My World
Dos Gardenias
39
We Three
Greenback Dollar
It's Not Unusual

Youtube
House of the Rising Sun and Air that I Breathe

Everett Cafe 9 22 10

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:50:00 +0000

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After 2 months we got back to playing music.
Except for some small mistakes, this concert went smoothly.
Especially good were House of the Rising Sun, in the new key. We didn't have much time to change up the set. These are the same tunes we performed last time. The energy level was there and this time I even included shot of the poster hanging at the Everett Cafe.
Enjoy.
Set list is
Ghost Riders
House of the Rising Sun
Air that I Breathe
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Veinte Anos
In Dreams
Heaven
My World
Dos Gardenias
It's not Unusual
My Prayer
39
We Three
Greenback Dollar
What's So Funny

Our first Review from TC

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:38:00 +0000

This is our first review from TC's Everett Cafe.

click here to read it.

Enjoy.

Everett Cafe July 7, 2010

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:39:00 +0000

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Wednesday's concert at Everett Café, Teachers College, will probably be our last concert for the summer. Looking forward to the fall for more Teachers College gigs and beyond. Dan and I have been performing "House of the Rising Sun" for a few years now. As a trio, with Professor Daniel Wolf Savin on stand-up bass, the song had a great feel. But when we went back to being a duo, the song didn't seem to pack the same decadent punch. Now with the harmonica and a new key (F#m), the song carries full the weight of guilt, sin, and punishment. I'm looking forward to playing it again. That and murder are running themes in our set. Makes for a fun musical evening. The other new number was "In Dreams," an old number brought back into the set with more life and energy. Unrequited love. Another theme.

We're usually scheduled to play for an hour. In our previous gig at Everett Café, we had to cut out a few numbers so we wouldn't go over the time limit. Yesterday, though, we played the full set. We hadn't played "It's not Unusual" or "My Prayer" in while. I felt the ghost of Tom Jones singing through me. Dan and I have played "What's so Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding" about a thousand times. This time, the heat got to me and we had a few false starts. I realized how much I was influenced by the Beatles because I included them on the recording. Enjoy.

The set list for tonight's concert was:
Ghost Riders in the Sky
House of the Rising Sun
Air that I Breathe
Whiter Shade of Pale
Con Te Partiro
Veinte Años
In Dreams
Heaven
You're My World
Dos Gardenias
It's not Unusual
My Prayer
'39
We Three
Greenback Dollar
What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding.

Aria at Teachers College 6 9 10 Ipod Recording

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:28:00 +0000

Click on title to listen to the whole concert.

Our first full concert in 3 months.

It felt good to be playing again. Just getting in front of an audience brings it all back. We also brought back some unwanted things like forgetting lyrics and notes.

Have a listen and enjoy the concert.

GBGM Youth Concert 4 9 10

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:34:00 +0000

Click on the title and you'll hear out GBGM Youth Concert from April 9th.

This was a last minute gig to keep us sharp.
Jesus Christ is always a rockin tune. This is the U2 version of Woody's great song.
What's so Funny (About Peace Love and Understanding) is always a crowdpleaser.
To think this song is 30 years old and we heard it in high school.

Move it on Over Purim Concert 3 14 10

augiesasso@gmail.com (Augiesasso) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:28:00 +0000

Very first podcast. Test run for Move it on Over from the Purim concert.

We were scheduled to play Teachers College on February 10th, 2010. Due to the big snowstorm, that gig was canceled.
Needing to stay sharp, Dan got us this gig at the YMHA in Washington Heights.
We had a great time playing for the parents even though it was supposed to be a kids concert.
Here is our first shot at podcasting.
We played in a room that's usually used for dancing and exercise. That's probably why the sound is so "hot". The music is bouncing off the walls and mirrors creating that hot sound.
For you techies, the sound is the audio feed from the video camera. Yes, there is a video of this. That's for the Aria Anthology Video Volume 27.