Paul McCartney is giving fans the chance to remix  his songs by launching an online version of his home recording studio.

The Beatles legend has uploaded four tracks, including the title song  from his hit 1973 album, Band on the Run, to his official website. He’s utilized  digital technology to allow users to adjust the volume of the drums, guitars,  keyboards and vocals and even tinker with the effects and echo levels.

McCartney is inviting fans to record their own remixes of the tracks and send  them to him via the Dropbox file-sharing site, and he’s vowed to upload his  favorites to Soundcloud.com.

A post on the website reads, “In 1971, Paul and (wife) Linda escaped London  to their farm in Scotland. At the farm, Paul had a little studio put in so that  he could demo, experiment and make music. That was RUDE STUDIO. Now YOU can  experiment with Paul’s music online at NEW RUDE STUDIO.”

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> Sounds interesting enough.  I may give it whirl….

- E

Each week here at The 814 Times we like to give out chances to free shows courtesy of Opus One Productions.  The shows, usually new/indie and/or local performances, are hosted at/by three very cool venues in Pittsburgh – Mr. Smalls Theatre, Club Cafe and Brillobox.  To get these tickets in your clutches you must send your name and contact info to 814editor@gmail.com and some lucky people will receive tickets to these shows.  Let’s check out the latest offerings…

Tribal Seeds w/ Through The Roots, Tropidelic

Friday,May 25 – 8:00pm @ Mr. Smalls Theatre

From San Diego, California, award-winning reggae group Tribal Seeds have become known for their spiritually driven, refreshing rock vibe they have infused with the roots style of reggae music. Originally started by two brothers, Steven Rene Jacobo[lyrics, lead vocals, rhythm guitar] and Tony-Ray Jacobo [producer, keyboard player], Tribal Seed snow boasts six members, including: Tony Navarro [lead guitar], Carlos Verdugo [drums], Jose Rodriguez [keys, percussion], and Victor Navarro [bass]. Tribal Seedsʻ unmatched musical talent and authentic sound has brought them to the forefront of the reggae rock genre, as their art form has reached people of all ages across the United States, and worldwide. The bandʼs self titled debut album, “Tribal Seeds” was released in 2008, and their second album “The Harvest” was released in June of 2009. iTunes named both albums the “Best Of” in the Reggae genre, for their respected years. Their debut album helped garner them the “Best World Music” title at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008, and “The Harvest,” which contained fourteen new and original songs, debuted at the number 5 spot on the Billboard Reggae Charts. The tracks, written and produced by Tribal Seeds, were recorded and mixed by Alan Sanderson at Signature Sound Studios in San Diego, and mastered by Erik Lobson at Universal Mastering.
Check ‘em out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoON3jwUioY

An Evening with Simone Felice

Early Show – Friday, May 25 – 7:00pm @ Club Cafe

Simone Felice is a celebrated songwriter, author,and poet. He was born on 4 October 1976 in Palenville, New York, a small working-class hamlet in the Catskill Mountains. At the age of 12 Simone suffered a brain aneurysm and was pronounced clinically dead for several minutes. Recovering from emergency brain surgery in a local hospital, he spent two months in intensive care, relearning basic motor skills, including reading and writing. In the Fall of 2001, just after the attacks on New York City, Simone began writing songs with his brother Ian.Together they retreated to the woods they grew up in, where jobless with a cheap guitar they wrote and made recordings (two archived collections know as The Big Empty and Mexico) with their friend Doc Brown. In this manner the two brothers clocked four years in complete obscurity, sewing the seeds of what would become (with the edition of younger brother James in the Winter of 2006) The Felice Brothers, whose subsequent albums Tonight at the Arizona, The Felice Brothers, and Yonder is the Clock have garnered international praise, earning these Upstate New York natives an inarguable place in the Great American Songbook. Over the group’s history, from starting out playing New York’s subways and streets, to Radio City Music Hall and beyond, brother Simone has been one of it key lyricists and arrangers, co-writing some of the boys’ most beloved songs…
Check ‘em out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-VY2AUTCnA

Cheap Girls w/ Anchors End, There There

Wednesday, June 6 – 9:30pm @ Brillobox

In lieu of a traditional bio, here are 15 things you should know about Cheap Girls: 1. They are from Lansing, MI. * 2. There are three band members:Drummer Ben Graham, bassist/vocalist Ian Graham and guitarist Adam Aymor. Ben and Ian have the same last name because they are brothers. * 3. The trio was formed in 2007, the result of three musicianswho’d grown up playing in bands around their hometown getting together to make music.“We just wanted to start a simple rock band and just play all the time,” Ian says.“This was fun right off the bat. It was a simple format. I’d write songs, we’d learn them the next day and we’d move on. That’s still what we do.” * 4. The band’s first album was recorded quickly and cheaply and initially self-released in 2008. It is called Find Me A Drink Home. * 5. Their second album, My Roaring 20s, followed in 2009 via Florida label Paper + Plastick, which also reissued Find Me A Drink Home. * 6. Cheap Girls have toured with Against Me!, Lemuria, Laura Stevenson and the Cans and The Menzingers, and performed at Chicago’s Riot Fest and Gainesville’s The Fest. But basically they just want to play with anyone who makes “loud rock.” * (for the rest of the list, head to:

Check ‘em out: http://bighassle.com/publicity/cheap-girls).”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSqnl7ml2Fo

So that’s the latest batch.  Now enter for your chance to grab these tickets.

- Editor