Ghost Box Orchestra http://ghostboxorchestra.com an instrumental band from the Boston area Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:58:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 old song, new video. http://ghostboxorchestra.com/2012/02/21/old-song-new-video/ http://ghostboxorchestra.com/2012/02/21/old-song-new-video/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:58:52 +0000 Dennis http://ghostboxorchestra.com/?p=429

Big thanks to the mahoney sisters.

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There is a facebook event.

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The first week of 2012 in review: already been sick, decided against making any resolutions, began plotting gbo’s next tour, and had the honor of being named one of the best new bands in Boston for 2012 by the Boston Phoenix (our hometown’s arts, music, and entertainment newspaper). The article alludes to some of our plans for the year (as I just did in the previous sentence) but I’d like to highlight that we’ll have a new album out by the time our northeast corner of the U.S. starts to warm up. You can download a pre-release of the song “Vanished” before the album comes out via the Class of 2012 bandcamp comp.

Attn NY’ers: we’ll see you at the Cake Shop on Saturday night.

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You may have seen the skate vid we posted recently. Is this a trend? There must be be more of these floating around out there on the internet. If you find any let us know. Specifically, I’m hoping we’re the soundtrack to a backflip tailwhip—my favorite bike stunt ever.

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]]> http://ghostboxorchestra.com/2011/10/20/skate-video/feed/ 1 Berklee. Banded. Brighton. http://ghostboxorchestra.com/2011/09/13/berklee-banded-brighton/ http://ghostboxorchestra.com/2011/09/13/berklee-banded-brighton/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:20:31 +0000 Dennis http://ghostboxorchestra.com/?p=374 BANDEDI once met a poet who kept a drawer full of discarded lines. She would, when she was stuck on a new idea, reach in the drawer and grab an old idea, convinced that her discarded dead ends weren’t dead ends at all, but simply hadn’t yet discovered their destinations. She could only write in the morning. Some poets write all the time.

I know an architect who paints unstructured color fields for pleasure at night in order to shed the rigidity of his business during the day. He lies on his belly when he paints. Some painters use an easel.

A famous photographer would study his subject from all angles, crouching around it for tens of minutes or more in an attempt to understand the thing as fully as he could before finding the perfect view from which to capture it. Then he would capture it. But just once. Some photographers will shoot and shoot and shoot.

The creative process has always been an interesting topic for me, often more so than the actual creations that result. That we do similar things in dissimilar ways is an obvious thought as trite as cat-skinning and folks’ strokes. Nevertheless, every time I meet an artist I want to know how she does it, so I can drop new ideas in my drawers, waiting for the next time I’m stuck.

So thanks to Berklee PULSE for having us be a part of this. Can’t wait.

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  • Artist: Ghost Box Orchestra
  • Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • City: Ghost Box Orchestra in Allston, MA
  • Venue: Brighton Music Hall
  • Address: 158 Brighton Avenue
  • Venue phone: 617-779-0140
  • Country: United States
  • Admission: $10
  • Age restrictions: No Minors
  • Notes: Berklee PULSE presents BANDED Ever wonder how a band makes a new song? We did, too. So we invaded these band’s homes, heads and hangouts to dissect and film the creative process. Now you get to see their polished performances, and catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the upcoming documentary, BANDED. with City Music special guests City Music Performance Ensemble, Zili Misik, Aloud, Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, Ghost Box Orchestra, Tumbleweed Company. Proceeds go to the Berklee City Music Scholarship Fund.
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You may be aware that we’re going to be a part of Deep Heaven Now 4,  and we’re curious who you’re looking forward to catching this weekend. There are some obvious choices, like December Sound and Endless Wave and Major Stars and The Vandelles and Static of the Gods, but you’ve also got some stellar and potentially less obvious choices like The New Highway Hymnal and Sand Reckoner and our very own SUNRAM. You know what? Nevermind. Just see all the bands on both days and that’ll be that.

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