If you didn’t know, every Tuesday I release a smooth tuba cover of a popular song, complete with a music video that’s full of surprises. This week’s video was the Isaac Hayes classic “Walk On By.”
Tuba Walk On By
Here are more Smooth Tuba Tuesday videos that have come out this month, including a funny take on a modern classic, and a tuba ode to a smooth legend. You can watch the entire catalog, which contains nearly 200 videos to date, on the Slapsauce YouTube Channel!
Happy Flag Day, and Happy Pride Month! You can get the latest pride flag design on all our merch at Slapsauce.com, and use the code PRIDE23 for 10% off your entire order—this month only!
In other news…
Last weekend’s run with the Chicago Tap Theatre was simply amazing. Synesthete was honestly one of the most incredible projects I’ve have the privilege to be a part of, and I really hope that it makes a return someday.
In the meantime, I’ve got a more gigs coming up!
6/16 1PM @ O’Hare Airport
6/16 9PM @ House of Blues
6/30 (Time TBA) @ Irish American Heritage Center
7/1 7PM @ Studio Lockport
For now these are my final performances before a two week vacation in Michigan. I’ll be needing that time off, especially since I’ll be going straight into a Midwest mini-tour afterwards (stay tuned for news on that!)
We played a sweet show at Boat Drinks in Chicago this Tuesday!
I’ve been hard at work performing for the good folks of Chicago and beyond. In addition to playing bass at Boat Drinks and other bars, I’ve also been playing plenty of tuba and keys (check out the latest Smooth Tuba Tuesday!).
Chicago has such a great diversity of musical opportunities—I’ve even had the chance to play rock, blues, jazz, and classical sets all in the same week! Even with everything I’m already doing, I’m still striving to acquire new skills as a musician, and seeking new creative outlets for musical performance.
If you’re interested in supporting my music in its various forms, you can come see me at these shows over the next few weeks:
Saturday 9/24 – Taylor Street Organ Trio @ One Allegiance Brewing (Chicago Ridge)
Slapsauce Music has just released our latest virtual show—Smooth Tuba March Madness! This was a massive project where we surveyed all of our fans, then held an NCAA-style tournament with 64 different Smooth Tuba Tuesday videos, all in the pursuit of crowning the Smoothest Tuba Tuesday of all time. We also had live music, a new track from Axeman Surdu’s debut mixtape, smooth tuba trivia, and t-shirt giveaways. All in all we had a lot of fun, and the tourney results did not disappoint!
You can watch the full show on Slapsauce’s YouTube channel, and find out which video was our final champion!
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