#tbasa

[areasontothrive]

just saw TBASAS and may fuck around and reread the hunger games

[mrkeatingsblazer]

Those you’ve known from the spring awakening soundtrack is so tbasas

[pivotalmark]

so , i may make a new multi. this ones just rlly loaded down & i'm losing tags. anywho. i need ideas on aesthetics. are there any swfitie songs you think i should use ? specific music videos are nice. i really like the new tbasa soundtrack. maybe that'a n option. or i could just find a song on spotify.

[gryphon1911]

Arnold Sports Festival 2024 - Muay Thai

Background Hosted by the Thai Boxing Association Sanctioning Authority (TBASA), Arnold Sports Festival 2024 housed this event in one of the large ballrooms on the second floor of the convention center. More information about the TBASA can be found here on their official website!http://www.tbasanctioning.org/ Impression While not a novice to the world of combat sports or to muay thai bouts –…

[deviantkind-blog]

Deviant Kind is hosting a live Showcase Show at Substation Seattle August 19th!! More info soon... #deviantkindproductions #deviantkind #TBASA #mulderitsme #stereocreeps #greenriverthrillers #seattlemusicscene #seattlefilmphotographers #seattleart #musicvideos #videoproduction #video

[mistaboombastick]

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[apacherecordswoof-blog]

Shows in Seattle!

[alinevida]

If you ever wondered how artists manage their time or stay inspired to pursue their music. Here is a cool new podcast hosted by Wes Speight featuring TBASA. Tbasa is an artist, a musician, a booker, and a graphic-designer. I listened to it and there are some great wisdom nuggets to keep you going. Tbasa also just released a new album which is available on bandcamp. #professionalmusician #podcast #podcast #interview To hear the podcast visit www.idontcarethatyoudontcare.com (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BztwcCxpWU-/?igshid=1otcyglw9qo7r

[matthewwilliamcharles]

West Coast Tour 2016

Fresh...but really, not so fresh of from my latest tour...it’s October and I finally finished transcribing my tour journal.  I don’t take notes or keep a journal when I’m on the road. I usually start recalling my journey when I get home from tour and then finish writing and editing within a week before I post (there are many tours where I have never finished writing the journal!).  But when I got back from tour life was waiting, as usual, hence the delay.  So I say again....Fresh of a ten day tour of the west coast and feeling pretty stoked on how everything turned out!  Folks who tour often would call it a nice little jaunt, those who don’t travel too much would say it was a fairly lengthy trip.  I think it was just long enough, some weekend tours are too short to get into a groove and leave you hanging.  Long tours can be amazing, but can also leave you feeling lonely, and if you are travelling with other people, depending on who they are can start to drive you crazy!  Anyways....

Wednesday September 6th  I started out the day in Philadelphia.  I had my luggage mostly packed as I made my way to work.  I had to knock out some screen printed posters before the day was out so I got there early.  I finished packing my bags there, stuffing as much merchandise as possible inside my bag and my guitar case.  I got a ride to the airport from Johnny Douglas in his old Buick that seemed like it really didn’t want to make it all the way there (apparently he made it back to the city without issue) .  I made my way straight to my departure gate, then straight to the counter to talk to a flight attendant.  I asked if there was any way I could make sure my guitar made it on board the flight.  I had expected to argue and plea but to my surprise the man at the counter said I should be able to throw my guitar case above in the luggage compartment and place my bag under the seat.  I was skeptical, but nobody said anything to me as I boarded the plane, I tossed my guitar case up top and shoved my over-sized and over filled bag underneath the seat.  This was crucial because I needed to have my guitar and my luggage to be with my as I exited the plane.  I had a show that night in Seattle, and would be cutting it close to my set time and had no time to be sitting around in baggage claim.  It wasn’t my intention to cut things this close, I bought the plane ticket, then afterwords I got a show offer for that day. I agreed after assessing the arrival time and distance to the venue, figuring I would be a little late which is acceptable being a touring act. The airline moved the original flight time back, changing my arrival time to 9:05 pm.  My set time was at 9:45 pm with a twenty minute drive to the venue.  The plane landed early, around 8:30!  But we still had to dock and unload.  By the time I made it out of the airport it was a little after 9pm, and my buddy Billy was on his way to the airport to pick me up.  We had a slight miscommunication, and he had to make another lap around the terminal before he picked me up, but we still got underway with good time.  I was in contact with the owner of the Substation and let him know I was on my way.  As we neared closer he asked for an eta, the second act finished up early, and he was going to stall, possibly play a few songs before I goth there.  I told Billy that he should drop me off at the front door, and asked him to bring in my merch after he parked.  When the door guy saw me with my guitar he said,”Are you Matt Charles? Perfect timing, TBASA (pronounced T-Basa, owner of the Substation) is stalling for you right now”.  I hurried through the crowd and made my way straight to the stage where TBASA was relieved to see me, put down his guitar and announced my arrival.  The sound guy got me set up really quickly, I borrowed a pick from TBASA and was ready to go.  I realized I left my harmonica holder in my merch box and hollered at Billy over the mic to grab it for me.  I played a song without it and then he threw it on the stage, at that point I was in business.  I played my set, I felt it went pretty well considering the events that led up to it.  Also need to mention that this show was totally packed out.  Originally this show was billed as an acoustic players showcase, with about 4 different acts.  Two weeks before the show happened Tiffany, who is known mostly for her hit in the 80′s “I think We’re Alone Now” was added to the bill.  The show had went from a promising evening of independent artists to sold out Tiffany acoustic concert.  I usually play tunes for fans of underground styles of music, so I wasn’t sure how it would go over but I got some hi-fives and some hugs after the show.

Thursday September 7th I woke up at my friends house in Seattle.  Got my bearings straight, cup of coffee and a shower and then headed out via bus to pick up my rent-a-car. I was able to scoop it up early, headed back to my friends house, loaded up my stuff and hit the road. I was headed out to Pasco, WA which is south east of Seattle about 4 hours.  Turns out large portions of Washington State and other parts of the west coast were dealing with forest fires.  Being from the east coast this was a fairly foreign phenomenon for me to deal with.  I was driving through large clouds of smoke, similar to driving through a thick morning fog.  The air smelled bad in some parts too, and so I tried to keep the windows rolled up for most of my drive.  Pasco is a small town, similar to where I grew up in Central, NY.  I rolled into town and got my pre-show coffee and headed to the show spot.  It was a house show venue that they call Rigo’s Amigo’s and the host was a really cool guy named Ricky.  Johnny Maniac, JFKFC, and Get Em’ Tiger were the other bands that played.  I played with Get Em’ Tiger earlier that year at Compost Heap in Denver, and they were the ones who got me this show.  The show was great, just about everyone that came stayed for all the bands.  Afterwords Ricardo from Get Em’ Tiger showed me where the fire tacos were and hooked me up with a place to crash.

Friday September 8th  I woke up at Ricardo’s house, drank some instant coffee and hung out with him and his nephew while we watched American Pickers in Spanish.  The smoke had died down a little bit, you could see the blue of the sky and the sun wasn’t a creepy blood red color.  I headed south, on my way to Bend, OR.  This was my first time through this particular section of the country and the ride was really nice and the view had me captivated.  I’m so used to driving up and down the East Coast and through the Midwest, and as much as I enjoy those parts of the country it was nice to have something different to look at.  Pretty uneventful drive other than that, I only stopped to eat tacos (as long as I made enough money at the shows, I was determined to eat tacos everyday).  I also followed a friends suggestion, and found enough room in my wallet to have a beer at Dechutes Brewhouse in Bend.  But that was it for extravagant tour life, and I made my way to Redmond, OR. The show was at this place called Di Pizza in a strip mall.  The Bend Pyrate Punx threw the show together.  I was met by some jolly punk rockers who immediately offered me beer and hits off their bottle of vodka from the back of their truck.  This show was for Days N Dayz, so there was a lot of kids there.  Dr. Green Dreams and Drone Wars also opened for the show. Originally I was asked to play second, but then at the last minute I got moved to the opening slot, which made no real difference to me.  There was already a hundred plus people there.   This show was pretty killer and I met a lot of friendly people who wished me well on my travels.  I got a decent payout and all the rolling rock I wanted to drink.  Rachel who booked me on the show helped me out with a place to crash and found us some late night burritos!

Saturday September 9th  I woke up early that morning, once I wake up I can’t go back to sleep so I decided to start heading out to Reno.  I had a little time to play with, so I pulled off the highway when I was intrigued by a sign for a “lava cave”.  I followed the signs until I came up into a parking area, walked up to the entrance and found myself going through an orientation.  I figured there was no turning back at that point, so I payed a small fee for entrance and a lamp and headed down the cold and damp lave cave.  Basically it was an ancient cave that was hollowed out by lava flows when the volcano was active thousands of years ago.  That took up a good couple hours so I headed back out, and knew at this point it would be a straight nonstop drive to Reno.  My GPS went dead because I was in the middle of nowhere and there was intermediate service, but I just did it the old fashioned way and followed road signs to Reno (it’s really that easy).  I found Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor with no real problems.  I was the odd man out on this show, the other bands being a teenage cover band, a indie/rock/metal band from NYC called “Tight Fright”, and a Melvins-esk local metal band called “Elephant Rifle”. The first band was local, and since they were underage they had to play then leave.  I figured their parents and the family entourage would leave with them, but many stayed throughout the whole show (some would by my shots of whisky later).  But this was my set from hell.   Right before I went on I realized I did not have my harmonica holder, which I probably left in Bend.  Unfortunately that’s something nobody will have at a rock metal show, and I was forced to change my set around and play songs without harmonica.  Not the worst thing, I just threw together a brand new set, except not even half way through I broke a string.  I never brake a string on my acoustic, has never happened so I did not have a replacement.  The door guy ran and got his Fender Strat and I played the rest of the set with an electric.  I made it through, and somehow people liked it, sighting the fact that I didn’t quit and that was inspiring.  Tight Fright and Elephant Rifle were both amazing bands, and great people.  I could have possibly tagged along with Tight Fright after the show and found a place to crash with them, but decided to drive out of the city and find a truck stop where I could park and sleep in the car.

Sunday September 10th  Gassed the car up and got a bum shower at the truck stop, and then started heading out west to Oakland, CA.  The Drive was easy, only about 3 hrs, getting me into town way ahead of schedule. I stopped at a music store to get some things I lost, like a new harmonica holder.  It was pretty hot, so I was driving around looking for a public swimming hole but all the spots I found were closed or the water looked sketchy and cost admission.  Should have went straight to the beach, but driving around in the east bay kinda sucks so I stuck pretty close to Oakland.  Ate some amazing tacos at an outdoor Taqueria, then tried to kill time until the show.  The show was at a house venue called the Question Mark.  It was a tight little living room show, in which the hosts included a nice snack spread including tater tots and various cheeses.  I played with Adam Balbo, Amina Shareef Ali and Nalamora.  Pretty awesome lineup, one of my favorite shows on tour.  The guys who run the venue also have a youtube show called “The Shed Light” where they featured a clip from my set, https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pkkxSsXmBM.  After the show I headed west to stay with my buddy Ben who lives in Tracy, about 45 minutes out of the city

Monday September 11th It was Monday, my day off, staying with my friends Ben and Adriana in Tracy, CA.  Usually if I have an open day, I try to find something to do, like hop on a show or find an open mic, especially when it’s a short tour.  But I haven’t seen my friends in a long time so I decided to chill.  I just spent the day drinking beers in their pool and cooking out, it was a good day off.

Tuesday September 12th I got up with my buddy Ben and left bright and early as he headed out for work.  I was making my way to Southern Oregon.  I stopped to take naps, went on a couple hikes and went for a couple swims when I saw the opportunity.  The ac hadn’t been working that well in the car the last few days so I was looking for any chance to cool off!  Got to Medford, OR and walked around until I found a suitable pub where I could kill some time.  I made sure I was early because I wasn’t initially on this show.  It was scheduled as a three band lineup on a Tuesday, the club owner said I could most likely hop on the show.  I waited outside of Johnny B’s for the venue to open. Soon I had company as all the other bands showed, and we all waited for Johnny B together.  I came to find out this is a sort of ritual, sometimes Johnny B is on time, but typically he rolls in whenever he rolls in. It was an interesting bill, headlined by “At Both End” a ska punk band from Sacramento, CA.  Local metal band “Phase” and local DIY punk group “Something in the Wing”.  I wouldn’t get a cut from the door which was discussed before hand because I was added late, but I got to play, sold some CD’s and shirts and April and Johnny kept my cup full of beer.  They also let me crash at their cool pad.  I think there may have been whisky when I got back, not sure but I was falling asleep at their kitchen table before I made my way to their spare room to crash.

Wednesday September 13th  I woke up around 10 am, got my stuff together, wrote my hosts a letter thanking them and I was off to Portland.  I couldn’t keep my taco streak going, though I thought I eyed a taco truck but when I pulled up it was a pupusa truck.  Not Mexican or Tex-Mex, but Salvadoran in origin, and one of my new favorite foods!  I drove straight to the venue and found some street parking right in front of Gil’s speakeasy. Took a solid nap by the river and made it back to the venue by 7pm. Gil’s Speakeasy is my kind of dive bar, pool tables, slot machines and a small space for performers in the back.  My buddy Tim from Churches and Trains, who I just toured with back in June and who had just moved out to Salem, OR made it out to the show.  Horse Girl opened up and was awesome.  I went on next,  it was a fun set, somebody bought me a double of Bullet Bourbon and I felt pretty comfortable after that. Shootdang went on next, and they were pretty awesome. We told them to play one more song, and they said if you get us something to drink we’ll play.  So I bought them a double whisky, and I’ll just say the whisky in Philly is a bit cheaper than whiskey in Portland.  Either way they deserved it, and they kicked it back like pro’s.  The show ended early, which had been a good trend for this tour.  I love a show that ends at 10pm, you have time to hang out after the show without pushing it into the early morning hours, and you’re not totally worn out the next day.  At least that’s me, I’m sure other touring folk have other preferences.  

Thursday September 14th  Woke up at Shoot Dang’s house, which is not just their house, Ben (Horse Girl) lot’s of other cool people live there.   Sat around and drank coffee, Pitch bought me trail mix and a drink for the road and Ern made food again (late night sandwiches were made too!).  I hung out for a while, contemplated going to the bar with those guys but thought better of it and got on my way to Olympia.  Olympia has some nice hiking trails which is how I killed time until I broke down and had a beer at Le Voyuer.  It was probably the smallest show of tour but the folks who played were really great.  Jay Levy is one of the nicest dudes I ever met and did his best to make sure the show was going well.  Straw Hat and Trevour Yunker played great sets and Geography was a really unique act that ended the night.  The show was done by 10pm so that gave me more than enough time to drive back to Seattle so I could crash at my friends house.  There was some freak accident on the highway and some debris flew and hit my car, which made me super nervous but it turned out to just cause some minor scratching on the back of the car, which the rental company didn’t notice the next day when I returned it.

Friday September 15th - Sunday September 16th I spent the day milling around Seattle with my buddy Bill while he ran errands for his bar.  The show this night was at Belmont Coffee in downtown Seattle.  I thought it was a really cool DIY setup, small room with a small stage, people coming in off the street to get coffee had to push through a crowd and get assaulted by punk music to get served.  The guys from the band Bigger Than Mountains set up the show for me, but didn’t play.  This night had some of the best band names of tour, Travis Tribble and The Mountlake Terrorists, Ghost Teeth and Floral Tattoo.  It felt a little strange ending my tour in Seattle, not necessarily anti-climatic but it’s weird telling people in Seattle, that you’re on tour from Philly and this is your last day of tour.  Floral Tattoo was loud and catchy punk, Ghpst Teeth was hilarious and Travis Tribble ended the night playing standing up on a very questionable bar stool.  When the show was over, it was pretty much over, a short post show hangout and then they closed up shop efficiently.  My night surely was not over though, reconvening with old friends my night passed on into the wee hours.  The next day I was able to postpone my flight for Billy had an extra ticket to the Punk and Drublic Fest in Tacoma the next day.  I actually made money this tour, and spent a large portion of that on craft beer (it was a craft beer festival), but totally justified as I didn’t pay any extra money to get my flight delayed (Billy bought me a ticket with his mileage) and I didn’t have to pay for a festival ticket.  Also many drinks were purchased on my friends dime, so I didn’t have anything to complain about except a slight hangover and a 6 hour non-stop flight to Philly early the next morning.

[serialhawk]

06/04/17 - The Aquarium - Fargo, ND

Serial Hawk, TBASA, Errorist, Ceiling Walker, Barnaby Jones

[patrickgalactic]

Catch me tonight at @substation206 for TBASA's Lo-Fi All Stars. I play at 8pm with some great songwriters. #faceapp #seattlemusic (at Substation)

[deviantkind-blog]

Come to Substation, Seattle on the 19th for some killer Seattle Rock!!! DK tees will be available for $10, as well as Nacho Mama's Tamales for the hungry rockers! #substationseattle #seattlerock #seattleconcertvenues #seattlelivemusic #greenriverthrillers #skullbot #mulderitsme #tbasa #deviantkind #videoproduction #filmproduction

[mistaboombastick]

#noalcohol for me. I'm #drinking a #virgincocktail #drinksareonme #comedrinkwithme #funtimes #tba #tbasa #tbasatx #nonalcoholic (at TBA)

[alinevida]

If you aren’t doing what you love, you aren’t really living. Thank you Gigs4u for another opportunity to sing to a different audience on a beautiful day. Thank you Tbasa for being a great gig master. Thank You Michaud for your guitar playing. Thank you Dale for awesome sound. pc Emily McVicker. #vocals #gigs #professionalmusician #singer #udistrict #udistrictstreetfair #gigs4u #music #liveyourdreams #holdon (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqtZo4lV8q/?igshid=1h68n3hkybh2r

[deathbystarsband]

Death By Stars Live at The Mix, 03/15/12 - "Steel Blue Crush"

The sound is kind of quiet so turn this shit up!