Tate Earle

Thanks for coming to the bi-annual Bunker South Jam Party. We had a lot of fun.  I would particularly like to extend a warm thanks to Jeff for organizing food and drink. Rock and Roll.

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Don’t miss three bands and a Jam party on December 16th at The Bunker South.

Our Fort Lauderdale based rehearsal space is located at…

1215 NE 17th Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305

Time 6pm-12pm

I hope to see you all there.

When you teach music two nights a week, play in two cover bands,  play a few gigs a month and record some weekends, there is little time for other activities. With a full time job and two kids under the age of eleven life gets pretty hectic.

Teaching my students is really rewarding. Watching them grow and turn into rockers is an amazing transition to behold.

Playing solo gigs gives me the opportunity to show case my original material as well as test out some new covers. I use this time as a chance to relieve stress and make a few bucks at the same time. People seem enjoy what I play so there is a reward in that activity as well.

My “other” work is based in marine management. Maintaining systems on privet yatchs and doing a lot of mechanical work. Not so rewarding but puts bread on the table so to speak.

Recording is one of my favorite activities. Pro tools is a canvas for musicians.

Durig the week I am so busy I have less family time than I would like. This is the reason it is important for the cover bands maintain a partial income by doing gigs. Recently these bands Junkyard Viking and P Shivers (check them out on ReverbNation.com) have been locked up in the woodshed a little too long. Time to rock ~ out!

When life gets too routine creativity helps break the mold. When work is overbearing and stress is all consuming it’s important to step back and say, “hey I need some space from this, I need some variation”. Turn on your favorite artist, pick up a guitar, listen to something from another culture. I think that’s why Music is so powerful because it can transcend us in one brief moment. It has nostalgic power as well as power to bring you into the present. When I play I’m almost always present. When you listen to the solos of the jazz greats, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery they were all present in the creation of those solos, playing from the heart so to speak. The progression underneath remains the same it has been played time and time again but the solo adds the flavor, the color, the jam. I love music because it’s like a fabric of many colors. I open up and listen to everything, from Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart to Jay Z. I don’t have to like everything I listen too, but all music has something to say, a piece of culture, a fragment of the heart, a touch of someone’s creativity.

I often wonder what it would be like if an alien culture came to earth and brought their music to the jam. Within our own world we have so many variations in music. Different tones, different rhythms, different notes, something that sounds good to me might sound totally off to somebody else. I guess I’m just curious what type of instruments and sounds the extraterrestrials would like to play. Maybe music is a form of healing to them, maybe music is a religion to them, or maybe it’s illegal, perhaps it’s a form of communication. It is basically all of those things to humans. I know all this is out there but what if?