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Summer Fun
July 2008
Things have definitely been heating up for Esthema. First, the issue of Phosphorescence Magazine with the review of our first CD, Apart From the Rest was published and available for purchase/download. This is a great magazine that focuses on all the arts. You can also check out the review on our reviews page.
Secondly, over the course of the next few months we have a couple of extremely exciting gigs lined up with some great bands. On August 26, we will be performing with singer/songwriter Effi Kallas and her band at Johnny D’s in Somerville, MA. For those that aren’t familiar with Effi and her music, please check her out at www.effi.com. For this show, we have collaborated with Effi on one piece that we will be performing that evening. Check out our shows page for information about the gig.
Then on November 12 at Ryles in Cambridge (Inman Square) we have the privilege of performing with vocalist/songwriter, Christiane Karam and her Middle Eastern ensemble, ZilZALA. For those that have not been introduced to Christiane and ZilZALA’s music, check them out at http://christianekaram.com/ or www.myspace.com/zilzala. This evening is extra special because this will be a CD release for ZilZALA’s upcoming CD. Check out our shows page for information about the gig.
Finally, Esthema continues to work on our upcoming CD release scheduled for the end of 2008. Each one of our future performances will showcase some new pieces that will be on the CD. We would love to see you there and get your input on the new material.
So until next time, thank you all for your continued support and we wish you all the best…
Bruno who?
May/June 2008
Hope everyone is having a great summer…Things for Esthema have been moving along very nicely.
This entry is all about Bruno.
Who is Bruno you ask?
Bruno Esrubilsky (drums/percussion) is the newest member of Esthema.
At the start of the Summer, Carl moved back to his hometown in Colorado to pursue other musical opportunities that were presented to him last semester in school - a great person and musician and we wish him all the best!!!!
We performed our first gig with Bruno on June 28 at the Gulu-Gulu in Salem and it went amazingly well. We performed three sets - we loved it and it seems everyone there loved it too. For those that made it out, thank you for your continued support...
Check out some pictures below:
Bruno’s full bio and more pictures will be posted very soon along with more exciting Esthema News. Make sure to check back soon…until then, take care of yourselves.
Spring Ahead
April 2008
So many things are going on. This is a very exciting time for Esthema. As always, check out our shows page. We have several performances in a variety of locations - Boston, Vermont, Lowell, Lynn that hopefully everyone gets a chance to come and check us out.
This week we were notified by Phosphorescence Magazine that a review of our CD, APART FROM THE REST will be in their June 2008 issue. Please visit our reviews page for the full review.
You can now hear Esthema, at www.unuradio.com. We are being played on the Jazz program, which is on, on Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm cst. We would like to thank DJ Scorpia www.myspace.com/unuradio for checking us out and her support. As many of you know, the independent music scene is a thriving scene and it is all thanks to individuals like DJ Scorpia who choose to support independent music.
Esthema also has a lot of “stuff” in the works. In the coming weeks we will have live downloads available on our myspace page, www.myspace.com/esthemamusic…we are now working on all sorts of new material for our future Fall/Early Winter 2008 release. Some you will hear at gigs and some you will not (be on the look out for the free downloads of some of the new tunes)…
Before members of Esthema take some vacation, the next six weeks promise to have all sorts of fun and excitement. We hope you will be a part of it all. We will keep you posted. Until then…take care.
Esthema
Tomorrow's Dreams Radio Show and Skope Magazine
march 2008
This coming Sunday, March 2 between 9:00 and 10:00PM, Esthema can be heard on the radio at FM 95.9 (WATD). The radio show is called Tomorrow’s Dreams. For those that cannot get the station, the program is broadcast live at www.loveourmusic.com. If you can't listen live, after midnight on Sunday, you can go to the website and in the upper left corner, you will see "last weeks show" link. Click on that and then click on the star, and you can download the show to listen whenever you want for a week.
In addition, the March/April issue of Skope Magazine has hit the newsstands. We are psyched about the review of APART FROM THE REST. If you don’t get a chance to pick up a copy, please check out our reviews page for the full review.
To all, our sincerest thanks for your support last month at all our gigs.
Reviews & News
February 2008
Thus far, 2008 has been truly exciting.
First, our CD, Apart From The Rest received a fantastic review from an on-line music reviewer. Please check it out at Wildy’s World. Second, we are extremely excited about our future Skope Magazine review and ad. Skope Magazine is sold at over 1500 locations internationally including Barnes & Noble, Hastings, B-Dalton, Newbury Comics, Borders, Books A Million & much more! Skope is sold in USA, Canada, Autsralia, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Spain, India, Indonesia, Brazil, PMG (Military). This is a great opportunity for us to expose our music to individuals, globally that may not otherwise get a chance to check us out. The March/April issue hits newsstands early March. Stay on the look out.
We also started the month off on a great note. We had our first performance of 2008 at the Lily Pad. The place was packed and we sounded pretty good. Thank you to all for coming out and once again supporting us. We saw some new faces, which is always exciting. We hope to see you and get a chance to speak with you again. We also premiered a new piece named arrhythmia. We got many kind words regarding the piece and are looking forward to record it and many others later this year. We will keep you posted.
For those that couldn’t make it, take a look below at some of pictures from the show:
More exciting news on the way...please check back soon.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
January 2008
All the members of esthema would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy 2008!!!
2007 was a milestone year for esthema and we would like to thank everyone for their support, love, and kindness. Thank you for making it to our shows, signing the mailing list, buying the CDs, spreading the word, and sharing your thoughts. We do this because we love music, but we also do it because we love sharing that music with others and you allowed us to do just that.
Please read below for all the special moments of 2007 that many of you shared with us. And as we begin 2008, we wanted to reach out to everyone with our well wishes and of course, some exciting news.
On New Year’s Day, esthema’s music was heard for the first time on the radio. MIT’s WMBR 88.1 featured esthema as one of the artist’s on their weekly program The New Edge which is “devoted to creative and innovative instrumental music” and on January 8 they will be having an esthema CD giveaway. To listen to the show and take part in the giveaway listen to The New Edge on 88.1fm or webcasting at www.wmbr.com from 2-4pm Boston time. In addition, over the next few months, esthema’s Apart From The Rest will be reviewed in Phosphorescence Magazine, Skope Magazine, and possibly the Northeast Performer (more info to come). Apart from the above happenings, business will be as usual. Check out our shows page for upcoming performances
And in the fall of 2008, you can expect to see a new release from esthema. We have already started writing and performing pieces that will be featured on our next release. Check back here, for the latest news and updates throughout the year.
All in all, we are looking forward to a great year and hope you will take part in it. We would love to hear from you. But for now, take care of yourselves and Happy New Year.
Esthema
Andy Milas | Tery Lemanis | Onur Dilisen | Ignacio Long | Carl Sorensen
Benefits & Reviews
November 2007
If you haven't checked out our reviews page, please do so. People are starting to say exciting things about our cd, Apart From The Rest. We have been reviewed thus far by two very prestigious entities: Sea of Tranquility, the web portal for information, news, and reviews related to the worlds of progressive rock, various forms of metal, and fusion music and Progression Magazine, a quarterly journal of progressive music.
And on November 11, esthema performed as part of the 12th Boston Turkish Festival at MIT's Kresge Auditorium. The concert was a benefit for the Manavoglu Family who lost their father and husband to an armed robber.
For those that couldn't make it to the show, we have posted some pictures below.
Some might be asking themselves who is the new guy in the pictures.
Meet Ignacio Long.
Check him out on members page. He is esthema's new bass player and we welcome him and hope you do also. Ignacio, born in Argentina, is a Berklee graduate in Film Score and Composition. We have been working with him over the last few months and are very excited at what we are hearing.
One last note...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
September in NYC
September 2007
September was an exciting month for Esthema. First, we got to welcome Carl back who was home in Colorado for the summer. Second, we had our first gig at Mickey Bliss's new Club Bohemia downstairs at The Cantab in Central Square, Cambridge (check out the you tube link below of consequence for live footage from the Cantab).
And finally, Esthema made
their first trip to NYC to perform in the Lower East Side at the Fat Baby. You can check out excerpts
from the performance posted by Tery on youtube. Check back soon
for some pictures.
Summer's End
The summer of 2007 has come to an end, but before we say goodbye to it forever, esthema wants to thank Rob Doherty for his help this summer on the drums while Carl was back at home in Colorado. Great drummer, great person...I also want to thank all esthemians for making it out to one of our many gigs...we had a great time and hope you did also.If you get a chance, check out youtube for some video clips posted by Tery. This first is from our gig at the All Asia performing distance and the second is from our gig at the Cantab performing consequence.
Ryles in August
August 2007
In addition to having the pleasure of playing at the Gulu-Gulu Café in Lynn, MA
and at the Brookline Tai Chi in Brookline, MA, esthema had their first go at Ryles in Inman Square, Cambridge, MA.
We would like to thank Anita Coelho of Medici Musica
for giving us the opportunity to perform at Ryles. Check out some pictures below, courtesy of Erin Beasley:
Outdoors in July
July 2007
Over the last few weeks, esthema has had a chance to work on our tans at some outdoor events. First we were at the Somerville Growing Center in Somerville, MA for a Benefit Concert to help promote the Center’s continued educational programs.
Then the weekend of the 20th we were in the Cape, Centerville to be exact at the annual Greek Festival.
Things have been progressing nicely for esthema. With the release of the CD, APART FROM THE REST we have sent it out for reviews and if you check out our shows page, you’ll see that we have booked our first gig in NY.
We will write again soon…PEACE.
APART FROM THE REST, Released
July 2007
APART FROM THE REST is now available for purchase at all of our gigs and on CDBaby.
Taking it Easy
June 2007
In June, esthema took it easy. We only had one gig booked at the Sky Bar in Somerville, MA. I have included some pictures courtesy of Erin Beasley.
The real work in June was done by our Art Director & Graphic/Web Designer Rebecca Fagan of fagandesign. She finished the CD artwork and prepared it for duplication.
Esthema sincerely thanks Rebecca for her artistic vision and work. The CD release is slotted for early July…
Mastering & More
May 2007
May was a crazy month for Esthema.
With four gigs taking us on a week long whirlwind tour of Somerville and Cambridge, we got to work on our live show and had a great time doing so. Check out some of the pictures we got at our All Asia show on May 7.
We have also included some live shots on our photos page.
In addition to our gigs, we finished mastering our first cd, apart from the rest at Squam Sound in Ashland, New Hampshire. Esthema would like to sincerely thank Randy Roos, for all his work and input in recording, mixing, and mastering. To listen to clips of the mastered tunes, visit our music page. For the full version of some of the tunes, go to http://www.myspace.com/esthemamusic.
Month End
April 2007
April 2007 was big month for Esthema. We played our first gig, which
went much better than we had anticipated. We’d like to thank everyone
for packing the Kirkland Cafe in Somerville. Take a look at a
few of the pictures below.
Your support was and is very much appreciated!!!
We also started and finished mixing what will be our first cd, apart from the rest. You can listen to a couple of more of the tunes on our music page and at www.myspace.com/esthemamusic. The goal is to have the cd mastered, pressed, and packaged by the end of May and make it available for purchase through CDBaby and iTunes. We’ll keep you posted.
Finally, Esthema has added gigs and will continue to do so to their schedule. Please visit www.myspace.com/esthemamusic or our shows page for the most up-to-date calendar. We sincerely hope to see you there.
See you soon…thank much!!!!
Music and More
april 2007
After a couple of more visits to Squam Sound, mixing has begun. On March 31 we finished the mixing on three tunes (consequence, for whom? for me…, and distance). You can experience excerpts of Esthema in the studio by visiting our music page or listen to the pieces in their entirety at www.myspace.com/esthemamusic. Our full-length cd, apart from the rest featuring six songs will be available sometime in late May, once mixing and mastering has been completed. The song list for the cd will be…
01 consequence
02 for whom? for me…
03 distance
04 erimos
05 finding my way
06 apart from the rest
Esthema has also booked their first gigs. Please visit our shows page for when and where you can see Esthema live.
We’d love to hear your feedback on the music. Thanks!!!
In The Studio
February 2007
On Saturday, February 24 we made our way up to Squam
Sound Studio in Ashland,
New Hampshire to start work on our demo and what will hopefully
amount to our first CD. We worked on six tunes all together, consequence,
distance, erimos, for whom? for me, finding my way, and apart from
the rest. While there, we took some picture to share the experience
with everybody. Keep a look out for more news about the CD (and
other things)…sound clips will be coming soon. Thanks.
For more pictures of our experience in the studio, go to our photo gallery.
