Boston Band Crush‘s One Night Band 2010 is this Saturday, 8/21! Boston Band Crush, a Boston-based music blog, launched its first One Night Band in August of last year to great success.
The event is fashioned after the Rock Lottery, which had happened in Seattle and Denton, Texas. The idea: Take a bunch of local musicians, throw them into randomly selected groups, and give them a day to write music as a band.
It’s only fitting that Boston Band Crush, a blog highly reflective of the collaborative, social and fun elements of Boston music, should bring it home. "I loved the idea and wanted to bring it to Boston," says Ashley Willard of BBC. "I think the coolest thing is that it brings musicians together who wouldn’t normally cross paths."
BBC’s version features forty Boston musicians grouped into eight bands of five. They have about six hours to complete four songs – three originals and one cover. Then they hit the Middle East Downstairs in the evening to showcase their day’s work – the good, the bad, and, if last year is any indication, the improbably amazing.
As with last year’s, your ticket will not only grant you access to this incredible event, but it will also support Zumix, a local organization working for music education. "We were worried we wouldn’t draw enough to pay for the room," Willard reflects. "But we ended up almost selling it out and raising $1600 for Zumix." And if that isn’t enough of a bonus, if you’re one of the first three hundred one night fans to enter the Middle East Downstairs, you’ll get a gift bag full of local music cd’s, stickers, and other swag from bands all over the Boston music map.
Check out the official One Night Band website for a list of participants (complete with biographies) and more.
8pm / $10 adv, $12 door / 18+ unless with parent or guardian
– The Deli Staff