Comedy Night Reminder!

Tomorrow night at InSights, Lamocu Productions is very pleased to present the improv troupe "Whatever You Call It" and headlining stand up, Jordan Jones!

Which leads us to ask..."Why would you go anywhere else?" Come support live entertainment in Brighton; come to laugh and forget your cares. There is no better value for your dollar around---$10 adults, $5 children.

"Whatever You Call It", Jordan Jones AND two surprise stand ups! Spread the word!

July 10th Luau at InSights!

The traditional Ladies Night at InSights, held every other month has been transformed into a full family event now. Several non profits will be on hand providing entertainment & games. There will be a "bouncy Twister" and an engine from the Brighton Fire Department for the kids as well. For more details contact InSights or us here at Lamocu.

Until later, stay tuned.

Comedy Open Mic at InSights!

Very excited about this Saturday. In addition to the great improv troupe "Whatever You Call It", we got a headliner stand up in Jordan Jones AND Jordan is bringing at least two other comics along with him! If you have not experienced an Open Mic at InSights yet, this is the night for you to break that bad habit.



Lamocu is celebrating it's first anniversary of doing Open Mic's at InSights and we are very proud of where we came from and anxiously looking toward the future. We hope to see all our friends at InSights this weekend to enjoy what we feel will be one of our finest shows to date.



Admission is $10 adults and $5 children. You can spend a lot more and get entertained a LOT less. That's all for now, stay tuned.

T-shirts & Open Mic

A Hero Falls is asking input from their fans on their tee shirt styles. Several advanced orders were placed last Saturday when the band was here at InSights, but that is just the tip of the iceberg as they say. Five Star Screenprinting is offering some fantastic packages that ALL performers should be looking at, check them out on Facebook for more information.

Last week Lamocu connected with Tarzan Marketing on items for performers to sell, everything from bumper stickers to guitar picks and we're scheduled to meet with them next Tuesday here at InSights.

Finally, Lauren Alm is this week's featured artist at our Open Mic night. Doors open at 7, show begins at 8. Tickets as always are $10 for adults, $5 for children. More later, stay tuned.

A Hero Falls returns to InSights!

A Hero Falls returns to InSights on June 6th! Lamocu Productions is very excited about this show and proud to be associated with these young people. Rarely do you see talent and personality go hand in hand, but such is the case here. I mean I loved Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple and Rainbow) a genius with the guitar but, also a known creep to work with. His temper was legendary and when he would lose his temper at a DP concert it would force the remaining members to work that much harder to put on a good show for the audience---I have the dvd to prove it. lol It is documented that you could "almost" make an entire band (except Lead Guitarist of course) out of the musicians he had fired from Rainbow. But such is not the case with these young people at all. They all have good heads on their shoulders and are a pleasure to be around. We at Lamocu have been very impressed not only their talent but with their personality, intelligence & professionalism.

If you think that you don't hear enough good news about young people, only the bad, you're in for a treat with A Hero Falls. It is hard rock make no mistake about it, but it is rock and roll that all ages can appreciate and enjoy. They are our "new" favorite around here and feel confident you will feel the same once you see them. Check out their link to MySpace or find them on Facebook.

Tickets for the show are $10 adults, $5 for children and students with ID. Doors for the 8pm show will open 7pm. Hope to see you all there, thanks and stay tuned.

This Just In!

This is a special day for us here at Lamocu Productions! Not only have we been blessed with partnering with some wonderful talent in that last few months such as Lauren Alm, Will Springsteen, Mr. Hyde & Uptown Sound (who have allowed US the privilage to represent them). Today we became the management for the Partly Brothers! For experienced professionals such as Luti and Brian to see value in our work is a great compliment. To experience more of the Partly Brothers please go to their MySpace site, www.myspace.com/partlybrothers and check out their cd "From The Start" from James Music.

"From The Start" cd's, autographed posters of Luti and Brian and merchandise from all the acts we represent will be available at concession stands at our events. Stay tuned for developments as they occur and thanks for following along.

A Hero Falls, tonight at InSights!

Well, tonight is the night. A Hero Falls comes to InSights. If you haven't gotten your ticket already, you can still get them at the door, still some good seats available.

Remember $10 for adults, $5 for children and students with ID.

There is no better entertainment value around, guaranteed. Hope to see you there. Until later, stay tuned.

Excitement!

Once again, this is very important...Tonight at Crazy Wisdom Tea Room it's The Partly Brothers (on left) from 8:30 to 10:30 and tomorrow night at InSights it will be A Hero Falls at 8pm.

The Crazy Wisdom Tea Room is located on Main St. in downtown Ann Arbor. InSights is located at 7187 Grand River in Brighton. Don't miss out on these shows!

Later, our Male Lead Singer for our Fantasy Band and a full calender for May to announce. So keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Catching up!

Whew, what a show! The second Variety Show was a huge success and we're still recovering from it. We can already feel the steam building up for next months which will be on May 16.

Southern Drive kicked things off Saturday night and we never looked back! Found new talent in Brandi Nicole and Jetty Rae, both from Ann Arbor as well as learned that the Springsteen family is just full of talent---not just Will! This Saturday will be our first "all comedy Open Mic Night" and we're gearing up for that right now.

As for our Fantasy Bands, we are heading into the home stretch this week with the category of Lead Singer(s). Now before we end up in hours of debate, we're going to do something similar to what we did with Lead Guitarists---allow you to have TWO; one female and one male. Now if you're set on your Lead Singer and don't have to cross genders, cool. But for some of us, myself included, we can't pick one sex over the other, so why bother? Like I said if you already have one you're in love with, stick with it and you don't have to consider the other gender at all.

Now where the debate really comes in is with female rock singers, WHEN did they first appear? Who was the first? Well, some of us are old enough to remember Motown and if you accept that as a part of the early days of rock and roll, then there is an assortment of female singers such as Diana Ross and Martha Reeves to choose inspiration from. Martha, was immortalized in the John Mellencamp anthem "Rockin' in the USA" for instance. The ladies have been here almost from the beginning, just sometimes not getting the exposure or airplay as their male counterparts, but here nonetheless.

Nowadays maybe Gwen Stefani comes to mind or you still might know who Stevie Nicks is. But I'm here to tell you rock and roll has gone through many changes over the years and the ladies we're part of it. In the seventies rock and roll had a mellow side to go along with the hard rock and singers like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon and even Linda Ronstadt were heard on the FM AOR (Album Oriented Rock) stations throughout America. Oh yes, there are people that deny it, but it happened. These are the same people who deny that America, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot and Seals & Croft were ever heard on rock stations---but they were so tell them to get over it!

But soft rock gave way to punk and then alternative so there are some who say female rock singing started with Deborah Harry of Blondie, Annie Lennox of The Eurythmics and Pat Benatar. Fair enough. Fleetwood Mac made international stars of Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks at about the same time so there was variety depending on what you're tastes were. The first all female rock band came about named The Runaways and gave us future hard rockers Lita Ford and Joan Jett. Then came Vixen and...well let's just say there is a lot of ground to cover so don't limit yourselves. So there you have it, pick up to two Lead Singers, one male and one female and tell us WHY.

There will be more postings this week concerning the Comedy Open Mic Night and A Hero Falls on May 2. Until then, stay tuned.

Weekend Recap!

Well Will Springsteen was excellent, as expected. For those of you who missed Will, he will be performing this Saturday at the Variety Show at InSights. Doors open at 7, show will begin promptly at 8pm.

Will performed a number of originals as well as cover tunes ranging from Gordon Lightfoot to Bob Dylan. And Emily Springsteen...what a find she was. Overall the best entertainment value for all of mid-Michigan was here at InSights this past Saturday night. People may have spent more, but they got a LOT less.

Now let's move on to our Fantasy Band. We're heading into the home stretch so lets not waste anymore time here. For our "extra" musician, we thought we would get some horn sections mentioned, you know, Tower of Power, Muscle Shoals something like that. Or maybe Jean Luc Ponty on electric violin or Magic Dick on harmonica, but the interest wasn't there, EVEN by the people who suggested the category! Got to be honest, the feedback on this category was the lowest of any band member, so let's move on.

Lamocu's extra musician has been no brainer all along...we played the sax and we love the sax. Long before I knew of Clarence in the E Street Band I had discovered Tom Scott doing solo on Carole King's "Jazzman" and that really caught my eye/ear on what a horn could do for rock and roll. Also, I'll be honest, I was a late bloomer with Chicago---love them, just wasn't there in the beginning with them. Then there's the mention of sax in Steely Dan's haunting "Deacon Blues". All of this comes to a climax with a local connection for us...Bob Seger. Yes our local hero (along with Ted and Alice) so that brings us to our choice for extra musician, it can be no other than Alto Reed!

LAMOCU PRODUCTIONS FANTASY BAND

Bass Player- Joe Bouchard, Blue Oyster Cult

Keyboardist- Keith Emerson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Drummer- Neil Peart, Rush

Lead Guitarists- Gary Richrath, REO Speedwagon & Pete Townsend, The Who

Extra Musician- Alto Reed, Bob Seger

Catching our breath!

Recovering from Ladies Night at InSights on Friday the 13th AND Open Mic on Saturday the 14th! Whew! Intense weekend but well worth it. Ladies Night had over 200 participants, not counting vendors which topped 40. These functions just seem to keep getting better and better every time. But as the saying goes, "no rest for the wicked" we had to jump right back into the fire with our biggest Open Mic yet, 8 bands and one comedian. A phenominal night of entertaiment.

But we must bring closure to those events and focus on the future. And the future is here NOW! This Saturday Ms. Charlene Berry will be here first to give backround music to David Haslem's presentation on the Apollo 9 space mission; then she will grace us with a full fledge concert with her dulcimer. Ms. Berry has played all over North America including Carnegie Hall and hosts Dulcimer World on WPON AM 1460 every Friday evening from 7-8pm. For more informaton on Ms. Berry, please consult her web site www.dulcimerworld.com/

This evening promises to be a unique experience for the entire family so please join us. Tickets will be $10 for adults, $5 for children and students w/ a valid ID.

That's all for now, look for more postings this week as we prepare for the Partly Brothers on March 28th www.myspace.com/partlybrothers with special guest Lauren Alm. And we remind everyone that the Fantasy Band heads into Lead Guitarist week. And remember folks, you can pick 2 Lead Guitarists!

Take care, stay warm, keep your stick on the ice and above all, stay tuned!

Final Lineup For Tomorrow's Open Mic!

The Line Up and Estimated Performance Times:

Surronded Is The Prey-5:30-6:00
Channels Red-6:10-6:40
Premonitions of a Burial-6:50-7:20
Leviathan-7:30-8:00
Our Endeavor-8:10-8:40
The Path We Tread-8:50-9:20
Siren The Escape-9:30-10:00
Algore-10:10-10:40

Then our finale...Susie 2295! We've heard some her routine and it will be worth the wait. We're even keeping the place open past 11pm for her!

Door open at 5pm, tickets are $10. Be there to see the future of music and comedy!
More later so STAY TUNED...

2 Major Postings Today!

Whew! What a day for Lamocu Productions and The InSights Group! Two major premieres created one unforgettable experience.

Starting with the debut of The Brighton Gallery "at InSights" at 4 and Ms. Tracey Vitkay did an a wonderful job. Attendance was what one might expect for a first time event but traffic picked up as we got closer to the concert. As roadies and entourages made their way into our facility, discussions about the works in the gallery became a common occurrence. Tracey was at her best not only talking about her own work but also outlining her program for aspiring artists. And here's the kicker, listen to this program...

YOU MUST SHARE THIS WITH EVERY ART TEACHER YOU KNOW.

From now until March 14th, we will be accepting portfolios from students to have their work displayed at the Brighton Gallery "at InSights". Ms. Vitkay will review the submissions, offer counsel to the students, and display the best of their work. How cool is this? Your answer "should be" very cool, extremely cool, awesome cool, astronomically cool or all of the above.

When the show began (which of course was Excellent. Thank you Tom Harris) we decided we would do little "brought to you by" segments throughout the show for sponsors. First "brought to you by" was ...(wait for it) The Gallery "at InSights" and Tracey did the announcement. After outlining her program the crowd of over a hundred (85 paid, performers, roadies & entourages included) gave her an enthusiastic ovation! There are not enough variations of "cool" and "excellent" to describe that scene, except to say it gave you goose bumps.

Then there was the show itself. The Saline Community Television Network was on hand capturing the event to do a pilot for proposed television show. It is our hope that this event will turn into a local variation of Prairie Home Companion or possibly a local version of Austin City Limits---or both! The working name for at least one of these projects will be The Guild of InSightful Sounds, coming to you from The InSights Group in Brighton. The producers of course will be us, I mean that "almost" goes without saying doesn't it?

Our audio producer Billy Paul, while accumulating release forms from the artist, also had them fill out an information sheet for our data base. All of the artists when learning what we were proposing to do expressed interest in returning. We had a wealth of talent here at InSights this past Saturday and all of them are interested in taking their careers to the next level. That's all for this installment I guess, as things develop we will keep you posted.

We have a lot to do this week so be on the look out for our third installment of Fantasy Band coming up next. Again we want to thank all the feedback we have received on this. Some great comments left on the blog, some spirited emails and even some threatening phone calls...but all in good fun! Remember we have done Bassists and Keyboardists already, this week...Drummers.

Valentine's Day Recap

Here is the first official promotional picture of City Limit. Taken by Jon Curtis Photography before the went on stage Saturday night. We had an EXCELLENT night of entertainment! The warm up band Pick Your Poison started the show and though they only played for a half an hour, everyone was very impressed with these young men. The make up of Pick Your Poison is this: Brandon Lacurse on Bass, Anthony Dachaviz on Drums, Nick Mihelay on Guitar and Mike Tinsley on Vocals. Our entire staff and management was extremely impressed with not only their musical ability but also their professionalism, maturity and committment to their craft. And like City Limit, they're still in high school. A bodacious EXCELLENT to Pick Your Poison! "Party on Garth." "Party on Wayne."

But Pick Your Poison was "just" the beginning. Then came the one and only Lauren Alm. Any show is better with Lauren involved and like we've said before, what a classy move of hers to volunteer to open for City Limit. Many of you may remember City Limit opened for Lauren just a few short months ago. While Pick Your Poison jammed Lauren and City Limit met with many members of the "dream team" assembled here to discuss marketing items and opportunities. Lauren of course was great, but that goes without saying.

Next was our headliner, City Limit. And they put on a great show. Performing for almost two hours they had the crowd jumping and screaming throughout the night. With their first promo picture done, marketing their talents will begin and I guarantee you will be seeing and hearing more of them in the near future. And did I mention that all three of these guys, Garret, Joe and Zach are only sophomores in high school? Well I did now. Watch here for further developments with these guys.

Tomorrow we'll discuss upcoming events, two big ones on the 28th of this month. One being the Variety Show I have been alluding to AND the debut of THE BRIGHTON GALLERY "At InSights". Until then, stay tuned.