Hope 4 Autism, Jan. 15, 2011

Please join us on Saturday, January 15th at 8pm for a very special show featuring Howell's own budding star - Lauren Alm. Tickets are $10 and available at Brighton Tropi Tan, BT's Guitar shop in South Lyon, here at Lamocu and now on Event Brite http://wellperformancefaithmed.eventbrite.com/.

More later, until then keep your stick on the ice and Stay Tuned.

Performances @ The Well in January

January 15th, 2011 - The Hope For Autism Foundation

The Performances @ The Well series for 2011 kicks off on January 15, 2011 with a musical fundraiser for the Hope For Autism Foundation. The show will feature Lauren Alm from Howell and special guests. There will be certificates and coupon books to raffle and sell from our great sponsor Buffalo Wild Wings of Howell, a craft show in the afternoon leading up to the show and Tony's Hot Dogs will be handling concessions again for us. Show time is 8pm but there will be a charity craft show during the day in the Youth area up front. For more information on the craft show, interested parties may contact Ms. Sabrina Ramey, Marketing Mgr. of Lamocu Productions @ 1-517-294-9559.

Lauren is a great folk singer with original and cover material that will captivate and entertain any age group. Lauren is a Howell HS grad currently attending Specks Howard for audio engineering. This is truly a family show that everyone can enjoy and families is what this charity is all about---ensuring that children with Autism have structure and support as they enter their adult years.

For more information on Hope for Autism check out www.hopeforautismmi.com

Show's approaching...

With our November show of Performances @ The Well approaching I took some time off and went to the Open Mic at Memories last night. The Michigan Musician's Collective holds these Open Mic's on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at Memories as well as countless locations throughout southeastern Michigan. I always encourage performers to register at this site and begin networking with others. Some performers do and some don't, but all seem to say the same thing "there's no place to play". Well there is no excuse for that really. I mean some of the venues may be a drive and tough to do on weeknight but, I'm sitting at Memories with five other people and just that morning I heard a guitar picker moan "man I wish there was a place to jam".

I went to network myself and meet long time correspondent pal Bob Clarke who was running the show. To my delight I got to meet Kees Oosthoek the administrator of Michigan Musician's Collective site and it's founder. I told them both the work they are doing in fabulous and under appreciated. So from now on, when I get notice of an Open Mic, I'm going to post it here and follow up with my performers to see if they're taking advantage of it. Speaking of which...

there is an Open Mic tonight :

Time: November 16, 2010 at 7pm to December 27, 2011 at 11pm

Location: Billy's Tip'n Inn, White Lake, MI

Organized By: Phil Vigelius
Event Description:Open Mic jam hosted by Phill Vigelius.Equipment: PA, drums, keyboard, 1 bass amp , 1 guitar ampAll styles welcome

Tomorrow's Stray Dog session in Milford has been cancelled, set to resume the Wednesday after Thanksgiving.

Also, for those of you lucky enough to see KayLyn Pace at the Cystic Fibrosis show last month, she will be at Zukey Lake Tavern on the 26th. KayLyn will be warming up for Nashville recording star Justine Blazer. Get there early for a good seat, Zukey traditionally fills early on a Friday and even earlier when there's music---hope to see you there.

This Saturday's show marks the first time we have taken out a newspaper ad, one that will run this Wed., Thur., and Friday. There is the "possibility" though remote that they may do a feature on our work with this series, but no guarantee. Also we will be handing out commemorative candies from Oh My Lolli to mark this special occasion for us. This is THE season the help Gleaners so come out, rock your socks off and kick off the holiday season with us, Shadowglen and Lauren Alm.

Until tomorrow, keep your stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Performance at the Well 4/17/10

Greetings fellow musicians and music lovers! A week from this Saturday, April 17th we have a special edition of “Performances at The Well” we’d like to invite all of you to. The show will begin at 8pm, doors will open at 7pm and we guarantee a night of entertainment you won’t soon forget.

First comedian Susie 2295 will be performing and recording her first DVD there that night. We want to fill the place so admission is a mere $1 donation at the door! In addition to Susie you will be treated to the acoustic sounds of Miss Lauren Alm and Guy Robertson to open the festivities.

Now if you’re a performer yourself, this is where it gets real interesting. Guy hosts an Open Mic for the first part of the show which you could participate in if you register ahead of time (Lamocu 810-623-8131, ask for Al). But in addition to that, our photographer in residence will be doing promo shots for performers starting at $60 for a twenty minute session.

Come prepared in your performing garb, have some idea of the image you want to project and Karen will take care of the rest! Sessions will begin just before 7pm and go approximately until 10pm that evening. We’re saying $60 to start with since some performers requests may be more involved and require going outside, additional staging etc. Karen will work with you as much as time and your budget allows. But $60 is a great price for two shots that you will be able to use on everything from the web to t-shirts and never worry about quality, resolution or anything again.

Now if you’re just a music lover…$1 to see three local acts about to begin the ascent to fame and fortune is priceless. A bargain to see history in the making and you can say you “were there” and “I saw them when they were just starting out”.

Call Lamocu Productions to reserve your 20 min. session right now, spots are filling up. Call and reserve your space at 810-623-8131 or 810-433-1899 and ask for Al or Stavey right now.

Autism Interview Today!

Hello all. Today through Facebook I got this message from Marcy Hornsby-Mohr, our client for Saturday's show at The Well. Everyone here at Lamocu is excited about the show, featuring local favorites Lauren Alm, City Limit and Guy Robertson, so share this information with everyone you know.
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Marcy Hornsby-Mohr Today is the day ... the interview day that is. The radio interview that Lisa Follmer-Gagnon and I did for Hope for Autism Foundation will be aired on WHMI 93.5 Radio today during the news cast and then tomorrow morning. If you can, please tune in and hopefully you will catch the interview. We are so excited about it!

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After hearing this interview we know you'll want to help this cause...so come have some fun while you're doing it. Doors open at 7 tomorrow evening :)

Performance in The Well

This Saturday night at The Well we kick off our 2010 season, and we hope you make it. In addition to great entertainment and a great cause, the Autism Foundation has now provided FOOD! I mean we have concessions before (the basic pop, candy, chips) but The Hope For Autism Foundation is providing a hot dog stand with chips, pop and bottled water. Just another way for our featured charity to make money to be sure but, taking this initiative "really" enhances our show. There will also be a 50/50 drawing and partial proceeds of all the performer's merchandise (8x10's, DVD's) and ticket sales will be going to the foundation as well.

The Well is a fantastic place and everyone here at Lamocu and all the performers are very excited to be there. Tickets again are $10 with each paid admission getting the $5 food coupon good only at the Howell Buffalo Wild Wings! We're stretching your entertainment dollar AND making you feel good about doing it but helping this worthy cause.

All systems seem to be in place, though the next two days have plenty of final details to attend to. Pictured here is Lauren Alm, our headliner for the evening and with her will be her special guest Jessica Protetch. Our own Guy Robertson will be getting the evening started followed by the power trio from Pinckney, City Limit. If you haven't yet, check out the links to My Space for both Lauren and City Limit and see what the excitement is all about. Guy...well someday he'll have internet and a My Space site...until then we'll have to be content with his smiling mug shot...:)

Now here's some exciting news. Marcy Hornsby-Mohr, one of the driving forces of this foundation was interviewed about this show two days ago on WHMI. The interview will be played again Friday and Saturday on the air. For more information on the Hope For Autism Foundation go to http://www.hopeforautismmi.wordpress.com/ or you can email Marcy at marcy@yisagency.com

The Well is located at 7191 Grand River and doors open at 7pm! Feel free to call for details. Until then, may the force be with you, keep you stick on the ice and stay tuned.

Year Kicks Off!

This Saturday, January 23rd, kicks off our concerts at The Well. Each month we will be showcasing local talent of all genres while trying to raise money for worthy causes. This month the cause is The Hope For Autism Foundation. To learn more about what this fine group http://www.hopeforautismmi.wordpress.com/ ; or, email Marcy Hornsby-Mohr, one of the founders at marcy@yisagency.com .

Performing this Saturday is some great local talent. For starters, our MC for the evening is the one and only Guy Robertson. Guy in addition to being a personal friend, is also a veteran in the world of live performances & open mic's. Guy will be opening the show with some of his originals, some classic covers and support anyone willing to take the challenge of the "open mic".

Guy Robertson, here pictured on the left.

After this, Guy will be bring out some wonderful young, local talent to perform. First there will be the threesome, City Limit from Pinckney High School. You have seen and read about these young men before and with good cause. Only high school Juniors, yet they perform like seasoned veterans! They "wowed" the crowd at the "Rockin' 4 Gleaners" show back on November 21st and hope to have DVD from that show on sale this Saturday. In fact a portion from all merchandise and concessions sold this Saturday will be going towards our featured charity this month, The Hope For Autism Foundation, in addition to proceeds from ticket sales.

Then our featured performer, all the way from Howell, Michigan...another name you have read and heard about,(especially from us)... Lauren Alm!

Lauren will be performing with her special guest Jessica Protetch. It all promises to be a night to remember, so come join us. Doors open at 7pm, show starts promptly at 8. Tickets are still just $10 for all this entertainment AND you still get the $5 off food coupon for Buffalo Wild Wings and now, your money helps fund a most deserving cause as well. Where can you go and get this much entertainment and the good feeling you're helping others? No where that we know of, so come on down to the Well this Saturday and spend some time with us.

Got to go now. If you have any questions about this Saturday or how YOUR performer or YOUR fund raising group can be part of all this, drop us a line or give us a call. Until our next posting, stay tuned.

Enough already!

Been away for awhile, family issues seem to mount during the holidays. We hope that everyone out there is dealing with things in an effective manner. We try but fall short many times, I guess that's why they call us "human".

With Christmas a little over a week away...is anyone other than me tired of Tiger Woods? I'm not here to defend the man but EVERY day the media jumps on "another development". What other development can there be? He screwed up (no pun intended) and is paying the price (again, no pun intended) so let it be---I really don't care! People may say "well it keeps people's minds off their problems"; yeah well, the Holiday Season used to do that! Let's concentrate on the positive in the world if we need to be distracted. Better yet let's concentrate on being good to each other, since this is the only time of the year we seem to do it anyways. That's it for me, off my soap box about the media and Tiger. I chose this picture of Tiger to remind everyone of the "real" victims of this mess are.

Things are moving along at a pretty good clip for our shows in 2010. January 23rd at The Well will feature Lauren Alm, possibly a couple other bands, our emcee will be the talented Guy Robertson. The charity we will be working for is the Hope Autism Foundation. To follow the great work that Marcy and Lisa are doing, check out their blog at www.Hopeforautismmi.wordpress.com/ and it will give you something to think about instead of Tiger. Final details on this event are still coming in, the Foundation may have a dinner to accompany the show, so stay tuned.

On February 20th at The Well we will have a night of comedy featuring Trevor Smith and most, if not all of his group, "twentysomething,funnysomething". The charity we will be working for on that night will be the Pinckney High School Football program.

On our March 20th show we will probably return to music, but the performers and charity have yet to be determined, so stay tuned for that info as well.



On a personal note, my thanks to all our followers who showed support after the "anonymous" comment the other day. It makes you think, the whole point of expressing your opinion is so that others know where you stand on an issue. So the anonymous part is kind of pointless. It reminds of a story in the book "Hammer Of The Gods" (a bio of Led Zeppelin) where the manager wanted the writer on tour to print "someone said Led Zep was bigger than the Beatles". The writer said (and I'm paraphrasing) "fine, who said it?" The manager said "nobody said it yet, but I want you to SAY that somebody said it!" Needless to say...it never got printed that anyone said that. Anonymous quotes are worthless.









The other point that came to mind is why you would read something you don't like? Mickey Spillane, author of the Mike Hammer novels used to tell this story...now if you haven't read any Mike Hammer, there full of booze, bleach blonde's, and gun play. I know that and I've only read a couple of them! Well on more than one occasion Mr. Spillane said he had been confronted by individuals who couldn't wait to give him their opinion of his work. They called him sexist in his treatment of women, didn't like his story line etc etc and had read everyone of his books and wished he would write something good for a change. In each case Mr. Spillane would look them in the eye, smile and say (paraphrasing again) "but you read everyone of my books" and walked away. Point, set, match---see ya!



That's it for today. Dad feels up to Christmas shopping! The guys in the editing booth are driving me crazy with their Page vs. Clapton debate again! More later, until then thanks for reading along and stay tuned.

City Limit returns to InSights!

The high school trio City Limit returns to InSights on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Lamocu Productions is very proud to bring this band back, many things have changed since the last time they performed for us...we have a sponsor now, a professional emcee etc etc. and we feel this will be their best performance yet.

If you haven't seen these guys yet, don't miss this opportunity. To see more of them check out their myspace site, http://www.myspace.com/citylimitmi

Guy Robertson, the talented troubadour we've discovered recently, returns to begin his run as our musical emcee and we're excited to have him. Guy's wit adds a dimension to his musical talent that makes him a very special talent and person as well. Guy has had extensive experience running Open Mic nights and we're honored that he has joined our team.

This night promises to be one of our best shows. In addition to the $5 coupon you will receive for your paid admission, Buffalo Wild Wings now has given us coupon books with values over $50 for sale for only $10. It almost doesn't pay not to come our music nights at InSights.

In addition to all this, Lauren Alm will be one of the performers this Thursday at the debut of the Art Gallery at InSights. The Gallery will be held every first Thursday of the month and we think Lauren will become a regular fixture in this program. To see what Lauren has been up to, check out her myspace http://www.myspace.com/laurenalmacoustic

We too have a myspace now, http://www.myspace.com/alsmithlamocu check it out, it's still a work in progress but so far we like it. Of course the video editor down the hall is constantly talking about how HE could make it better, but those of you who know him know he's mostly talk---so I just tell him to go back in his hole and get back to work. lol

Well that's about it for now, more to come, thanks for reading along, 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.

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.

Aftermath!

Well, the show Saturday was EXCELLENT! You will notice that I didn't use the term awesome, possibly the most over-used word in the past decade, but the show was definitely excellent.

If you still haven't checked out the Partly Brothers or Lauren Alm, you've been doing yourself a disservice. At least twenty people left asking if and when these two acts were going to be back, they were going to tell their friends. So when it's scheduled the announcement will be loud and clear. As the representative of Lamocu Productions & The Guild of InSightful Sound I cannot thank Luti, Brian and Lauren enough. As I stated in an earlier post, after months of growing pains, we had reached Nirvana with this show!

This weekend coming up will be an off night for us at the InSights, but April 11th Lauren Alm will be headlining our show with special guest Will Springsteen and April 18th will be our second Variety Night show. April 25th is still coming together for an all comedy night, but nothing is set in stone yet so I will keep you all posted.

On the subject of our Rock and Roll Fantasy Bands, we had a suggestion to add the "special" musician for each band. What is a "special" musician? The harmonica player, the sax player or any other musician not typically associated with rock and roll music. They give that distinction to the band and some cases the band itself develops a distinction of it's own---can anyone say Chicago?

Well got to go for now, use your imagination and have fun with this. But definitely, positively, absolutely...check out the Partly Brothers and Lauren at their My Space sites. You will be a better person by the end of the day---guaranteed! Take care and stay tuned!

This Weekend! TGIF!!!!!!

Well the Fantasy Band rolls on but we have some major news to cover today. A little confused we haven't heard from anymore Clapton fans (Israel) or the David Gilmore followers (David) but I'm sure that we will...especially since I just called them out. lol

But onto the pressing news of the day. Tomorrow night the Mega Networking Event in Lansing has been cancelled so we should expect "even more" people at our show at InSights. And why not? It's going to be a GREAT show. Not only are the Partly Brothers going to be here, but Lauren Alm is warming up for them.

Now, with the cancellation of the Mega Networking Event, seats may be at a premium AND we have a special start time of 7:30! Doors will be open at 7pm, Lauren will start shortly after 7:30 and then the Partly Brothers will start at 8:30.

Tickets will be $10 for adults, $5 for children or students with a valid ID.

For those of you that have followed our Open Mic Nights since last June, we are close to Nirvana on this one---and no, not Kurt's band! Look up Nirvana and you'll know what I mean and then know this is a show you should NOT miss!

Got to run now, enjoy the day. Hope to see you all tomorrow and above all else, stay tuned.