The Band and the Blog

Although the Unsmokable Brokes are only one aspect of this blog, they are a very important aspect and have been nice enough to cooperate with me on it. So, I figured I start off by explaining who they are and what they are doing a little bit...

First of all, they have a myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/theunsmokablebrokes), but it is not in the best condition at the moment. It is still worth checking out though, and I am trying to get them to update it a bit.

Anyway, here are the basics. They play what they describe as a mix of indie, blues, and folk music. I think this is an accurate enough description, but their music really is pretty unique. Their lead singer/songwriter, who shamelessly refers to himself as "falcon" on myspace, also plays rhythm guitar for most of their tracks. His name is Mike, and he is my brother, so if you think this results in a conflict in interest--you are probably right, but oh well.

The other long-standing member of the band is Will. He plays mostly electric guitar and has a knowledge of music that I would consider virtually unrivaled. I say virtually because of the music junkies out there like the Broke's sit-in drummer, Nick. Although the combined musical knowledge of these guys is impressive enough, they can play, too. They can really play.

The Unsmokable Brokes have been together since about the beginning of 2009. They have played shows at a few local venues and put together a few demos, but there is still a lot of work to be done. One of my goals with this blog is to chronicle this work as a way of making some sense out of the increasingly difficult process producing music is becoming.