Where I've been lately...

Updated January 1, 2017

How to sum up recent and not-so-recent events?

Briefly:

Major hip dislocations that led to major hip surgery,

finally got the Carpal Tunnel surgery taken care of too,

then I went back to college to obtain a degree.

It's kind of taken up a lot of my time. Played with an abortive

'bag-related thing that went nowhere much to my chagrin.

Then I joined this Pink Floyd tribute band for fun and money:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjSWRALWSag

We're available for parties!! Book us thru facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/ASBtribute/

Recent Activity - playing with SOMOS MYSTERIOSOS

In the latter half of 2014, I agreed to be temporary bassist for a band called

SOMOS MYSTERIOSOS, a three-piece hard rock/punk band consisting of

a wonderful drummer/singer by the name of Duley Toledo, and his excellent

guitarist, Anthony Solis. Here's a link to the video of the first gig I did with them.

I only had a week to learn the set, so it's a little rough, but the audience dug it.

Since then I've done a couple of other shows with them, and might do more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZW_gR0acbs&feature=youtu.be

Also, here's a couple of flyers I made for them for the shows:

TAO JONES videos!

I was in this band called TAO JONES with two great musicians, Karl Holder (guitar) and Chuck Standish (drums and vocals)

...if I had to describe the music, I'd call it "Progressive Power Pop".

For the first time, the only videos of a gig we did are now posted to YOUTUBE, for your enjoyment!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAUxdQYQJMrsuGz6Np45m-fG6plZo6bT-

PAPERBAG: Live at the Music Machine 1986

All the videos from this show are now uploaded to YOUTUBE. See them here:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FEB24D4103A675A&feature=mh_lolz

recent gig, upcoming gig, and video

Hey, I just did a gig backing up Sylvia Juncosa, alongside M. Segal, at the Redwood in downtown L.A.

We have another gig this coming weekend at a place called "El Corita" in Pasadena.

Here's the flyer, art by M. Segal:

A video of us playing Hendrix' "Manic Depression" is here:

http://www.facebook.com/george.radai/posts/476241252398651?notif_t=share_wall_create

Return of the Son of the Bride of...PAPERBAG:!!

Yes, Folks, unbeknownst to most everyone on the planet, the improvisational music entity known as PAPERBAG is not dead, has not died, and in fact is alive and well and living on the Internet for the time being, gathering strength, mustering fans, and preparing for a re-emergence into physical meat-space.

To that end, I and the other three members of this, dare I say it, "Legendary" band are quietly working behind the scenes to blow your mind with NEW in the sense of NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED old material. That's right, we've been tapping our extensive archive, just like we did to bring forth "AIRWAVE RITUALS", for yet more 'Bag stuff.

We recently were able to arrange the digitization of NINE 24-track reel-to-reel tapes into Pro Tools, yielding 4.5 hours of material, over 80 pieces of music that were improvised live at a studio called PERSPECTIVE, way back in 1986. Yes, that's NOT a typo; this stuff is really from that long ago, and even we had not heard it in over two decades.

What is most surprising is that this material sounds BADASS. It was from our most fruitfully creative period, and recorded in pristine conditions, and lovingly preserved all these years, and then finally painstakingly transferred to digital audio for posterity. Phew, am I glad of it, too!

To that end, we PB members have embarked on what we hope will be a new phase for the band. We think that recent interest in old SST bands, the new interest in so-called "jam bands" and the fact of our academic credibility as inventors of a viable, workable "THEORY OF IMPROVISATION" (yes, a real printed book about this is under construction already!) makes this a perfect time to reintroduce the masses to what we did and do.

Plus. technology has made this effort cheap and easy in a way it never was before--us broke-ass musicians can realize many of our fantastical dreams without laying out a penny these days! All Hail the Bit-Stream God!

1) PB has a new FACEBOOK presence at this page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paperbag-Improvisational-Music-Co/272676422806309

2) PB has a new REVERBNATION presence at this page: http://www.reverbnation.com/paperbagimprovisationalmusicco

3) PB will be SHARING select music choices from all our past releases on SOUNDCLOUD: http://soundcloud.com/paperbag-3 --as well as other music sharing sites to come

4) PB will publish a book on the THEORY mentioned above

5) PB will release a NEW CD of material culled from the PERSPECTIVE SESSIONS mentioned above, hopefully by Christmas 2012

6) PB will re-release a remixed/remastered CD release of "VICTIMLESS CRIME"--the legendary recording that got SST to sign us, in 2013

7) PB will re-release remixed/remastered versions of all FOUR of our albums over the next couple of years.

8) PB will be putting LIVE VIDEO of classic performances on our own YOUTUBE channel, coming this summer 2012.

9) PB will be posting M. Segal's amazing art-work in a new gallery collection for the first time ever.

10) PB will be COMING for your MIND, and we are HUNGRY!!!

From the Brixton's gig in March 2011, here's LEVELER doing Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yoFZBIj0yg

LeVeLeR gig @ Brixton's

It was a great gig, thanks go to those who made it possible, and kudos to SoCal StrgPlyr for the great photo of me!

Mellow-Trons gig @ Universal Bar & Grill

SIngularity is GRAMMY nominated!

The Robbie Krieger album. SINGULARITY, that I engineered a tune on, is now in the top ten Grammy nominees for "Best Pop Instrumental Album" of the year. I AM SO STOKED!!

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

NoTreble featured Bassist spotlight

THAT was easy--sent them my info, and now I am featured on the website's 'spotlight' page! Check it out here: http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/07/06/player-spotlight-george-radai/

Robbie Krieger solo album "SINGULARITY"

I'm now a Certified Pro Tools HD Operator

As of today, March 23rd 2010, I completed and passed my Digidesign 210M (for Music) exam

to get my Pro Tools HD 8 Operator Certification.

New Woody Moran songs I played on released!

Three new Pro Tools Certifications recieved

After much work and study I have passed the first three levels of Digidesign Pro Tools Certification, levels 101, 110, and 201.

When I pass the 210m and 210p I will be a Certified Operator for music and post-production!

Ray Bailey CD reviewed in Southland Blues Magazine

Check out the january issue still at newstands. There's a review of the album "Resurrection" that I worked on for Ray Bailey.

http://www.southlandblues.com/index.htm

Video: GR with LEVELER at Brixton's in Redondo Beach

This video clip, shot from a perspective over our drummer's head (nice do, Dean, btw...)

shows me playing with the great band LEVELER playing a tune called "Before the Silence is Golden"

at Brixton's club in Redondo Beach, where we had the chance to open for the

Adrian Belew Power Trio!

They were awesome, but IMHO, we were awesome-er. FYI, the lineup is Vince Martinez - guitar & vocal,

Dean McCall - drums, Matt Brown - keyboard & vocal, and GR on bass guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_0g3yE-ZA

Video Clip: GR & "LEVELER" at Brixton's playing "Revolver"

Here's another clip of LEVELER at Brixton's, this time playing a tune called

"Revolver" featuring Matt Brown on vocals. The tune is missing some of the ending, and it

has a strange slapback echo on the drums that make it sound a bit squirrely, but it is shot from the

front of the stage and we all look darn good in it, I must say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOLNVuO7Nb0

New Mixing Credit: Ray Bailey's "Resurrection"

Checkout the NEW GR TUNES page!

I have finally gotten a page together that provides

a retrospective of some of my musical work as a

side-man bassist and solo composer.

I hope you check it out and enjoy what you hear there.

Shut Up Marie on YouTube

Band to Band - cool website!

Gigs for February thru April 2009

Here's where and when:

I'll be at the Shores – 9pm -1 am on

Friday & Saturday February 27th & 28th

Friday & Saturday March 20th & 21st

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=the+shores,+oxnard&fb=1&view=text&latlng=17051462375163389316&dtab=0&ei=lqMTSaXaDoWINrW9uPgE&oi=&sa=X

I'll be at the Wine Lover's bar– 9pm -1 am on

Saturday February 14th

http://www.wineloversbar.com/

I'll be at O’Learys Pub – 9pm - 1am on

Friday February 20th

Friday March 13th

Friday April 10th

http://www.calendarlive.com/nightlife/76263,0,6518299.venue

what's been & what'll be soon...

It's almost 2009, there's gonna be a new Prez, and some cool events are afoot:

* The song I mixed for Robbie Krieger, tentatively titled "Leyenda" is done and in the can and will be featured on RK's next solo album, with a credit to me! I'm STOKED about it, mostly because not only is it a great piece of music, but it may be some of my best mix work to date. Infinite thanks to Brandino for the opportunity to work with a legend. As soon as this becomes available I will try to link to it.

* I've completed the gigs with the Ray Jay Band for this year, and they have asked me if I would continue with them next year, and even take on Friday night gigs...since Yours Truly needs $$ like everyone else, this possibility is strong. The band continues to wow audiences and this can only make us an even tighter unit.

* Don Medina, the excellent drummer for the Ray Jay Band, asked me if I would be interested in joining him, backing the future return engagements of former SST recording artist Sylvia Juncosa., which may occur in the spring and summer of '09. I said tentatively that I would do so, although filling the bass role of the departed but not forgotten Tom Shannon will not be easy. We'll see how this idea progresses, so stay tuned.

* I have ordered a new axe, from the maker of ERGO instruments, and this will be my first electric upright bass, or EUB for short. It should arrive by end of January and I can hardly wait--I haven't owned a bow-able instrument for a very long time and it will be very cool to play with such a mode of expressiveness again It wll also have EIGHT strings (!)--Heres a pic of what it might look like:

* Avid, the parent company of the one I work for, does a Holiday CD every year with submissions from employees, and only for internal release to employees--you can'r buy this disk commercially, sorry. This year's disk is entitled "december gurls." and it is testament to the amazing range of talented people I am privileged to work with on a daily basis. Anyway, I also submitted a piece for it, called "Carol of the (Bass) Bells," based on a popular holiday piece, but done with all bass guitars...the CD's cuts have also been posted (don't know for how long) online so you can hear my piece along with the other ones. It's pretty cool, if I do say so myself, and I invite you all to check it out here: http://www.doubtfulpalace.com/hcd2008/

* I also had an excellent opportunity to work with a great band you all should check out, called HAIVYN, I was called by David P., the lead guitarist of the band, and asked to re-master their recently finished album of songs. They had had another guy do the mastering already but didn't like the results. I knew of Haivyn because I had been a co-worker at MAGIX with a lady named Denise Starbird, who is the lead singer of the band. She is very talented (and dare I say, hot!) and I really liked the music and the approach, so I agreed to do the job for them. Turns out they were very happy with my work, and after hearing the pressed CD, I was too. There's a review online here: http://www.bigsmilemagazine.com/albumreviews.aspx#207  

Here's the cover art:

Their fine album is available through their myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/haivyn101) or from

NEW PAPERBAG RELEASE of AIRWAVE RITUALS available NOW!

...AND YOU CAN BUY IT NOW HERE:

http://www.gregsegal.com/paperbagairwave.htm

AIRWAVE RITUALS

has been digitally remixed and remastered from the original tracks

recorded as PAPERBAG's "by-proxy radio tour".

These tracks have never been made available to the general public,

but now you can get your very own copy.

Since I did the majority of the engineering on this release (with Kenny Ryman's invaluable help)

I feel qualified to say that IT IS THE BEST SOUNDING ALBUM WE HAVE EVER DONE,

mostly because our tools have improved tremendously, and we've had the luxury of taking all the time

we felt necessary to get this release right! We think you'll enjoy it a lot, and we're very excited to be able to get it out to our fans after all these years.

Thanks to Greg Segal for hosting the sales part of the album project on his excellent Phantom Airship site.

Meet Robbie!

I recently had a chance to work with Robbie Krieger (of the Doors) through my association with my colleague Brandino. Brandino and Mr. Krieger were collaborating on a composition ( I hope to post a link to it here soon) and I was asked to record some of the duet material at Brandino's home. I was very pleased to make the legendary Mr. Krieger's acquaintance and record him playing some wonderful flamenco-style guitar. He's very nice and not at all the "rock star" one might have expected. I hope to work with him again sometime.

Here's a picture of Mr Robbie Kreiger and yours truly:

Another Richie Haas Tribute Show

Saturday evening May 3rd at TAIX (http://www.taixfrench.com/) which is a great French restaurant that hosts the 321 lounge. I'm appearing with FREEHEAD and BAG:THEORY again, so come on down. 

TAIX is at 1911 north Sunset Blvd, close to Glendale Ave.

Friends of Richie Haas Memorial Show

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles lost one of it's finest local musicians, and one of its nicest people. Richie Haas, multi-instrumentalist and composer, was always a fixture on the music scene. He played bass, drums, vibraphone, and for all I know every other instrument, and had a fine and droll wit to go along with his prodigious musicality. I will miss his gentle and unassuming smile, and his creativitiy, and the support he always showed me and the bands I played with. He was a true gentleman and one could do far worse than emulate the example of his life.

There has been a memorial benefit organized in his honor, and here is the information for that event. I will be appearing with both Bag:Theory in a rare appearance, and I will be attempting to do justice to playing Richie's bass parts, subbing in his band FreeHead,

Celebrating the life and music of Richie Hass

Proceeds will be contributed to the International Myeloma Foundation

From 4:30pm to 11:00pm, in order of appearance

(in Club terms, which differs from reality)…

ChromoSphere with Marc Mylar

Poets Jack Brewer, S.A. Griffin and

THE LOFTY CANAANITES

With fellow improvisers Tony Fate & Vince Martinez

DOS with Mike Watt and Kira Roessler

 Jim Smith, M. Segal, George Radai 

DOORS OPEN AT 4pm $7.00 admission ALL AGES INFO: (213) 413-8200

Playin' the Blues...

Check out their MySpace page for gig details: http://www.myspace.com/therayjayband

Pics from Steamers with Building 7

The first gig with BUILDING 7 at Steamers was lots of fun. We were well recieved by those that attended, and even made some fans!

Here's a couple of snapshots from the show.

From L>R: Eduardo Poyart, David Robin, GR, Scott Heustis

GR laying it down...

(10/29) I've begun working with a new band, just named "Building 7" which is made up of Scott Heustis on guitar, Eduardo Poyart on keyboards(both fine musicians formerly of Instagon, Gizmo, Potion Box, and other bands) and the excellent David Robin on drums (formerly with Toyah Wilcox) -- we're playing a prog-rock breakfast at Steamer's in the south bay in a couple of weeks--should be fun. The music is prog-industrial-funk-jazz, if I had to classify it loosely, and pretty interesting and energetic.

PROGWEST 

Proudly Presents

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

10a.m Start

St e a m e r s j a z z

1 3 8 w. c o m m o n w e a l t h f u l l e r t o n, c a 9 2 8 3 2

714/ 871/ 8800  

http://www.steamerscafe.com

Directions

Exit HARBOR BLVD from the 91 freeway and travel NORTH approx one mile to COMMONWEALTH, turn LEFT. Steamers

Jazz Club and Cafe is mid-block on the south side of COMMONWEALTH between HARBOR and EUCLID in Fullerton.

Building7

is

Scott Heustis-Guitar (ex Gizmo)

Eduardo Poyart-Keyboards (ex Gizmo)

David Robin-Drums (ex Toyah)

George Radai-Bass (ex Death & Taxes)

(10/07) Some recent things: I did a cool gig with LEVELER (me, Vince Martinez on guitar, Dean McCall on drums) that was well-recieved. Check out some of those tunes here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=75299787

I've been doing some emgineering and mixing for a friend and client who is a Grammy-winning super jazz bassist named Brandino, and I will have some examples of mixes I have done for him here posted here soon. Check out his website at www.brandino.com

Greg Segal's Phantom Airship records has just released two more Cold Sky compilations. Cold Sky had a brief life back in the late 80's-early 90's, but did some slammin' prog-hard-rock jams and pop-ey songs, and there's some good bass work on there by me. The two forthcoming releases are called "In Process", and "The King of Illusion Variations."

Besides that, I began working on a three-album compilation that is the best of me...seems pretty self-indulgent, but what the heck. I've been doing this a long time, and I am proud of some of the work I have done with and for various artists, so I thought to collect it all and remaster the cuts, and it'll be called 'Dwellings Below".

Here's the artwork for the three front covers:

Also Kenny Ryman (of PaperBag and Points of Friction fame) and I have gotten all the basic work done for the remix and remaster of VICTIMLESS CRIME, which was PaperBag's infamous release that gained them the attention of SST Records, and got them signed. This will be a re-release with massively improved sound reproduction and it ought to knock some people's socks off!

HOMELESS MUSIC & ARTS NETWORK due to launch soon!

The members of PaperBag have created a multimedia production partnership which will become the center of a new movement in underground music, art, video, and writing. This is planned to become a true artist's collective, and will be open to all voices with something to say and no place yet to say it!

Tentative Launch Date is Summer 2006!!!

GIG, EVENT, & RELEASE SCHEDULE

I've been working on my first ever solo release, which I've titled "Low Hanging Fruits"...I hope to have this done and released by the end of 2008. I'm not going to say much about it here, except that it's been a lot of fun to make, and I think it will appeal to everybody, even folks who don't play the bass!