This coming Tuesday February 3, Troy High School in Fullerton, Ca will be holding a Battle of the Bands at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton, 201 E Chapman Ave Fullerton, CA 92832 (714) 626-3890. The show starts at 6:30pm is an all ages event and the ticket cost is $10 at door. Special performance by Dramarama.

Dramarama will be judging the contest as well as playing a few tunes.
Hothouse Studios is sponsoring the prizes for the event.

First Place Prize: Music video of the band.
First Runner Up: Audio recording.
Second Runner Up: 2 free hours of rehearsal time at Hothouse Studios in Santa Fe Springs, Ca.

All proceeds benefit the Troy Special Ed. Department. Troy High School is the alma mater of Social Distortion and what great group will emerge from this years Battle of the Bands is anyone’s guess. Come on down to the show and take a look for yourself.

Why is Hothouse sponsoring a high school event? First, Hothouse Rehearsal Studios supports education for our young people and especially the great work being done at Troy. Secondly, Hothouse Studios was established to help our local talent achieve their goals.

Troy High is well known for being one of the top 30 High Schools in the country, as well as having the #1 computer science program in the world, yes, the world. What is less known is that Troy has a stellar, absolutely second-to-none Special Education Department. The teachers, staff, and administrators not only do what they can to help make high school the rewarding academic experience it should be, but they also give an enormous amount of their hearts and time to help give the students in the Special Ed program many social and recreational opportunities–dances, parties, camping trips, Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, trips to San Diego things that typical high school kids take for granted.

In the past, the department was able to raise their own funds to pay for these adventures so that there was zero or minimal cost to students–many of whom are in foster care or group homes and would otherwise be unable to attend–but the rules have changed and they are no longer able to raise these funds themselves. The Troy ASB has graciously agreed to give the proceeds from the Battle of the Bands to the Special ED Dept.

If you are at all able, please come out and give your support.

What: Troy High School Battle of the Bands
Special performance by Dramarama
When: Tuesday February 3, 2009 at 6:30pm
Where: Plummer Auditorium
201 E Chapman Ave Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 626-3890
Cost: $10 at the door.

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Our good friend and fellow Hothouse brother John Easdale has generously donated two tickets to go see his band Dramarama perform all their hits at the House of Blues in Anaheim on August 29, 2008.  It’s going to be a great show with Real Life and When in Rome rounding out the line up.

One lucky subscriber to the Hot Sheet will win the tickets.  If you’re not already a subscriber to the Hot Sheet, go to www.hothousestudios.com and sign up now.  It’s free.

Did you see Dramarama on the Ellen De Generes show today?  If you did, you saw them give Ellen a million dollar performance of “Anything Anything (I’ll Give You)”.  Mark, Pete, Mike and Tony were cranking out the music and John gave a spectacular vocal performance.  His voice was so clear and strong.  While I was watching I could feel the power and the energy of the song being transmitted through my TV.  I can image what the live audience felt.  They must have been blown away.  Maybe a friend recorded it or you can find it on the net, but you’ve got to see this performance. 

Birthdays in Music 
Who do you share B-days with? 
January 24, 2008

• Aaron Neville, American soul music vocalist with The Neville Brothers, turns 67.
• Neil Diamond, American singer and songwriter, turns 67.
• Bobby Scott, American pianist and vocalist, turns 71.
• Ray Stevens, (born Harold Ray Ragsdale) American singer-songwriter, turns 69.
• Becky Hobbs, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 58.
• Pat “Sleepy” Brown, American R&B singer and record producer with Society of Soul, turns 38.
• Zeke Carey, American doo wop vocalist with The Flamingos, turns 75.
• Bob Degen, American jazz pianist, turns 64.
• Calvin Goldspink, Brit bubblegum pop singer of S Club 8 fame, turns 19.
• John Myung, American bassist with Dream Theater, turns 41.
• Marcus Printup, American trumpeter, turns 41.
• Tatyana Ali, (born Tatyana Marisol Ali) American actress and singer, turns 29.
• Lennie McBrowne, American drummer, turns 75.
• Paul Marazzi, Brit vocalist with A1, turns 33.
• Keech Rainwater, American drummer of Lonestar fame, turns 45.
• Jools Holland, Brit keyboardist with Squeeze, turns 50.
• Warren Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 07, 2003), American singer, songwriter, and pianist with The Everly Brothers, would have turned 61 this year.
• John Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 05, 1982), American actor and singer with The Blues Brothers, would have turned 59 this year.

Happy Birthday to everyone born today, January 24th.  

Why are bands using Hothouse Rehearsal?  Here’s what they’re telling us.  “The equipment always works”.  “Has the cleanest bathrooms I’ve ever seen in a rehearsal studio”.  “The staff is super attentive.”  “Best sounding and maintained rehearsal rooms.”  But mostly they say it’s because the “Hothouse cares about the artist and their rehearsal”.  You owe it to your band to come tour the hothouse facility and find out for yourself.