It’s been more than a year since Chachi unleashed Enjoy the View unto the planet. Now it’s time for something new! Join us May 21st at Dave’s on Broadway in Glendale to celebrate. Live music, drinks, and a new CD! Not bad for a Monday night, eh?

Dave’s on Broadway 708 E Broadway Glendale, CA 91205 (map)

After that… mastering.

Then finally, they’ll send it off to the CD duplication plant and upload it to iTunes and such.

Okay, some of you may have misunderstood my last post, declaring Chachi’s brand new album would be released “by the end of the year.” It [...]]]> Guess what? Chachi just finished recording their third album! Next up: mixing!

After that… mastering.

Then finally, they’ll send it off to the CD duplication plant and upload it to iTunes and such.

Okay, some of you may have misunderstood my last post, declaring Chachi’s brand new album would be released “by the end of the year.” It seemed obvious to me, but that means “by the end of the year 2012.”

I mean, come on.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here’s a sneak peek [...]]]> Good news: Chachi began recording tracks for a brand new album to be released by the end of the year. Randy flew out to Anoka, MN to catch up with Richard (who’s trying to get into yet another college) and managed to lay the groundwork for five new songs.

Here’s a sneak peek at two of them, performed live for the first time at Avant Garden espresso bar in Anoka.

To tide you over, here are a couple videos from [...]]]> Chachi took it easy this summer. Jennifer went back to Singapore. Richard’s working in Boston. Will and Randy are taking it easy in the meanwhile. But fear not; Chachi will be back with a new album by the end of the year.

To tide you over, here are a couple videos from Jennifer’s farewell party in July. Enjoy!

Jason’s last day was November 19th, so we’ve got an opening!

Influences include Pavement, Beatles, Pixies, Beck, Radiohead, and similar. We gig all around Southern California on a regular basis.

Bassist must be able to rehearse one night a week. Bassist must have their own equipment and transport. Most importantly, our new bassist must [...]]]> Dropping like flies…

Jason’s last day was November 19th, so we’ve got an opening!

Influences include Pavement, Beatles, Pixies, Beck, Radiohead, and similar. We gig all around Southern California on a regular basis.

Bassist must be able to rehearse one night a week.
Bassist must have their own equipment and transport.
Most importantly, our new bassist must enjoy CHACHI music.  You can download our tracks from iTunes or Amazon, or stream them from http://facebook.com/chachimusic

Interested? Email chachi@chachi.us to set up an audition!

Influences include Pavement, Beatles, Pixies, Beck, Radiohead, and similar. We gig all around Southern California on a regular basis.

Drummer must be able to rehearse one night a week. Drummer must have their own equipment and transport. Most importantly, our new drummer must enjoy CHACHI music.  [...]]]> Jennifer’s last day was October 31st, so we’ve got an opening!

Influences include Pavement, Beatles, Pixies, Beck, Radiohead, and similar. We gig all around Southern California on a regular basis.

Drummer must be able to rehearse one night a week.
Drummer must have their own equipment and transport.
Most importantly, our new drummer must enjoy CHACHI music.  You can download our tracks from iTunes or Amazon, or stream them from http://facebook.com/chachimusic

Interested? Email chachi@chachi.us to set up an audition!

Who needs a recording contract?  Nut us.  Who needs major label distribution? No one, not anymore.  Today we released our second album “Enjoy the View,”  another DIY production from start to finish.  Here’s how.

Recording took place in two locations.  Full drum set tracks were done at our rehearsal studio in Santa Fe Springs, everything else [...]]]>

Who needs a recording contract?  Nut us.  Who needs major label distribution? No one, not anymore.  Today we released our second album “Enjoy the View,”  another DIY production from start to finish.  Here’s how.

Recording took place in two locations.  Full drum set tracks were done at our rehearsal studio in Santa Fe Springs, everything else was done in my living room.

Performances were captured by a Presonus FireStudio Project, plugged into a Macbook Pro running Logic Pro 9.  I used Orange County Speaker’s GLS ES57 and ES58 mics (local equivalents to the famous SM57 and SM58).

Most of my lyrics and song ideas were written in Evernote, which kept everything in sync between devices.

Mixing and mastering was done on a big ol’ 27″  iMac (for obvious reasons) and monitored via KRK Rokit 5 speakers.

Online distribution was handled by TuneCore.  Our CDs were duplicated by Disc Makers.

Thinking about releasing your own record?  Then do it!  Anyone can nowadays.  In the meantime, pick up our new record, available NOW on iTunes!

Chachi will be the closing band! =D intimate accoustic set for our debut appearance in HOB! Join us in our pre-album launch party at VooDoo Lounge and You shall be Rewarded!!! 1st 20 people that mention “Chachi” at the door will get a sneak preview of the upcoming album! how awesome is that?? and of [...]]]>

Chachi will be the closing band! =D intimate accoustic set for our debut appearance in HOB! Join us in our pre-album launch party at VooDoo Lounge and You shall be Rewarded!!! 1st 20 people that mention “Chachi” at the door will get a sneak preview of the upcoming album! how awesome is that?? and of course, $10 cover! Good times guaranteed!!! Music starts at 8pm and we go on at 11pm!

Thank you to all our fans for your patience, due to much inactivity in gigging and web presence…. We have been working hard on getting the new album done and it will be released in September 2010!

We are finally on the verge of our second album release, this time recorded with our full [...]]]> That nagging reminder greeted me today when I logged into my TuneCore account.  It’s been well over a year since I released the first Chachi album to iTunes and Amazon, mostly self-produced with a little help from bandmate Richard.

We are finally on the verge of our second album release, this time recorded with our full band lineup: Jason Smith on bass, Jennifer Ng on drums, Will Bilton on keys, along with me and Rich.  This will be a completely different record than the first, a truly collaborative effort with some world-class musicians!

But a collaborative effort can be much more difficult to pull off.  Getting five different people from five different cities into a studio to record isn’t easy.  People get sick, people forget, people procrastinate (me), and people injure their feet.  But in the end, it will be worth it.

Expect to see our next album in time for our House of Blues Voodoo Lounge performance on August 20th (see the Gigs page for more details).