September 2010
4 posts
Sarah's Studio 20100918
Recording mostly complete. Album’s done; time to start mixing. First song of new Weezer album is Andrew W K, right?
Sarah's Studio 20100918
Vocals on “Meet the Gun”, cymbal work for “Get Along”.
Sarah's Studio 20100910
Bass for “Meet the Gun”. Dicey improv, but complete.
Sarah's Studio 20100910
Piano for “Meet the Gun”, learning a little about each other.
August 2010
1 post
Sarah's Studio 20100815
Piano and guitar on Mercedes Ball. Acoustic and electric on Real Wire.
July 2010
2 posts
Sarah's Studio 7/12/10
Vocals for “Lock and Load” and “Wooden Eye”. Now messin’ with “Get Along”; clapping and shakers and such…
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Rock Band Maker
Which Shakermaker songs should show up on Rock Band? We have the capability…
June 2010
1 post
Sarah's Studio, 6/6/2010
End guitar touch-up on “Just Avenue”, acoustic-vocals-bass for “FM Song”, vocal fail for “Mercedes Ball”, acoustic for “Wooden Eye”, extra cymbals for “Bear Child”. Productive session.
May 2010
3 posts
Sarah's Studio, 5/22/2010
Drums for “FM Song”, keys for “Just Avenue”, trombone fail.
Sarah's Studio 5/16/10
Back-up vocals for “Get Along” and “Just Avenue”. Guitar for “Mercedes Ball”. Video chat with Shakermaker-NY.
The complete Shakermaker catalog is now available... →
April 2010
5 posts
4/23/10, Sarah's Studio
Guitar/vocal takes for “Bear Child” in the books. “Get Along” up next…
Sarah's Studio 4/10
Double vocal take for “Get Along”.
Two acoustic tracks (Get Along, Just Avenue) and a vocal track today. Sounding good.
Expansion
Shakermaker’s dealing with conference expansion. Since 1/4 of the band now lives there, the SMC has grown to include Brooklyn.
Concerns about a reduction in quality of play are unfounded. If anything, the new growth will add some flavor to an otherwise healthy mix.
Work on our next album is well under way. Expect some tastes soon.
January 2010
1 post
September 2009
2 posts
July 2009
1 post
March 2009
2 posts
WatchNew video made by our friend Scott (@smilling) with footage from our last show at the Cave. The song is a new one called Get Along. Come see us play it for real for real this Friday at The Pinhook in Durham.
The Pinhook 3/20, 9pm
Shakermaker will be playing The Pinhook on Friday, March 20th with Birds & Arrows and Harmute. Show starts at 9pm.
January 2009
6 posts
WatchNew video for a new song called Video.
WXDU's top local releases of 2008 list →
Shakermaker checks in at #25.
Head’s up. Shakermaker’s rocking one of its favorite venues 2/20 10pm. You can see us live, or on that little closed circuit tv in the back. Your choice.
December 2008
1 post
November 2008
2 posts
September 2008
3 posts
Troika
Happy to be playing troika in Durham for the 3rd year runnin’. This year we’ll be at Broad St. Cafe on Thursday, Nov 6th with Sea Cow and Puritan Rodeo among others. http://www.troikamusicfestival.org/
“toss in some St. Pepper’s –isms on the terrific “Sunday...”
– Dagger
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“You get the feeling that you’re sitting on that fabled front porch listening to them bounce ideas off one another, and whatever you’re hearing might never be created again. It’s that freshness of technique, that novelty of invention, which they’ve somehow managed to capture.” - Brenda Paro
August 2008
7 posts
Practice tonight, first time in a while. And we’re going to record some new demos… can’t stop writing songs!
Playing tomorrow night at Nightlight in Chapel Hill. Show is at 10. Last show for awhile, so come on out! http://shakermaker.tumblr.com
live on wxdu
looking forward to playing live on WXDU Sunday. Listen in at 4pm on 88.7 fm in Durham or online here http://tinyurl.com/57m8lr
July 2008
2 posts
Shakermaker: Now available on iTunes →
June 2008
1 post
May 2008
3 posts
Summer shows
3 shows added to our schedule this summer. June 20th @ Jack Sprat in Chapel Hill with Gray Young and Birds & Arrows July 13th @ Cats Cradle for The Club is Open festival with IWTDI and Salvo Hunter July 16th @ Nightlight in Chapel Hill with Theodore and Birds & ArrowsMore coming soon… and if you’d like us to play somewhere near you. Let us know at shakermaker.music@gmail.com!
Early May news
The new shakermaker album is available on CD BABY. Soon it’ll be available for download via iTunes. We’ll keep you posted. Shakermaker was also #8 on WXDU’s charts last week. Very cool.
April 2008
9 posts
There's a show tonight kids!
It’s free. We’ll play our new album live. C’mon out!
“The Chapel Hill quartet creates indie pop tracks that wash over the listener and...”
– Daily Tar Heel, April 17th