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Play onstage with the Rocket Summer

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 10/5/09 @ 11:00 AM - altpress.com

The Rocket Summer are looking for musicians who play unique instruments to join them onstage during dates of their fall tour. One musician in each city will be chosen to play the saxophone solo in "So Much Love" on his or her instrument. A bulletin sent from the band's MySpace explains: "If you play a unique musical instrument, meaning everything and in-between from the brass family (horns such as trumpets, tubas, trombone, euphoniums etc) to the woodwind family (Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, etc) to the string family (violin, viola, banjo, mandolin, ukulele) or even instruments such as bag pipe, the harmonica, the accordion and more.

Here's how:
1. Learn the solo on your instrument (does not have to be exact, just preferably close, however, if not close, just impressive!)
2. Make a video on youtube.
3. Send us a link of the video to RocketSummerSolo@gmail.com with your Name, Instrument, City of show and Date of show in the subject.
4. If your audition wins for your city, you get to come and play the solo on stage during So Much Love!
5. For those that don't win, you will still be thanked and your names will be mentioned at your city's show!"

Dates for the tour are as follows:
10/27 - The Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
10/28 - Peoples Court - Des Moines, IA
10/29 - Staion 4 - St. Paul, MN
10/30 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
10/31 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
11/01 - Pops - Sauget, IL
11/03 - Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI
11/04 - Clutch Cargo's - Pontiac, MI
11/05 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH
11/07 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
11/08 - Diesel - Pittsburgh, PA
11/09 - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
11/11 - The Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
11/12 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
11/13 - Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA
11/14 - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
11/15 - House of Blues - Boston, MA
11/18 - Green Street Club - Greensboro, NC
11/19 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/20 - State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL
11/21 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/22 - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/24 - New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN
11/26 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
11/27 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
11/28 - The Meridian - Houston, TX
12/01 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ
12/02 - Soma - San Diego, CA
12/03 - Avalon - Hollywood, CA
12/04 - The Grand Ballroom at The Regency - San Francisco, CA
12/05 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA