May 11, 20232 yr Popular Post After years of talking about it I finally went ahead and built a stage in my backyard to host live music performances. I'm pretty fucking excited. I'm currently using Side Door Access to book touring musicians to come play in my backyard. Memorable shows in any space — Side Door (sidedooraccess.com) Some of you have seen pictures of my barage in the garage beer drinking thread. I kicked up to 11 and added the venue. I spent a great deal of time thinking of a great name and came up with Backyard at the Barage. I know, catchy, right? In the pictures you'll see wires running up the back and over the top. I have hops growing up them and will eventually have a living, green backdrop and ceiling. In the fall I plan on harvesting them and brewing beer. Backyard at the Barage | Vancouver WA | Facebook Anyway, I just wanted to come here so you bastards could shit on me and bring me back down to earth. If anyone is in the Portland area drop me a line. Would love to have a beer and listen to some music.
May 11, 20232 yr Author Just now, ChickenSandwich said: How much do you have to pay the neighbors? Will any of them turn the hose on you? I put my immediate neighbors on the guest list. Other folks from down the street are excited. So far, so good. We'll see after the first performance in June.
May 11, 20232 yr If you put some plexiglass walls up on that, it'd look exactly like a place where a serial killer keeps his victims for observation until it's time.
May 12, 20232 yr On 5/11/2023 at 12:45 PM, Nuge said: After years of talking about it I finally went ahead and built a stage in my backyard to host live music performances. I'm pretty fucking excited. I'm currently using Side Door Access to book touring musicians to come play in my backyard. Memorable shows in any space — Side Door (sidedooraccess.com) Some of you have seen pictures of my barage in the garage beer drinking thread. I kicked up to 11 and added the venue. I spent a great deal of time thinking of a great name and came up with Backyard at the Barage. I know, catchy, right? In the pictures you'll see wires running up the back and over the top. I have hops growing up them and will eventually have a living, green backdrop and ceiling. In the fall I plan on harvesting them and brewing beer. Backyard at the Barage | Vancouver WA | Facebook Anyway, I just wanted to come here so you bastards could shit on me and bring me back down to earth. If anyone is in the Portland area drop me a line. Would love to have a beer and listen to some music. Careful around it.
May 13, 20232 yr I’ve seen Adrian Belew perform In a more modest setting than that. Another name that came to mind was Dave Chapelle but you’d probably have to live in his neighborhood. Never hurts to ask, though.
May 13, 20232 yr On 5/11/2023 at 1:47 PM, Deej said: I have one. You need to hire a band that sidelines as a landscape crew.
May 13, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said: You need to hire a band that sidelines as a landscape crew. I hear enough Tejano from the neighbors.
June 22, 20232 yr Author First show is tomorrow night. The hops are coming along nicely. They've grown about 10'-12' in a month.Mike Vitale
June 22, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Nuge said: First show is tomorrow night. The hops are coming along nicely. They've grown about 10'-12' in a month. Mike Vitale Ragonk
June 26, 20232 yr Author The concert was awesome. Mike's videos and recordings don't do his voice justice. I had about 30 people there - hope to bump it up to 50 for future shows so the musicians can make more money.I printed posters and gave one to everyone (Fillmore style - just need to add apples) as they left.Put one up on my Barage wall, too.
August 21, 20232 yr Author I hosted Anna Katarina on August 12th. Very talented singer and musician. Beautiful inside and out.
August 21, 20232 yr Author Next is Branson Anderson on August 26th. I'm really excited to see him perform. I think he'll be very successful in the near future.
August 21, 20232 yr Missed this first time around. That is pretty cool. Gotta say that this crossed my mind when I saw the title.
August 21, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Nuge said: I hosted Anna Katarina on August 12th. Very talented singer and musician. Beautiful inside and out. That rug really ties the stage together.
August 22, 20232 yr 18 hours ago, Nuge said: I hosted Anna Katarina on August 12th. Very talented singer and musician. Beautiful inside and out. Did she freak out a bit when she realized you were the only one there and had locked the gate behind her?
August 22, 20232 yr Author 11 minutes ago, Deej said: Did she freak out a bit when she realized you were the only one there and had locked the gate behind her? She calmed right down after downing the cocktail I made for her...
August 22, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, Nuge said: She calmed right down after downing the cocktail I made for her...
August 22, 20232 yr On 5/12/2023 at 8:33 PM, Gil Bang said: You need to hire a band that sidelines as a landscape crew. You ought to see some of the shit front yards the guy's neighbors are rolling with. His stuff is in fine shape by comparison.
August 22, 20232 yr 39 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said: You ought to see some of the shit front yards the guy's neighbors are rolling with. His stuff is in fine shape by comparison.
August 22, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Celery Man said: how many screws were in her pickguard i can't quite tell There's a guitar in that picture?
August 22, 20232 yr how many screws were in her pickguard i can't quite tellBefore or after the cocktail?
August 22, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Celery Man said: how many screws were in her pickguard i can't quite tell Eight. Would bang, but the Tele would need to stay in its case.
August 23, 20232 yr Lol. Looked up the address. Yep, it's just a dude's backyard. Hell yeah, that's awesome... as long as I'm not a neighbor.
August 24, 20232 yr Author 18 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said: Lol. Looked up the address. Yep, it's just a dude's backyard. Hell yeah, that's awesome... as long as I'm not a neighbor. The neighbors are all invited and most show up. Kinda the point.
August 24, 20232 yr All fun and games until the new neighbor moves in and his stripper girlfriend has a monkey.
August 24, 20232 yr Author Stripper girlfriend would be asked to invite her girlfriends and leave the monkey at home.
August 28, 20232 yr Author Last night I hosted Branson Anderson. He was fantastic. I think he'll go places and I feel really fortunate to catch him at the beginning of his journey.
August 28, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, sidis said: Nuge, are you in Portland, Oregon? Yes Wanna come to a show?
August 28, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Nuge said: Yes Wanna come to a show? would love to. i have to be in portland, maine for something soon and just wanted to confirm that wouldn't be an opportunity.
August 28, 20232 yr Author Next concert is Saturday September 23rd. It'll be a triple bill. Hannah Glavor Ritchie Young Echo Onda
August 28, 20232 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Nuge said: Next concert is Saturday September 23rd September 23 Lineup (2).pdfUnavailable Damnit
September 25, 20232 yr Author So I had the last show of the season Saturday night. Ordinarily, the weather changes in Portland during mid-October from the fire season to the wet season. Well, guess what? It changed on Saturday. We went from 75 and sunny to 50 and rainy just in time for the concert. I put a waterproof shade sail on top of the stage and the patrons in the audience huddled under a pop-up shelter, umbrellas, and a big tree in the backyard. I had 3 amazing artists play and just loved every minute of it. Found out the headliner is the manager at several of my favorite venues in town. Guess who's on the guest list of any show I want to go to. It's me! Hurray! Hannah Glavor Ritchie Young As an added bonus my ex-girlfriend jumped on stage to play with Ritchie - she's the violinist. Echo Onda kicked off the evening
September 25, 20232 yr Author Popular Post This was a passion project for me and was a great success. I have a ton of artists reaching out to me to play on the stage. I'm still trying to build an audience and am only averaging 20-30 people. I'd like to get it up to 50 so the musicians can make some money. With everything getting to be so expensive its driving the artists and musicians further out of town. I'm just doing what I can to help.
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