June 28, 2009
SUMMER TOUR 2009
July 2nd – House Show – Clinton, MS 7:30PM
July 3rd – Sneaky Bean – Jackson, MS 7PM
July 4th – Old House Depot – Jackson, MS 4PM
July 5th- Vino’s – Little Rock, AR – 5PM
July 6th – Shades of Brown Coffee- Tulsa, OK 8PM
July 7th – Kirby’s Beer Store – Wichita, KS – 9:30PM
July 8th – Meadowlark – Denver, CO – 8PM
July 11th – Burnt Toast – Boulder, CO – 8PM
July 14th – Coffee Muggers – Grand Junction, CO 6PM
July 15th- The Woodshed- Salt Lake, UT – 8PM
July 17th -Tully’s BODO – Boise, ID – 6PM
July 18th – Mulley’s Mountain Coffee – Idaho City, ID 10AM
July 25th- Modern Hotel and Bar – Boise, ID 7PM
July 28th – Terrapin Station- Boise, ID 10PM
July 30th – Alive After the Grind – McCall, ID 5PM
August 1st – Empyrean Coffee – Spokane, WA
August 2nd – TBA- Yakima, WA -7PM
August 4th- Mississippi Pizza Pub – Portland OR 6PM
August 14th- Muddy Waters – Portland, OR – 8PM
August 15th- Tony Fest 3 – Southworth, WA- 2PM
August 15th- Chai House- Seattle, WA – 8PM
June 6, 2009
Hitting the Road
I’ll be out on the road for July and August this summer. If you would like me to make a stop in your town let me know. I’m interested in playing house shows or any venue’s you would recommend and could help set a show up at. I’ll be playing by myself armed with an acoustic guitar and new songs from 2 upcoming records.
contact me for this or anything else music related at : johnny.bertram@gmail.com
June 6, 2009
Sing Your Song (EP)
Release Date: August 11th 2009
Track list:
1. Sing Your Song
2. Lonesome Road
3. Turned a Page
4. Many Men
5. Take You Down
6. What I Do
7. Sing Your Song (Spirituals remix)
I’ll be selling copies at all of my upcoming shows in June, July, and August.
Johnny
October 20, 2008
We’ve been in the studio pretty steadily for over a month now working on the new album. We narrowed the 34 songs down to 16. Its looking like we may try to release an EP by Christmas and then have the full length out sometime next year. Im excited to share these new (and some old) songs with everybody.
The studio can be a rough place, all your weakness’s are laid bare and things don’t always go as you plan but thats also the fun of it. Andrew Best (Synthar) is still in town and together we are working our way through the process, desperately trying to leave no melody undiscovered. Tyler has laid down most of his drum parts and they sound fantastic.Luke has been in the studio adding his flavor to the tunes. Matt Basinger lended some electric guitar goodness to a few songs while in town from NYC. This week Jamie Weems (Wooden Finger, the Scramblers etc) will be coming in to play on a few tunes. exciting times for us especially with fall weather finally rolling into the south
johnny
September 16, 2008
Recording Blog: The Birth of an Album
Post #1
Greetings from Studio 3! We are over a week into recording our new album.
The Cast thus far:
Andrew Best- (Seattle Washington) Member of the band SYNTHAR and producer extraordinaire. Andrew is running the computer, checking levels, and making everything sound much better than it really is. So far, he has masterfully played the bass guitar and the accordion.
Luke Bertram (Boise Idaho) Luke has journeyed back to Jackson to be a part of the madness. As I write he is recoding acoustic guitar with Andrew for the song “Many Men.” Luke will be playing bass, flute, guitar, 8 bit, and more.
Tyler Tadlock (Pearl Mississippi) The lone magnolia state native to play so far, Mr. T is a man with rhythm. Tyler has and will continue to lay it down on the drums like an animal. Tyler is a jazz trained drummer who’s other projects include Tyler Tadlock and the Spirituals, Monticello, and The Stop and Go Duo. Not to mention his upcoming project with his gal, Shelby Sifers.
Johnny Bertram (Boise, Portland, Jackson MS) I’ve been playing music under my own name for a few years now. I’m also in the synth-pop band known as SYNTHAR. We are recording songs I have written over the last few years. Upon starting the album we realized that we had 32 to choose from. I play whatever Andrew tells me to.
Here’s what’s been going down so far.
We almost completely tracked a song called “Where I Begin.” “Lonesome Road” is making a comeback, fresh and cleaner than ever.
We spent most of yesterday watching Tyler nail down 3 songs’ worth of drums and auxiliary percussion. Those songs are: “Many Men,” “Fortification,” and “The Year 20 OH 5.”
Today we’ve been laying down guitar for Many Men. After 35 takes we’re pretty sure that we have a keeper in there somewhere.
We don’t yet know what the album will be called or what we will call ourselves, but keep your eyes and ears peeled for The Golden Bicycles. Or possibly Grapefruit Bicep.
June 30, 2008
3 SHOW’s in July
Hi folks,
its been a while but I’m still here and writing songs. Have a few shows to let you know about.
New Johnny Bertram album is in the works stay tuned for info.
I’ve been playing live with a band for the first time which has been a blast. My brother Luke and friend Andrew have been playing bass and the amazing Tyler Tadlock has been playing drums, some synth, and singing.
If you’re in the south check out one of the upcoming shows.
Martin’s July 3rd 10PM
Jackson, MS
w/Monticello
One to One Studios
July 14th 8PM
Jackson, MS
w/ Wooden Finger, Shelby Siffers and more!
Martin’s July 18th 10PM
Jackson, MS
w/ Roosevelt Noise
January 16, 2008
News News
With the help of my friend Drew I’ve posted my first two albums for free download. I hope you enjoy them and please feel free to tell your friends about them.
Ive been busy writing new songs for the next album, though it is unclear what name that will be under. Stay tuned here for more updates and don’t forget to check out SYNTHAR @ www.synthar.com and myspace.com/synthar
thanks for listening,
johnny
November 29, 2007
SYNTHAR
SYNTHAR’s “Evenings and Weekends” is now available!
You can download or purchase it at synthar.com on the “shop” page
or at our myspace page
myspace.com/synthar
hope everyone gets a chance to hear this album. we hand silk screened all of the album art work here at studio 3. We only have 150 of these unique albums left so get one while you still can.
johnny
p.s. new johnny bertram album in 2008!
