2/6/10 - Reminder to Sat/Sun students - no lessons this weekend - be safe in the snow!

2/2/10 - After a nice break I will be doing some live shows again - will be at the Philadelphia Tavern Saturday March 6 at 9:30, with acoustic and electric guitars and bunches of new tunes...the 32" video monitor in the studio has now been integrated into the computer/recording system so we now have a true tri-monitor rig...Have added a nice active Ibanez bass to the guitar rack...Love to all, see you at the Philly!

12/4 - Hope to see everyone at Carmello's for an acoustic night this Saturday 12/5 @ 7:00; this will be the last acoustic show this year - come and hide from the nasty weather in the cozy bar...rehearsing with Muddy Vesture this week for the Dec. 12 performance at Westminster School in Annandale (invitation-only event)...I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season.

11/19/09 - Join us for an acoustic evening at Carmello's this Saturday Nov.21 @7:30 - hope to see old friends and new...Writing a little piano piece for Airline Tariff Publishing Co...Now on Facebook, come say hi...See videos from recent shows on YouTube, just type my name in the search box...More soon!

10/19/09 - Hope to see you at the Philadelphia Tavern Saturday night (10-24)for a solo acoustic/electric show 9:00-12:00...Adding Mondays at the Manassas Music and Arts Center store to the guitar teaching schedule. Call 703-361-0149 to reserve your time now...Have added a beautiful ash/maple Fender 70's Reissue Stratocaster to the guitar rack, and we're adding 1.5 terabytes of additional disk drive storage to the computer rig...recording new rock tunes for new album next year...more soon

10/7...Hope to see old friends and new at Carmello's for an acoustic gig in the "lounge" this Saturday 10/10 at 7:30. See the entry below for the complete current gig schedule...DJ'd my brother-in-law's wedding last weekend, what a blast, best wishes to the happy couple...more news soon

9/10/09... It was great to see everyone at Carmello's/Okras on Saturday night; was nice to play outside, and what a great crowd! We've added another show at The Philly Tavern for October, and Muddy Vesture will reform for a private show in Annandale in December. The full schedule is listed below.

10/10 - Carmello's in the lounge

10/16 - Private event (Haymarket)

10/24 - Philadelphia Tavern

11/21 - Carmello's in the lounge

12/5 - Carmello's in the lounge

12/12 - Westminster School (Annandale) with Muddy Vesture Band (private event)

8-25-09...Had a great time playing at the Philadelphia Tavern in Manassas, stay tuned for future shows there...The next acoustic gig will be Saturday Sept.5 ; I'll be playing outside on the patio at Carmello's/Okras in Manassas (the two places are across the street from each other - I'll be playing on the Okras side but you can see/hear from either place). Hope to see you there!

8-1-09...Come on out to the historic Philadelphia Tavern in Manassas next Saturday Aug. 8th. 9:00 pm for an acoustic/electric solo gig...Returning to Carmello's for a Sept. 5 acoustic show...hope you're having a great summer!

6/30/09 - We've added a 32" widescreen monitor to the TV Tray Studio array, very cool...Lots more acoustic dates as we roll into summer and fall, including 3 August shows at Afterlife 360 and a show at the historic Philadelphia Tavern (the new owners Mark and Kari rock) - hope to see you guys out there! Here's the current schedule.

7/11- Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. Manassas 9:00-Midnight

8/1 - Afterlife 360

8/8 - The Philadelphia Tavern - 9413 Main St. Manassas 9:00-?

8/15 - Afterlife 360

8/22 - Afterlife 360

9/5 - Carmello's 9108 Center St. Manassas 7:30-11:30

10/10 - Carmello's

11/21 - Carmello's

12/5 - Carmello's

 

6/7/09 - After a brief hiatus the World Tour Of Manassas rolls onward! Here are the June acoustic solo dates:

Saturday 6/13 Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00-Midnight

Saturday 6/20 Carmello's 9108 Center St. 7:30-11:30

Hope to see you there! BB

5/4/09 - Great fun at the Carmellos gig Saturday, thanks to everyone who came out, thanks to Jim R and Brian S for helping with the gear! The 2009 World Tour of Manassas continues, here are the current dates (all solo acoustic):

5/16 - Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00-Midnight

6/13 - Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00-Midnight

6/20 - Carmello's 9108 Center St. 7:30-11:30 Happy Birthday Michael!

4/21/09: Very succesful show at Afterlife 360 the other night, thanks to all who came out!; we've booked some more dates there...Here's the current acoustic show schedule:

Sat. May 2 - Carmello's 9108 Center St. 7:30-11:30

Sat. May 16 - Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00-Midnight

Sat. June 13 - Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00-Midnight

...We've added a couple of very nice acoustic-electric guitars to the arsenal:

*Seagull 25th Anniversary CW steel-string

*Godin Concert Q1 classical

...hope to begin tracking on the next rock record on the next couple of weeks...see ya! bb

3/21/09 - Announcing the BB World Tour Of Manassas! Here are the dates:

Sat. April 11 - Carmello's 9108 Center St. 7:30

Sat. April 18 - Afterlife 360 8090 Sudley Rd. 9:00

Sat. May 2 - Carmello's 7:30

The Carmellos shows will be acoustic, the Afterlife 360 date will have some electric stuff added. Despite this punishing tour schedule, more dates to be announced soon. Hope to see ya there!...The quick acoustic demo we did is up on my MySpace page , just bits of covers but does include a full -length version of Jethro Tull's "Life Is A Long Song". Thanks to Amy for helping with the engineering...More soon - bye!

1/28/09 Come on out to Carmello's in Manassas on Saturday Jan. 31st for an acoustic evening with Brent, 7:30-11:30...A nice headphone distribution system has been added to the studio rig, allowing up to 8 headphones with 4 different mixes; upgrade to Cubase 5 will happen soon...Teaching schedule keeping me very busy! More soon....

1-2-09 - A special Happy New Year to all my students. Thank you for making me a part of your music education. Practice hard!!!...

12-17-08...will return to Carmello's Saturday January 31 for a solo acoustic show...Celebrated my birthday this week, Amy cooked a wonderful dinner and son Mike came to visit...Working on new acoustic demo for clubs, etc., will put this up here and on the MySpace page when it's done; Amy will help out with the engineering.

12/3/08 - Upcoming and new dates for acoustic solo shows at Carmello's:

Saturday December 13, 2008

Saturday January 31, 2009

Saturday February 21, 2009

...songs for next rock album taking shape, including a new version of "Dream Girl"...went to see YES play in Baltimore, they killed - played a lot of seldom-heard material...Very busy with teaching, hello to all my students! and happy holidays to all ...BB

10/25/08 - Come on out to Carmello'sfor a solo acoustic show on

Saturday November 15 @7:30Hope to see you there!

9/30/08 - Brent CD's and downloads now available on Amazon.com ! ...Acoustic solo show this Saturday Oct. 4 at Carmello's 7:30 pm...Electric show on guitars with Alex Rhoads Sat. Oct.25 at Bangkok Blues

9/20/08 - The Burke Center Festival gig (on guitars with Alex Rhoads) was a lot of fun, new drummer Gene was really good. Sound system was primitive but there you go. John Schucker on bass (ex-guitarist Boogiehawg) worked it and Alex sounded great, playing a nice acoustic set in the middle. Thanks to all my students who came out!...working on new music, you can listen to a rough mix of a new electronic piece "Uncertainty Principle" on my MySpace page...Upcoming gigs:

Sat. Oct. 4 - Carmello's solo acoustic Manassas VA 7:30 pm

Sat. Oct .25 - Bangkok Blues on guitars with Alex Rhoads

Sat. Nov. 15 - Carmello's solo acoustic Manassas VA 7:30 pm

Sat. Dec. 13 - Carmello's solo acoustic Manassas VA 7:30 pm

 

8/24/08 - Upcoming gigs:

Sat. Sept.6 - Carmello's solo acoustic Manassas VA 7:30 pm

Sat. Sept.13 - Burke Center Festival (on guitars with Alex Rhoads) Burke VA 11:30 AM

More soon, hope to see you!

7/6/08 - Have added a lovely Takamine 12-string acoustic-electric guitar to the rig (thanks honey) so we now have both electric and acoustic 12s available...I will be adding Wednesdays at Music and Arts Center's Burke VA location to my guitar teaching schedule, beginning July 16! Call the store at (703) 764-1400 now to secure your slot...I'm recording a new acoustic solo demo here at the newly upgraded TV Tray Studio; Alex Rhoads has some new songs which we will probably demo here as well...Once again thanks to Amy for her hard work configuring the new studio rig (and for taking some great shots at the JAXX gig!)

6/21/08 - I've posted some photos from the recent JAXX gig with Alex Rhoads on my MySpace page...have a look!

6/16/08 - Here's all the latest! Just played a fun show at JAXX in Springfield, on guitars with NOVA-based artist Alex Rhoads, will be working more with Alex in the future...Upcoming performances (please note the July 19 date at Carmellos has been cancelled):

Fri. Aug. 1 - Carmello's solo acoustic

Sat. Sept. 6 - Carmello's solo acoustic

Sat. Sept. 13 - Burke Center Festival with Alex Rhoads

Sat. Oct 4 - Carmello's solo acoustic

Sat. Oct. 25 - Bangkok Blues with Alex Rhoads

I will be teaching a Summer Group Guitar class at the Oakton Music and Arts Center - this intro class for beginners should be a lot of fun. Call (703) 281-0400 to reserve your seat....All for now - check back soon!

4/30/08 - The new studio rig is up and running, with a new Dell Precision (4 gigs RAM, dual-core 3.0 processor, 500 gig drive, M-Audio Delta 1010 interface) running Cubase 4 (recording @ 32 bit), Finale 2008 (music notation), Adobe Audition 3 (audio editing) and T-Racks (analog-modeled mastering), along with tons of virtual instruments. Thanks to Amy for all her efforts in getting this smokin' system configured...New music coming soon...Gigs at Carmellos in June and July and I'm currently teaching about 44 guitar students every week... Hope you'll drop by i-Tunes or CD Baby (links to your right) to download a track or two (or three!)..."Gimme Just A Little" has been picked up by a few internet radio stations recently...Thanks for stopping by! BB

4/2/08 - Had an enjoyable editing/mastering session with R&B/jazz artist Kenny Wesley yesterday...Fun gig at Carmellos the other night, was nice to see my old bandmates from Badda Bing (Jeff Ponder, Jan Jakubowski, Andy Blinick) as well as Andy's wife Jenny. I had to watch them eat a huge Italian meal as I slaved over my acoustic guitar...Back soon with news on the upcoming studio upgrade! BB

3/19/08: Back from FLA...We're in the midst of a a massive upgrade of the studio rig with a new computer, latest software versions, dual monitors, and a multichannel audio interface. The present system will also be running until we're ready to switch over so never fear, we should not have any periods of time where the whole rig is down...Come on out to Carmello's in Manassas for acoustic solo shows on:

March 29

June 7

July 19

2/28/08 update: Teaching at Contemporary Music Center and Music and Arts Centers is going really well, I have about 42 students currently...Next acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas will be March 29...Amy gave me a very nice Ibanez locking-trem electric guitar for Valentine's Day, she's the best...

1/27/08 update - acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas: Friday Feb. 15 @7:30 - come on out! ....I will be joining the teaching staff at Contemporary Music Center's Haymarket VA location; very pleased to work with Menzie and his great crew! This will be in addition to my teaching days at Music and Arts Centers...Just completed a small recording project for vocalist Jessica Miller which turned out quite nicely...

1/4/08 update - Live acoustic show at Carmello's in Manassas Saturday night 1/5/08 - come on out to support live music and enjoy the best Italian food in the area - 7:30 pm in the lounge www.carmellos.com...Have added an SKB pedalboard to the live electric rig, sweet...Happy New Year!

12/18 update - Just played a fun gig at Carmellos with my birthday at midnight, had a great crowd! Upcoming Carmellos dates:

January 5, 2008

February 15, 2008

March 29, 2008

www.carmellos.com for more info

Other news: Mike Dougherty's new album "Southern Comfort" is now available - this excellent acoustic fingerpicker had the album mastered and prepped for duplication right here at TV Tray Studio. Go to www.mikedoughertymusic.com for more info or to purchase...Merry Christmas and a happy holiday to everyone - thank you for your support!

11/11 update: Back to music full-time - it's very exciting ... I'm really enjoying teaching, my students are great; click on the services page for more info or to get signed up for lessons...I'll be playing at Carmello's in Manassas this Friday (Nov.16), doing the acoustic solo thing; more info www.carmellos.com Come on out, Carmellos has the best Italian food in the area...Just completed a tune called "Next Level" on commission from Airline Tariff Publishing Co. (www.atpco.com) to be used in a Macromedia Director presentation at their annual worldwide conference. The program will also include my piece "Tangerine 3.2" (click on the music page to listen)...Any drummers out there? Looking to put together a classic rock band to gig 2-3 times a month; I have a great bass player and he has PA/rehearsal space. Be nice if you can sing too...Amy's the best, she gave me the new Dune book which I really enjoyed...all for now

10/5 update: I will be returning to music as a full-time occupation as of Nov.1, taking on lots of new students and playing more gigs...Will be teaching at Music and Arts Center locations in Manassas, Oakton and Burke - see the Services page for links... New gear added - Dean 12-string electric guitar; Line 6 150-watt stereo half-stack amp for live gigs

9/22 update: Upcoming gigs:

Sat. OCT 13 - Westminster School (Annandale) with Muddy Vesture

Fri. NOV 16 - Carmellos (Manassas)

Sat. DEC 15 - Carmellos - (Manassas) www.carmellos.com

9/17...Welcome to the all-new brentbuckley.com! I hope you'll take few minutes to check out all the new features. Thanks to Amy for the site design, and please email bbmusic1@verizon.net if you have any comments.

The new album is out! - "Drivin' In My Sleep" - The CD provides the best audio quality and the fine artwork by Gabriella. The album and individual tracks are also now available on i-Tunes and other download sites.

I just played a couple of very successful live acoustic gigs at Carmello's in Manassas, had tons of fun. Will be booking more dates there soon—stay tuned.

I recently did some audio work for young singer/model Virginia Molinaro; check out a video of her at the links page.

Fingerstyle guitarist Mike Dougherty's new album "Southern Comfort" is in the can. The album was mastered and prepped for duplication here at TV Tray Studio. Look for a fall 2007 release.

The relocation of TV Tray Studio is now complete—it's so much nicer. It took three weeks of hard labor but everything worked at the first power-up (after marking 150 cables with tags)! Now I have natural light, good carpeting, better air-conditioning and all my guitars just a reach away—I've died and gone to heaven. Amy likes it too - we hang out in the studio a lot now and she's learning to play drums.

We've added a Roland V-Drums electronic drum kit to the studio rig-sounds great. Now my drummer friends can come over and play too.

—Brent

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