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ilyAIMY upDates - This weekend, Taiko in Takoma Park. Tickets Limited.

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Seeing one's music through the lens of another performer is one of my favourite things about music. Playing it WITH that performer is a whole other level - and when it's someone you admire as much as Mark Rooney, well - that's just smashing.

Smashing I say.

This weekend, ilyAIMY and Mark H TAIKO CONNECTION for two nights. Saturday night is pretty much sold out, there's still a good number of tickets for Sunday... so like, if it's just YOU. Or just you and a date... maybe aim for Saturday. But if you want to bring the whole family and the neighbours and the neighbours' pets... Sunday is gonna be a better bet.

[MA]: THE SPACE BETWEEN US

TWO EPIC EVENINGS OF TAIKO, DANCE, AND MUSIC! Saturday and Sunday Mark H Rooney celebrates his 25 years as a taiko player … as well as all of the connections he’s made along the way. Joining him for this performance are some of his favorite long-term collaborators here in the DC area.

Tickets and information

ilyAIMY is Live from the Lair on facebook.com/ilyAIMY, YouTube/ilyAIMY and twitch.tv/robilyaimy ALMOST every Wednesday at 7pm ET.

upComing and inComing:

[ma]: the space between us – ilyAIMY, Mark H Taiko, UpRooted Dance

July 15, 2023

Takoma Park - 7117 Maple Ave

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[ma]: the space between us – ilyAIMY, Mark H Taiko, UpRooted Dance

July 16, 2023

Takoma Park - 7117 Maple Ave

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Wed 7/19 – El Guapo – rH

July 19, 2023

Catonsville - 729A Frederick Rd

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Music in the Village at Worman’s Mill – rH

July 21, 2023

Frederick - Mill Pond Rd

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Monocacy Brewing

July 22, 2023

Frederick - 1781 N Market St,

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New Deal Cafe

July 29, 2023

Greenbelt - 113 Centerway

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Dark Horse.

August 5, 2023

Annapolis - 985 Bay Ridge Rd

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Full a full calendar, please visit www.ilyaimy.com/upcoming-and-incoming/

The pandemic is with us seemingly eternally, so it doesn't hurt to call a venue ahead of time to make sure there are no surprises! We try to keep everything up-to-date on ilyAIMY.com - but our social media is more up-to-the-second! Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are where we'll post last-minute changes - so make sure you follow, Like, subscribe... whatever it is you do on those crazy thangs!

Wandering and Wondering:

I'm gonna just repeat what I said before. Cause it's dead on.

"Melody, rhythm, and the way you just POUND it all out of the ether... Organic and Ideal. The rumble in your core you feel when a train is coming near. That's you guys, that's how you feel. The feeling you get when you're close enough to the stage to feel the boom of the kickdrum in your chest, that's you guys. Like a warm hug that EXPANDS you instead of tightening around you." - Liam G.

I'm going to steal that for this weekend's shows. The thunder of taiko is absolutely like standing a little too close to a locomotive, with that feeling of power and motion and raw alive ENERGY. The fact that when Mark hears ilyAIMY he wants to put that energy and velocity and percussive impact into our words and playing is magnificent. It makes us EPIC.

We're not webcasting these shows. It doesn't translate. Cameras bounce across the floor, mics overdrive, motion blurs. I remember on Nirvana's BLEACH album there were recommendations on how you should turn up this knob or that on your stereo so you got the intended experience.

Well - that's not an option here. The intended experience is to be in the room.

Tickets at https://www.markhrooney.com/ma-the-space-between-us/. See you this weekend.

- rob
ilyAIMY
wherever the car's parked
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