Aral Balkan

I have a guilty confession to make: I have a band! And it's full of Flash geeks.

The band's called Phlash5 and we're performing tonight at the BB King Bar at Universal City, Hollywood as part of FITC Hollywood.

We're so lucky to have some well-known Flashers in the band (oh, it never gets old) who somehow (luckily for me) also happen to be great musicians. The line up comprises Seb Lee-Delisle on bass, John Grden on drums, Sam Agesilas on guitar, Chris Allen on trombone, Jared Simms (the only non-Flasher in the band) on saxophone, Chris Mills on percussion, Craig Swann on Visual Guitar, and I'm lead vocals!

We had our second rehearsal (ever) last night and it was a blast even though we were all jetlagged like mad! Setup is at 5pm and I'm just glad that I still have a voice today what with the jetlag and the four-and-a-half-hour rehearsal last night. (Oh, and not to mention that I'm giving an hour-long talk on SWX at FITC in about half-an-hour!)

If you're at FITC, do come by tonight's event and hear the band! I'm psyched -- it's been too long since I performed live on stage.

Comments

• How about an unofficial pre-FOTB knees up somewhere starring Phlash5? You're gonna need something special to top last years party ;)

  by DannyT on 2007-10-23 12:38:20

• @DannyT: I'd love to do something in Brighton but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. The Influxis folks had a blast at the event though and were really excited about having us perform at FITC in Amsterdam next year. It's not for certain at the moment but it looks very promising. It's a shame that FOTB wasn't interested but Amsterdam isn't too far either! :)

  by Aral on 2007-10-23 17:44:38

• I really wished I was there. Have a good one for me. \m/ from Stockholm.

  by C4RL05 on 2007-10-23 20:03:09

• Lol, I wish I was there. Break a leg and say hi to Chris Allen from me!

  by Christophe Herreman on 2007-10-22 17:48:56

• You do vocals? WOW! You are a rock star.. Good luck! Oh, by the way, nice band name..

  by smalamas on 2007-10-22 17:49:16

• Man I wish I could be there. Any chance of performing at Flash on the Beach?

  by Nate Chatellier on 2007-10-22 22:17:28

• @Chris: Will do, man! @Savas: LOL, thanks! :) @Nate: FOTB wasn't interested in having us play apparently but Multimania in Belgium is very excited about having us over next year (as am I that we'll be playing there!) :)

  by Aral on 2007-10-22 22:32:07

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  by jonnymac blog » FITC Hollywood / Day 1 / Sessions on 2007-10-23 04:34:47

• I never knew John Grden played drums. Wow, wait til I poke fun at him ;)

  by Lee McColl Sylvester on 2007-10-23 07:21:15

• I hope the results make their way to YouTube.

  by Jolyon on 2007-10-23 11:52:47

• We want to see video!

  by Sidney de Koning on 2007-10-23 12:54:39

• Good luck. Hope it goes well!

  by spender on 2007-10-23 15:05:13

• @All: Thanks for your words of encouragement guys! The gig was a blast :) I did butcher poor Seb's beautiful song but otherwise, I think we rocked the house! The session was recorded. We're going to get the DVD and I'm sure we'll put the songs up on YouTube or somewhere similar.

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