Max Sokolov's Music

 Photo by Alex Kozhevnikov

From time to time I and Tania play open mics.  Here is incomplete list of most interesting performances:

• May 28, 2010; Crepe Bistro, 186 N Wells, Chicago, IL.  Premiere of new song Chajka (Seagal; lyrics by Lia Chernyakova) [Video]

In spring through fall of 2009, I played guitar in a cover band Nuclear Boots.  We played songs by The Cars, most of which we learned during Steve Levitt's Floating Rock Ensemble class at OTSFM in Jan-Feb 2009, and some other songs from the 80's. 

Nuclear Boots shows:

• November 6, 2009; The Mutiny, 2428 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL; 9-10pm;
• August 28, 2009; The Hidden Cove, 5336 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL; 7pm; (with Number Nine) [ VIDEO ]

KSP

• September 19, 2009; KSP Midwest, Sky High Camping Resort, Portage, WI [ Photos ][Video]

I enjoy taking ensemble classes at Old Town School of Folk Music (OTSFM).  Some of the classes that I took (since 2007):  Acoustic Zeppelin, Grateful Dead (Ace), ZZ Top, Beatles (White Album 2, Please, Please Me), Floating Rock, The Cars, Derek and the Dominos (Layla), Eric Clapton (Unplugged), Radiohead.

In 2008 I had a pleasure of playing each-other songs with Alex Kozhevnikov.  He helped me to get started with home recording, and he helped with second guitar and back vocals on this home recorded demo version of my song Poslednii Solnechnyi Den (The Last Summer Day)

In 1993-96 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, I was singing and playing guitar in a band Pustye Hlopoty (Useless Troubles).  We played mostly my originals and a lot of our best performances happened at the Chelyabinsk State University's rock club Minautavr.  On average, we were performing once a month -that was a very fun time!  We made some very poor quality home recordings and I hope to be able to re-record them one day.

Lyrics of "The Last Sunny Day" on a wall of Chelyabinsk State University, 2nd Building 3rd floor, Russia 1996. 

One of my greatest influences in music is Yuri Naumov.  In 1997, I had an honor to meet him in person and organized a series of his concerts at GWU. 

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