CHRONOLOGY
2009
Purple Door Publishing focuses their efforts on developing the foundations and evolution of their business ventures as well as the continued expansion on their other administrative company’s services. In turn, Ronnie works on incarnation ideas with other musicians, performs private gigs between New Year’s Eve through July, and the requests for lessons and mentorship by others increases by the time summer hits.
Month Of Mondays puts out their finished 2nd album, “I’m Free”, with tracks listed on “Taxi.com” and artwork for the CD and its release are in the process of completion.
2008
Although the ‘Aury Moore Band’ (previously ‘Aury Moore & The Sonic Earth Angels’) had undergone some changes, Ronnie remains a core component of this project. The Aury Moore Band (Aury Moore – lead vocals, Ronnie Dalesio –bass guitars, and Eddie Mendoza – drums, percussion, & congas) continues to escalate their growth and undertakes large events to date.
In April the band highlights their instrumental accomplishments in their performance at the ‘Patches Pals 4 Life Benefit Show’. Put together by Miss Aury Moore, the benefit show featured The Aury Moore Band that included Alan White (drummer of YES) sitting in with the band on a couple of tunes. Pat O’Day, (Godfather of Northwest Rock-n-Roll throughout the 1960’s & 1970’s) emceed the event to a huge audience in the beautiful Ballroom Theatre at the Landmark Catering & Convention Center in Tacoma, WA. Other highlights of the night were the now rare appearances of ‘JP Patches’ (Chris Wedes) and his infamous side-kick ‘Gertrude’ (Bob Newman) opening up the night and entertaining the crowd with audience participation pranks! The local band ‘Magic Bus’ closed out the evening which featured Lynn Sorenesen, Steve Hanna, Joe Shikany, and Jeff Kathan.
Ronnie continues his high energy entertainment with The Aury Moore Band performing at the Taste of Tacoma event, June 28th, and on July 20th the band hits the KZOK radio station sponsored Mural Amphitheatre stage with their largest draw performance of the year at The Bite of Seattle, held at The Seattle Center, attracting close to ½ a million attendees in three days.
The King Kat Theater performance on August 14th finalizes the year long stint with The Aury Moore Band. Ronnie does an outdoor gig with Here-N-Now in September up in Sultan, WA and continues the collaboration with Month Of Mondays to work on completion of their second album rescheduled for release in 2009.
2007
Ronnie, always entertaining, captivating, and ambitious is focusing this year on the next level of success and is looking forward to progressive moves to obtain the accomplishments to come. Purple Door Publishing works on office renovations throughout the year and Ronnie continues to stay on top of his game, always prepared for the unexpected, and it pays off when this year proves to be just that, last minute calls for last minute performances.
The band The Otherwise contacts Ronnie. They are in the studio in two days. Ronnie creates and lays down the bass tracks at The Seattle Drum School for their songs, ‘Jigsaw’, ‘Nine’, ‘Cold’, and is contacted again to do two additional songs, ’20,000 Leagues’ and ‘Gift’.
Month Of Mondays heads into the studio to record for their 2nd album and Ronnie lays his bass tracks for their 11 songs in one night. The band also performs a few of the new tunes at Steve Smith’s 50th Birthday Bash (owner of The Seattle Drum School).
The band Bridge calls on Ronnie to fill in for their bass player at a gig in Snohomish. Ronnie slams a set list, learning 30 songs, for their show scheduled in two days. Here-N-Now does a short set between the Bridge sets and the live ‘Party Hotel’ video of Ronnie that night is captured and posted to his website and his MySpace site. Here-N-Now also does an impromptu gig after six years apart, at Sound Harley Davidson in Marysville. Ronnie continues session work and in his studio does preproduction work for ‘Pump Up The Thump’, ‘IWR’, and ‘Stuffing’, the later which is a collaboration with his friend Chip.
2007 closes out with an introduction from Aury Moore And The Sonic Earth Angels. Working together on their material, the band does a New Year’s Eve gig with Ronnie thumpin’ the bass and adrenalin! The song ‘Your World’ written by Here-N-Now is also included in the set list performed by Ronnie and Aury. In addition, that night Ronnie is contacted by Drew Locke, drummer for the band The Otherwise and engineer at the Seattle Drum School. Drew has been working on a solo project and asks Ronnie to be involved in creating bass lines for this project and he sends Ronnie his rough tracks. 2008 is starting off right out the gate on the first day.
2006
Ronnie rehearses and joins the Leon Hendrix Band and they do performances at the Nectar Lounge, Louie Fest, and the Quilcene Fair along with rehearsal nights that on many occasions turn more into the likes of an open jam night. Ronnie’s creative differences continue to guide him to pursue another path and his year with the Leon Hendrix Band comes to a close.
Ronnie once again is asked to play a role in the development of a second album as Month Of Mondays continues to pursue opportunities. Preproduction work begins in October and several songs are formed. Month Of Mondays also confirms that Steve S. from the Seattle Drum School will perform the drum and percussion parts for their material.
Purple Door Publishing gets dusted off and revitalized and a CEO is appointed. PDP’s logo and Ronnie’s personal signature logo are created along with the building of his official website [ronniedalesio.com] highlighting his proficiency as a talented and versatile professional bass player.
2005
Month Of Mondays releases their debut album, “Dead Horse” and performs at the annual Northwest Folklife Festival held at the Seattle Center. This year also presents another engaging introduction. Ronnie is introduced to Leon Hendrix at a rehearsal jam and Ronnie’s aptitude is immediately noted. Leon’s band is in need of a bass player.
2004
Month Of Mondays concludes preproduction with 11 original singles and heads into the recording studios of The Seattle Drum School in Seattle, WA. They work with Steve S. of the drum school to incorporate drums, percussion and sax to obtain a full body sound and feature other guest artists on three separate tracks for the full length album. Month Of Mondays performs at the Seattle Drum School performance hall for a mini Christmas concert in December.
2001 - 2003
Ronnie relocates out of the Seattle metropolitan core to re-establish and refocus his personal and artistic principle. He maintains a daily rehearsal schedule, provides bass and guitar lessons to ambitious young artists, and continues to work on writing and creating original bass material including a theme song for another Public Access Television show. He begins creating on the piano and makes time to gig with various musicians and bands.
2000 - 2001
Here-N-Now explodes on the local rock scene fast, hard, and heavy. Purple Door Publishing is established, registers with ASCAP, and publishes and distributes Here-N-Now’s debut album, “Party Hotel”. The trio develops a large following for their hammer-hitting live shows and Here-N-Now shines “twice as bright”, taking the house down everywhere they go including their performance with Ronnie James Dio. Here-N-Now also burns twice as fast. The reign of Here-N-Now ends.
Ronnie meets Steve M. and Jon H. through Ed. The three musicians are working on original material and are looking for a bassist. The material is an acoustic mix of folk and rock with pop-like undertones. Ronnie embraces his versatile and creative style and joins the collaborative artists. Month Of Mondays’ formation is complete and preproduction work begins.
1998 - 1999
Ronnie meets Troy a drummer, at an open-mic-nite and they start jamming together. Ronnie writes the music and lyrics for “Your World”, a bass solo single, which he performs live simultaneously on his 4 string piccolo and his 6 string Tobias. Troy performs the vocals and the single is recorded in mid 1998. Ronnie and Troy work on several other songs and Ed soon brings in guitar parts. Ronnie, Ed, and Troy begin jamming and the trio of Here-N-Now is established. Here-N-Now is a bass fronted collaboration with lead vocals performed by drummer Troy and guitar leads performed by Ed. The debut full length album “Party Hotel” features original creations that best showcase Ronnie’s increased proficiency as a solid bass front-man and exemplify his personal targets up to this point.
1996 - 1997
Medusa and 7 Foot Wood continue performances into the New Year. Ronnie brings to an end his time with Medusa and 7 Foot Wood soon follows. Ronnie takes 8 months off and goes to New Jersey to do a studio project which, in the end, does not pan-out.
1995
Ronnie enters a second music project with Ed, Chris, Frank and Phil from “Bloodstone” [which would later be renamed 7 Foot Wood] after being asked to record the bass tracks for “Psychedelic Morning” at Mars Recording Studio owned by Roger Fisher. Ronnie joins the band and agrees to finish the record. Bloodstone (7 Foot Wood) is yet another nucleus creating original material with a melodic hard rock feel.
Ronnie continues to perform with both Medusa and Bloodstone (7 Foot Wood). Bloodstone (7 Foot Wood) commences preproduction on the remaining material and moves towards completing the record at Mars Recording Studio, and book several live shows in the greater Seattle area. 7 Foot Wood releases their full length self-titled album.
1994
Medusa enters a contest and auditions for the “In Concert Series” sponsored by the Budweiser/Anheuser-Busch Corporation. Medusa wins the grand prize, a one year contract for promotional support sponsored by Budweiser, Zildjian, GHS Strings, and Experience Rock Clothier. Ronnie and the other band members register with BMI and Medusa rides the wave of their rising prominence that continues to explode in the Pacific Northwest as one of the premiere live “alternative hard-rock” bands to see. Medusa has their permits pulled on their scheduled performances for “The Taste of Coeur D’Alene” festival by mayor A.J. Hassell who indicates that Medusa is too “loud & heavy” for the community of Coeur D’Alene. With the added bonus of the In Concert Series boost, Medusa maintains an intensive live show schedule including a performance at the Seafair Hydroplane Boat Races that take place every year on Lake Washington in Seattle.
1993
Ronnie celebrates one year with Medusa and they begin preproduction and progress into video and audio recording at Triad Studios in Seattle. This year proves to be a booming year of gigs, shows, and public notoriety. Medusa remains a tight knit band and continues their hard work and demanding performance schedule. The new collective members of Dog Meat Refugees begin their weekly Monday night gigs at the New World as well.
February 15 KIRO News Station does a segment on unusual Seattle band names, featuring Dog Meat Refugees, The Rhino Humpers, and other equally eccentric named bands, video taping performances and doing interviews. The KIRO bumpers for this story segment airs during the 35th Annual Grammy Awards. The bumper featuring singer Litsa’s notorious screaming vocals immediately follows Michael Jackson’s “acceptance of the Living Legend Award, which was viewed by 1.2 million viewers worldwide.” [Factual acknowledgement: http://www.rockhall.com/home/] The bumper clip couldn’t have been placed in any better spot! “News at 11!”
1992
March 14 Ronnie auditions for “Medusa”, a woman fronted band that boasts screaming rock vocals and a precise and electrifying instrumental core. Litsa, Billy, Stefan, and Tim, the four members of Medusa, invite Ronnie to be the new bassist for the band. Medusa resumes a rigorous rehearsal schedule and begins booking gigs in the Seattle and surrounding area.
December 17 Ronnie performs solo on “Hardbody Alternative Rock Digest” in the “Seattle Unplugged” segment, a Seattle Public Access Television program featuring local musical talent. His solo performance becomes one of the most requested replay performances of the Seattle Unplugged series. Ronnie is featured on subsequent shows.
Late 1992 Ronnie, Litsa, and Tim (singer and drummer of Medusa) collaborate with Donnie, Phil and Freddy who are part of the house band “Dog Meat Refugees” that perform cover tunes at the New World club in Seattle on Monday nights. Medusa continues to strengthen and improve their performance and musical talent. Their hard work and undeniable talent is rewarded by their ever growing popularity in the greater Seattle area.
1991
April 1 Ronnie moves to Seattle, Washington to stay for good.
1989 - 1990
Butch, the singer of K.O. has moved to Washington State and encourages the other members of K.O. to come to the Seattle area to work on writing and recording an album. Ronnie and Jon travel to Washington and settle in Edmonds where they take over a house on the waterfront for several months, have a mobile studio, and record tracks for K.O.’s first full length album for submission to Grudge Records/PolyGram, engineered by Bob LaPorte. At the close of 1990 Ronnie goes back to Boston.
1984 – 1988
(Butch B., Jon L., Ronnie, and Paul) work with management company “MG Productions” and a demanding performance and tour calendar is in cycle. K.O. performs and logs hundreds of live shows in the local area and up and down the East Coast.
Concurrent with K.O. gigs Ronnie also begins and continues to work with the incarnation of Ralphie’s band “Barefeet” and other local bands, performing in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia. Jon and Paul join “Splash” a Boston band that gets signed on to work on the soundtrack for a John Candy movie and head to Florida for the record release. By the end of 1988 the band members decide to split up to target individual pursuits.
1982- 1984
Ronnie, Ralphie and Steve join up with Kevin, Keith, and Steve from another band “Second Thoughts” who are two guitar players and a singer, to form Metalhex which becomes an onslaught of 3 solo guitarists, a vocalist, a bassist, and drummer. Metalhex performs at hall parties, biker parties, keggers, car rallies, and clubs like K-Jay’s and Club 77 in the Milford and surrounding area.
Due to growing pains Metalhex is on the rocks during their last few months together. A local band “K.O.” is looking for a bassist. K.O. has a gig scheduled for the ‘84 Summerfest in Shrewsbury, MASS. Ronnie auditions for K.O. and gets the gig. K.O. also replaces their singer. K.O. performs the Summerfest featuring Mountain with Leslie West. Ronnie becomes a permanent member of K.O.
1980 – 1982
Ronnie meets Ralphie P. in high school and at one point starts giving him guitar lessons. As Ralphie progresses with the guitar Ronnie moves over to the bass. [They have become brothers. Ralphie remains to this day a brother in Ronnie’s life]. Ronnie, Ralphie, and Steve put together Metal Reign in Milford, MASS. Metal Reign performs at local high school gigs, VFW hall parties, and of course, keggers.
1976 – 1980
Ronnie takes clarinet lessons in middle school. He is given as a gift his first guitar and begins to learn how to play it.