Feels Like Home…
Thursday, February 28th, 2008I’ve been playing a weekly open mic here in Chicago on Wednesday nights since September. I started because I wanted to get more practice playing our songs in front of a real crowd of people. Since we record SO much, we don’t get out to play live very often, which is OK because I LOVE […]
The Cost Of Studio Time
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Stuff costs money. Studio time costs money. That’s why we have our own studios in our homes. We spend a bit up front on hardware and software and get a LOT of use out of it without having to pay hourly studio rates. That is, unless you are trying to record bari sax past 11pm […]
Open Mic at Pint
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Yesterday, I didn’t think I’d end up playing the open mic at Pint, but once I got to my class last night and started playing my fatigue dropped away and I had to get out and play some more. So I actually DID make it to Pint last night.
Pint is a pretty neat place - […]
It’s That Time Of Year. Again.
Monday, February 11th, 2008Well, we’re deep in the middle of recording for RPM Challenge 2008! If you haven’t heard of RPM, it’s a call for bands and musicians to create an album complete with artwork during the month of February. For you writers, it’s like National Novel Writing Month. It’s not a contest and no one is singled […]
What goes around…
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I’ve just been practicing Bunsen Burner for an upcoming Wednesday night open mic at Cullen’s in Chicago (I’m there nearly every Wednsday to play a couple of songs and hang out). I was just thinking how oddly the world works sometimes. After Dave (one of our trumpet players and also the “Dave” of Dave, Where […]
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