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Feels Like Home…

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

I’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, 2008

Stuff 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, 2008

Yesterday, 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, 2008

Well, 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, 2008

I’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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