12/21/10

Since  my daily count has gotten totally out of control I'll just start using the date instead.  I can usually figure out what day it is.  

   We  assembled last Saturday for a gig at the Sebastian Inlet and some impromptu Christmas festivities.  Paul got pretty funky on the djembe with some sweet brush techniques, I think he was channeling Buddy Rich.  Our favorite sound man / caterer, Steve Lowe, prepared some awesome food for us and then did sound for us at the gig, yes, another renaissance man.  

   We managed to get some recording done also.  I'm working on mixing it down now and I should have things wrapped up in plenty of time to make the deadline.  Michelle sang some of the finest harmonies I've ever heard and laid down some sweet bass also, she may just be a renaissance woman.  

Until tomorrow, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

  

   Don't give up when things seem difficult, if it was easy, anyone could do it! 

Day Ninety Four

Hallelujah, we had rain today!  According to the National Weather Service this has been the driest October on record here in the sunburn state.  My garden is rejoicing in the gloriousness of it all, I can almost hear my beets singing.
    I should be preparing for tomorrow nights gig at the Sebastian Library right now, but first things first.  The blog must go on.  Speaking of that, I'll probably be MIA for tomorrow's edition.  The troops are coming over for the library gig and I'm sure will be deep into music land until we retire.  We are also playing Saturday at the Barberville Fall Jamboree, it's a two day festival but we'll only be there for Saturday.   The weather should be great, so get out and do something fun.

                                        
Until next week, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.
David Letterman

Day Sixty Six

Another day of reverberations.  I spent some more time getting set up, and mostly not having any idea of what I was actually doing.  I'm pretty sure I now have accidental links all over the world, I could very well be voted the internet nuisance of the month.  I started out at #7 on the prestigious Sebastian Folk Charts, truly an indicator of ones future success and wealth, and am now at #4.  Yes, the fame and fortune can't be far off now.
   I need to start thinking about our gigs coming up this weekend.  It's almost time to start piling up gear by the door in hopes of not forgetting anything important.  I need to put fresh strings on the guitar and program some addresses into the Garmin.  Saturday night we'll be in Jacksonville at the European Street Cafe and Sunday afternoon we'll be at The Osteen Diner.   A good time will be had by all.
  Until Tomorrow, here's your daily dose of wisdom:

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  ~St. Augustine

Day Forty Six & Weekend Update

Sorry I didn't have a Friday report, but the band was playing a gig in Eustis that evening.  So I'll just have to squeeze four days worth of crap into one report.
      Friday we played the State Theatre as part of a fund raiser for the Lake County Folk Festival along with Jonathon Hodge, fiddle player extraordinaire accompanied by Larry Dolamore and Cyd Ward, super songstress, doing the solo thing.  It was a fun evening and we wrapped it up with one of those super sonic everyone on stage Ashley Gang sing alongs.   Good times.
    Saturday we hung out at our favorite retreat, Joel and Margie's house of refuge, and ate ourselves into a coma.  Then prepared for our gig at Olivia's Coffee House.  Another wonderful evening of music, car crashes and a lot of laughs.  The folks in Eustis spoiled us rotten, no wonder we love that place.  Make sure to check out Olivia's if your ever in the area, they're not just a coffee house, they have some really great food there as well.
    Then there's today, back to the grind.  I'm still working on the Palm Beach project, but it's nearing completion.  The bad news is once it's done I'll have to go back to the devils lair to deliver it, lord protect me!
   The new microphone arrived today, it's a beautiful thing.  I set it up and ran a test track to make sure it was in good working order, all is well.  I'll need to work with it for a little while to get familiar with it's sound characteristics, but I think it's going to get me a little closer to recording nirvana.
  That's it for now,  here's your daily dose of wisdom:

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)