Weekly Update - May 10th - 16th - Spill

This past week was fairly uneventful.  No live shows to play.  Had another fun practice with Michelle Lynn on Tuesday after work and she has approved of Adam and I calling ourselves the Bad Passengers, so any shows we play with her will likely be billed as Michelle Lynn & The Bad Passengers... "are we there yet?"

Wednesday, we attempted the first official Moth Mountain rehearsal with a lineup of Joe Dawson on Guitar and Vocals, Evan Klug on Bass and me on Drums.  It was a fun first practice and I am looking forward to getting more comfortable with the material and hearing some of Joe's new ideas.  May try to do a show or two late this Summer or early this Fall.

I haven't been getting as much time to record and work on new ideas as I would like as I have been spending most of my free time installing laminate floor in the upstairs of our house and my limited construction skills and the slanted walls have made the job take longer than it should.  However, I do have about five new songs written and I am trying to focus on a more defined groove for the songs.  With this in mind I have been working on singing while drumming to spark some new ideas.  I was attempting to video one of these sessions on Friday with the Iphone and inadvertently spilled a whole cup of coffee on my studio laptop, bah!  Luckily after a few days drying out in front of the dehumidifier it seems to work like new and now has quite the delicious coffee aroma!

This week I will be playing with the Brahman Shaman electric trio (Jaran Carson & Joe Dawson) at an Adam Wiltgen established Driftless Music showcase at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis.  I am really looking forward into taking in Chicane Theory's acoustic set as well as playing drums for Michelle Lynn's set if I can get up there in time.

Until next week, be well and create!