This past week was a busy one. After work Monday I taught a lesson to my Decorah student, who continues to make good progress on his second original tune. After the lesson I had a quick rehearsal with Michelle and Adam in preparation for our performance at the Bandit County Fair on Saturday. I managed to catch Neon at a private party at the Root Note on my way home Monday night. I enjoyed their short acoustic duo set and it was good to see them live before starting production on their debut album on Wednesday at
Ghost in My House Studio. I did get a video of their last song recorded on my iPhone, you can check out by
clicking here.
I had Tuesday off and spent a good portion of the day continuing to rehearse being a one man band. This has been both fun and very difficult but I am nothing if not determined and I am confident I can work up a decent set of material with a month or so of daily practice. The purchased the glass jar at the right to facilitate some sun-charged water but the the lid does not fit as tightly as I hoped and some gnats met their doom inside of the luke-warm cauldron calling the water's drink-ability into question.
I had Wednesday off as well and after spending the morning in more one man band rehearsal I was excited to get started working on the production of Neon's debut album. Matthew, Nick and Theo arrived around noon and proceeded to lay down nearly all the tracks for their song Nobody's There in about 3 hours. I was impressed with their musical skills and professionalism and was even more excited about how the recording was sounding. I am definitely looking forward to continuing work on this project on my days off for the next couple of months.
Wednesday night Joe and Evan were over for the 2nd official Moth Mountain rehearsal and we are all slowly getting more comfortable with the tunes but I wouldn't expect a live performance to late Summer or early Fall.
I worked both Thursday and Friday and did not get a lot accomplished musically besides more fun/frustrating one man band rehearsing in a very hot garage. However, all the heat and humidity has done wonders for the container garden and I hope to begin enjoying the fruits of my gardening labor in the not to distant future.
Saturday morning I packed up the car and headed over to the Bandit County Fair to play drums for Michelle Lynn as one the Bad Passengers with Adam on Bass. It turned out to be a beautiful day and I only wished I had been able to stay and camp at the festival all weekend as a ton of great musicians were performing. The show went well and it was fun to play while being amplified by a real big P.A.
Sunday was mostly spent cleaning and running errands but local musician/songwriter/journalist Randy Erickson was over to Ghost In My House Studio for a couple of hours in the afternoon to lay down guitar tracks and vocals for a song he penned for a local charity. I will be laying down drums, bass and potentially some lead guitar on the track this week and will have more details available on the tune soon.
Until next week!
