I'm getting a nice break with the family. Since I have a little downtime, I thought I'd pop in and ruminate.
Last week, I played at Harley's with the Usual Suspects & I think we gave a pretty darn good show. Playing with only me on guitar is becoming less of a hindrance, though my strummy musical brain would love another guitarist in the mix. It is a good thing there were only four of us last week, though. A large stage is not something Harley's has.
I've spent too much time fighting with my iMac, Protools and my ProFire recording interface over the last six weeks. Finally things appear to be resolved with a simple FireWire adapter. This is good, but I never would have thought FW 400 to 800 conversion could cause weird problems like intermittent non-recognition and recording channel distortion. But anyway...
Next up for the Suspects is Mudbug Madness and Muddy Waters, both on 5/28/11. I'm looking forward to both, and I think we'll be delivering some nicely varied performances at each.
One last note: I got the new Bob Schneider album "A Perfect Day". It's interesting, as I find almost all his stuff to be. I'm not sure about all of it yet, but I have to say there are some really fun parts on it. "Peaches" and "Yeah, I'll Do That" particularly entertain me. Other songs have yet to win me over, like the aptly-titled "Am I Missing Something". This song sounds way more Michael Jackson/Lionel Ritchie circa 1983 than Bob Schneider. But that's still something I love about this artist: even when I'm not entirely charmed by the work, I can't be entirely sure if it's just because he's too clever for his own good.
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