Stormcellar at the Catherine Hill Bay Hotel, Sunday 31 Jan 2016
Catho's a good vibe. Come down if you feel like it.
Catho's a good vibe. Come down if you feel like it.
Howdy Folks. Once again I'm listening to unreleased stuff. Better Off Without You (or, fittingly in memoriam, BOWY for short) was recorded in Indiana last year on tour. We added some vocals to the middle 8 courtesy of Jo and Ben here at Everland and sent them back for integration.
It's taken a few months for the song to come back to me, courtesy of a most excellent mix by AJ at SS in IN :-)
So far it's passed muster and it joins Return Of The King in awaiting the mastering and release.
But when?
But why?
Why are we here at all for that matter?
I truly must stop watching these BBC physics shows after gigs.
The Universe is made up of Matter, Antimatter, Dark Matter, No Matter and Unreleased Stormcellar Material.
Everywhere Feels Like Home is only a few months out of the stable and I'm pushing to get completion on our KC sessions.
Meanwhile, ROTK and BOWY are awaiting release and we're confirming recording dates for our next 'studio work'.
Ah yes. Plus the other singles we'd like to record here before we go on tour again.
There's been quite some internal discussion about when to release things. One side of the argument says 'don't crowd your product, give it time to breathe'. Another argument is 'they're coming to take me away! Ha ha! Hee Hee!' and release whatever you feel like, whenever you feel like it.
Mr Wizard follows Scandal, the J-pop band and says they release stuff all the time so why shouldnt we.
What are the rules these days, anyway?
So. Once again, Dear Reader, i'll be listening to work I cannot share until we work out what to do with it. Most peculiar.
Howdy folks, we just got back from a 4 day run up and down the coast and it was awesome.
This is just a moment of what we experienced.
We are truly lucky to be able to do what we do, and do it in this place. We're grateful.
As I stopped at the Truck Stop on the way back down the coast I saw this sign.
Freedom is a state of mind, but that state may be subject to monitoring.
I got shots and vids. Stay tuned I'll post.
Many many thanks to Nat C, Chontelle, Garry, Matt and Lindsay, Toni, Melanie, Matt, Tim and all the folks who joined us on our two syllable tour.
Meanwhile I got so much stuff to sort that I dont have enough time to blog.
More soon.
Yay we're going to the coast! and inland! If you've got two syllables to rub together, we might be there.
Gary and Michelle were with us last night. They hooked up at a gig of ours 7 years ago. I can't even remember the venue.
And remember, at the last show we did at the Coast Hotel we had a marriage proposal and acceptance.
At our last Townie show in newtown, a certain bloke came up to me because he'd gotten hooked up at the last show and said we were good for his chances. I saw him swapping digits with a lass by the end of the night
Theo's niece married one of the managers of one of the venues we played.
Are you seeing a pattern yet?
I posit that good vibes + You + Mating Potential = A Good Night Out.
We'll supply the vibes, you should maybe do your hair.
Love is in the hair.
LOL.
Cheers to Beck and J on sound and light for making my life easy, to Steve, Steve, Alex, Sandy, Nancy, Noel, Melanie and all the folks who came out to see us. Wow Alex you drove a long way dude cheers.
Also a big shout out to Darren at the Coast for making their venue a live music scene once again. Yes you can be entertained at home but you'll make connections with humans at one of our shows.
We're having a big January of shows. Come spend some time with your friends in the stormcellar and you might make a new friend too!
Howdy Folks.
I did a quick action item to do list the other day for 'band' related stuff and found 72 items circling.
This isn't a band. This is air traffic control.
Yes, the days of armies of ninjas to conduct your band business are either gone, or may not ever have existed.
Or maybe they do exist, but being ninjas, we'll never know about it.
Meanwhile, having just released EFLH (yeah we use acronyms. we're busy.) I am negotiating my way through the next album which is still in the studio.
6000 miles away.
In Kansas.
In a studio run by a mad scientist.
I also have to negotiate with the appointed artist liason for the other artists involved in the project.
and the artists themselves.
Beyond the next album we also have stuff for the next-next album in production - 1 song awaiting mastering, another in mix, another due for commencement shortly.
You can have quite a bit of fun if you set your mind to it. We may be having all the fun at the moment. Come to a live show and be a guinea pig for new songs. New experiments.
More soon.