A band walk into a bar....
I've got my baby chick sitting my my shoulder. I am very much her "daddy" in her eyes. It's nice having her around.
Last night my band played at a local punk bar. I put everything I could into it, so much so that I felt like my body was going to give out near the end. It didn't help that we didn't play any of our slow songs. Still, I plan on playing that intense every time from now on regardless of how many people show up.
While the next band was playing, multiple fights broke out inside and outside the bar. One fight would stop and another would start. At first it was just a bunch of guys beating on each other. That's acceptable to me; that's what guys do. But somehow some girls and guys got into it - I saw one guy put a girl in a head lock, and other guy grab a girl's hair and throw her to the ground. There were probably as many as a dozen fights in all.
I don't know what the reasoning was for all the violence, but guys - DON'T GET VIOLENT WITH WOMEN. It's just not right. Shout as loud as you want, but keep your hands to yourself.
The police came and Ona and I cleared out after getting permission from one of the officers. What a strange night - one of my best as a performer but filled with some of the most violence I've personally witnessed. Our gig tonight at the Hollywood Alley will most likely be a boring affair in comparison. I doubt more than 20 people will show up, and they'll all be sitting down when we play. At least at the punk bar half or more of the patrons were standing.
I've been tinkering with my bass sound recently. I've tweaked my amplifier, traded one bass for another, sold one bass in expectation of buying one in the future.... all in all, though, I'm pretty happy with one bass in particular: an Ernie Ball/MusicMan Sterling HS 4-string with a maple neck and in a color called Pacific Blue Burst. (See picture here.) It's amazing what a little adjustment can do to how an instrument sounds. I raised the action and turned the trussrod a bit to give me a tad more relief and bam, it sounds ten times better. The adjustments probably measure to be about an eight of an inch more space between the strings and the fretboard, and yet it makes all the difference.
Betty loves to type with me. She sees my fingers hitting the keys so she decides that it's because there's something on there to eat. She pecks at the letters expecting them to come off. She'll also follow the mouse on the screen. Funny stuff.
Last night my band played at a local punk bar. I put everything I could into it, so much so that I felt like my body was going to give out near the end. It didn't help that we didn't play any of our slow songs. Still, I plan on playing that intense every time from now on regardless of how many people show up.
While the next band was playing, multiple fights broke out inside and outside the bar. One fight would stop and another would start. At first it was just a bunch of guys beating on each other. That's acceptable to me; that's what guys do. But somehow some girls and guys got into it - I saw one guy put a girl in a head lock, and other guy grab a girl's hair and throw her to the ground. There were probably as many as a dozen fights in all.
I don't know what the reasoning was for all the violence, but guys - DON'T GET VIOLENT WITH WOMEN. It's just not right. Shout as loud as you want, but keep your hands to yourself.
The police came and Ona and I cleared out after getting permission from one of the officers. What a strange night - one of my best as a performer but filled with some of the most violence I've personally witnessed. Our gig tonight at the Hollywood Alley will most likely be a boring affair in comparison. I doubt more than 20 people will show up, and they'll all be sitting down when we play. At least at the punk bar half or more of the patrons were standing.
I've been tinkering with my bass sound recently. I've tweaked my amplifier, traded one bass for another, sold one bass in expectation of buying one in the future.... all in all, though, I'm pretty happy with one bass in particular: an Ernie Ball/MusicMan Sterling HS 4-string with a maple neck and in a color called Pacific Blue Burst. (See picture here.) It's amazing what a little adjustment can do to how an instrument sounds. I raised the action and turned the trussrod a bit to give me a tad more relief and bam, it sounds ten times better. The adjustments probably measure to be about an eight of an inch more space between the strings and the fretboard, and yet it makes all the difference.
Betty loves to type with me. She sees my fingers hitting the keys so she decides that it's because there's something on there to eat. She pecks at the letters expecting them to come off. She'll also follow the mouse on the screen. Funny stuff.