Last week’s band practice was the second one I multitrack recorded. It sounded okay, but the performance was sub par. I played my Les Paul and used the Keeley overdrive pedal for the whole practice. Today I used my SG and my new Wren and Cuff fuzz box. I haven’t listened to the recording yet but I should be able to A/B the two to try and see which one I prefer. I’m thinking the D&M Drive is the better choice. We’ll see.
Last week Mike’s multi effects board crapped out on him. Today he hooked it back up and it was fine at first, but by the time we got rolling it was losing it again. He bypassed it and plugged his bass straight into his monstrous amp. The sound was wicked. It was just plain bad ass. I really hope I was able to get even some of that tone onto the recording.
Overall our practice was a little different than usual. Last week Kevin put together a set list for us to use for our 11/9 gig. Well, yesterday the 11/9 gig was canceled due to smoke damage at the bar. We knew there was a chance for this, but now it’s a reality. We started the night working off of the set list still. After a while though, we just started trying to learn 80’s songs by ear including sometimes not listening to the actual song. There were little snippets of some Sammy Hagar and some Dokken, and praise be to the holy trinity of Prog, there were a bunch of snippets of Rush. All hail, my brothers and sisters!
It was cool. Our audience came back for a while. I’m not sure how long they stayed though.
Now that practice is over, I’m multi-tasking. The Walking Dead is on, and so is Game Two of the American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox. We lost last night, but right now we have a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the sixth. It’s only game two, but we’re already in must win territory. David Price wasn’t great tonight, but he was good enough to leave with the lead. Win it now, Red Sox. Please!
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