I have an amp and a pedal board at Mike the Bass Player’s house already. Pretty sure there are a bunch of mic stands too. I packed the bare minimum. A mic and a cable. Two guitar cables and an over drive pedal. One electric guitar. One pack of emergency strings.
Assuming my amp works… I’m ready to play.
Now I just have to finish the work day and drive to Mike’s house. I’m ready, kids!
Scenes from lunch time.
Lily and I have a new game. I try to make the bed and she tries to get under the blankets while I make the bed. I won today by keeping her out. She won yesterday. It’s a thing we do now.
I had to run out to the store. On the way, I made a new friend.
Both cats ignoring me. As usual.
I could have titled this one Spring Cleaning in Summer but Dumpster Diving seemed more dramatic, you know?
If the weather would just cooperate and stop raining once in a while, I would spend my lunch this way more often…
Oh my goodness, does this cheap, frozen burger patty taste goooooood. It’s four ounces and I don’t know if I can eat the whole thing, but it is so gooood.
Also, is it hot enough for ya?
ADDENDUM: An hour or so after posting this I am happy to report that my tiny little surgically altered stomach and I were able to eat the whole hamburger and a handful of french fries I had on the side. I am pleased with the whole experience. I’m also feeling very full right now. Not quite stuffed, but close. I really want a glass of water but I still have to wait 42 more minutes before I can drink anything.
Someone is up to no good.
It’s the 4th of July. I think I mentioned that in a post already. That means it’s Independence Day but it also means it’s the first day of the 50/90 music challenge. Write 50 songs in 90 days between July 4th and October 1st. I’ve completed this back breaker a few times in the past (2016, 2020, and 2021, I think). Will I pull it off again this year?
Not likely.
I did, however, kick off song #1 for this year’s challenge. It’s just a rhythm exercise, really. I have never written anything in 13/8 time so I started out with a drum loop in 13/8 and just waited to see what happened. An hour later I am sitting here with the first song of the challenge completely written. It’s short and sweet and not very good and it’s only MIDI tracks in GarageBand at this point, no real live musical instruments are involved yet, but it exists.
Now let’s celebrate with a couple of pictures of Lily being lazy, and then I’ll go to the Apple Store to run an errand for the love of my life.
Happy 4th of July, everyone!
