Well a whole lot is going on, and it's keeping me from doing what I would like to, but it's ok. "This too, shall pass," is a fitting saying. My Mom had surgery on her left eye last Monday, she's doing fine, then I got sick this past week. I am feeling a bit better now, I am not 100%, but I will take it. Then the big test is in two days....Ruby will have her gall bladder removed. I am a little nervous in that I don't know how long she will be laid up for after the procedure. I would hate to see her hurting for a long period of time. Of course, I wish she could just have the procedure done to her, and then she will bounce back and be normal, but that isn't realistic. It's ok, I will do my best to help her out. It's a tough, or shall I say, more hectic time right now. I feel tired as I think, and type, up this entry. Of course, getting sick doesn't help things at all. Perfect timing for that, right?!
After all of this passes, my Mom will have the same procedure done on her right eye. It will be the same situation again. I guess that it is better to get all of this done and out of the way sooner, right?!
It's a little weird to have loved ones go through surgery, granted it is minor surgery, but nonetheless it weighs on the mind. We have known that all of the procedures were coming, but still. I can't wait until everything is done and things can get back to normal.
It's been a while since we all have jammed together, but that is just something else that I can look forward to when all of this is said and done. Of course it goes without saying, at least I think so, that I haven't had the time to practice and record at home, although my mind is always thinking about music. It will make it all worth while once I am able to actually get back at it. I think that me, Rook, and Mike are all a little musically deprived, but it's all good. We are all doing our best to be patient. I am glad that the are so understanding.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Broken Social Scene (@ Warehouse Live - 10/27/06)
Well, ever since Richard introduced Broken Social Scene to me back in 2003, I was instantly hooked. It's hard not to, in my opinion. They make really great music. They have been a favorite of mine since I first listened and since that time, they have gotten to be one of the most respected bands out of Canada, and in the music world. I was fortunate enough to catch this band in Houston back in 2004 while they were down here for that year's SXSW in Austin, actually Houston was fortunate enough. It was a great show to see. I mean, there was this great band playing at a small club (The Prolateriat), for a cheap price, on a trip in which they probably wouldn't have played Houston. That was a highlight show for me for that year. Other than it being hot as hell in the club, it was almost a flawless show. The crowd was so responsive, and the band really, genuinely seemed to appreciate it. They seemed to be humbled and had nothing but great things to say about the Houston crowd...I was as surprised as probably anyone.
Fast forward to 2006, Broken Social Scene finally releases a new studio album in Feburary and the tour dates start rolling out. After buying the new album, and listening to it over and over, I find that they are skipping Houston and hitting Austin. The thought crossed my mind to actually travel to Stubb's in Austin on a weekday to catch them. After thinking about it, and assuming that Houston will be added at a later time, I decide not to go. Surely they will hit Houston after the memorial and great show that was put on back in 2004, right? Well, it appeared that it wasn't going to happen. The year moves on, and no Houston show was in sight. After months pass, rumors start swirling that they are going to break up after the tour finishes. This sucks! I read further on various website and there is no news that denies the rumors. After a little bit longer, it surfaces that they aren't going to break up, but will go on a "hiatus", which might as well be a break up in my book. If figure, at least I got to see them once before, and I probably won't get the chance to again....
A couple of weeks past, it could have very well been months, and then I start hearing that they may be booked at The Warehouse Live....nothing official, but it's a start. It finally happens. After checking the venue's website for some time, it is finally booked and made official. I am estatic! Yes! I then proceed to let Raymond and Mike, as well as Ruby, that this is the show that we cannot miss, and that we have to get tickets just as soon as they are made available. They go on sale one weekend, we get the tickets and then the waiting really begins.
After a month or two, the show is upon us. Rook', Ruby and I do the tradional, meet up at the house and get a few beers in us before the show (with Broken Social Scene playing in the background). The night is setting up nice already. We get there and we see the opening band already performing. I can't remember their name, but they were something else. They were pretty damn good. I need to look them up. They wrap up their nice set, and Rook', Ruby, and I get to sneak up a little closer to the stage. Not a bad spot really, the night keeps getting better and better..
Broken Social Scene come on stage and the show is everything that you would expect from them and even more so. The sound was great, I still say that the Warehouse Live is now the choice place for live acts in town now, the set was great, the crowd was appreciative, and the band was having fun. After they played for an hour, Kevin Drew then says that was just the first half of the show, and that they were playing a lot longer. I thought that they were just kidding around, but no they weren't. They played from about 10:45 to until about 12:45-ish. I guess that the margarita's that they were drinking kept them going, or something. It was a marathon show, but you didn't want it to end, unless your feet were tired. Mine actually held up.
I wish that I could have finished up this review much closer to the show, but sometimes it is just hard to finish up stuff, or just find the time. Any how it was a great show, arguably one of the best shows of my life. It will honestly be hard for another show to top this one. Next up...deftones.....
Fast forward to 2006, Broken Social Scene finally releases a new studio album in Feburary and the tour dates start rolling out. After buying the new album, and listening to it over and over, I find that they are skipping Houston and hitting Austin. The thought crossed my mind to actually travel to Stubb's in Austin on a weekday to catch them. After thinking about it, and assuming that Houston will be added at a later time, I decide not to go. Surely they will hit Houston after the memorial and great show that was put on back in 2004, right? Well, it appeared that it wasn't going to happen. The year moves on, and no Houston show was in sight. After months pass, rumors start swirling that they are going to break up after the tour finishes. This sucks! I read further on various website and there is no news that denies the rumors. After a little bit longer, it surfaces that they aren't going to break up, but will go on a "hiatus", which might as well be a break up in my book. If figure, at least I got to see them once before, and I probably won't get the chance to again....
A couple of weeks past, it could have very well been months, and then I start hearing that they may be booked at The Warehouse Live....nothing official, but it's a start. It finally happens. After checking the venue's website for some time, it is finally booked and made official. I am estatic! Yes! I then proceed to let Raymond and Mike, as well as Ruby, that this is the show that we cannot miss, and that we have to get tickets just as soon as they are made available. They go on sale one weekend, we get the tickets and then the waiting really begins.
After a month or two, the show is upon us. Rook', Ruby and I do the tradional, meet up at the house and get a few beers in us before the show (with Broken Social Scene playing in the background). The night is setting up nice already. We get there and we see the opening band already performing. I can't remember their name, but they were something else. They were pretty damn good. I need to look them up. They wrap up their nice set, and Rook', Ruby, and I get to sneak up a little closer to the stage. Not a bad spot really, the night keeps getting better and better..
Broken Social Scene come on stage and the show is everything that you would expect from them and even more so. The sound was great, I still say that the Warehouse Live is now the choice place for live acts in town now, the set was great, the crowd was appreciative, and the band was having fun. After they played for an hour, Kevin Drew then says that was just the first half of the show, and that they were playing a lot longer. I thought that they were just kidding around, but no they weren't. They played from about 10:45 to until about 12:45-ish. I guess that the margarita's that they were drinking kept them going, or something. It was a marathon show, but you didn't want it to end, unless your feet were tired. Mine actually held up.
I wish that I could have finished up this review much closer to the show, but sometimes it is just hard to finish up stuff, or just find the time. Any how it was a great show, arguably one of the best shows of my life. It will honestly be hard for another show to top this one. Next up...deftones.....
Monday, October 23, 2006
I'm in love with Rock n' Roll, But that will change eventually..
Well, I have been keeping active with music lately. Got back in the studio with the fellas, and I am even trying to create tracks at home. It makes you feel as if you are accomplishing something, which I am. I have even gone as far as to record like four tracks at home in my spare time (what's that, right?!). Man, that has really made me feel great. Over the last couple of years, I have really wasted a lot of time that I now really, really have a sense of accomplishment lately. I have even done something that I have never really done with the "tracks" that I created on my own....I have actually shared them. The response was a bit surprising to me. Mike and Rook' really seem to dig the two that I shared with them. It really was a bit surprising to me for whatever reason. At the same time, I guess that I do need some positive feedback to keep it going. It seems to be working.
With all of this, it feels really good to talk about music again with Mike and Rook'. It's something that has been a little bit absent in our conversations, or should I say, emails during work. It's been refreshing the last two weeks or so. I am just feeling really positive about things right now. I would like to add that the emails during the day while working really helps me get through the day. I look forward to it, and hate it when it stops! (I just had to mention that!)
Having said that, last Tuesday was our first real session back in the studio. Although it was great to get back in there, it really was, it was difficult to not really see my Little Man that day. I mean, I did get to see him after I go home from work and before it was time to leave for the studio, only it was while he was napping. Not to mention that when I got home after rehearsal, at about 11:00, he was crashed out. A little disheartening, but I guess I will have to get used to that. It certainly was hard for me. I guess I have to make the most of that time that I am away from him. I mean, make that rehearsal session count. We were a little rusty that first day, but I suspect that they will only get a bit more smooth as the weeks go on. I am going to have to put up a picture of the little man in there to help me through get through the night.
Well, that is all that I have for now. I am going to try and transfer two pieces to the computer now before it gets too late....
With all of this, it feels really good to talk about music again with Mike and Rook'. It's something that has been a little bit absent in our conversations, or should I say, emails during work. It's been refreshing the last two weeks or so. I am just feeling really positive about things right now. I would like to add that the emails during the day while working really helps me get through the day. I look forward to it, and hate it when it stops! (I just had to mention that!)
Having said that, last Tuesday was our first real session back in the studio. Although it was great to get back in there, it really was, it was difficult to not really see my Little Man that day. I mean, I did get to see him after I go home from work and before it was time to leave for the studio, only it was while he was napping. Not to mention that when I got home after rehearsal, at about 11:00, he was crashed out. A little disheartening, but I guess I will have to get used to that. It certainly was hard for me. I guess I have to make the most of that time that I am away from him. I mean, make that rehearsal session count. We were a little rusty that first day, but I suspect that they will only get a bit more smooth as the weeks go on. I am going to have to put up a picture of the little man in there to help me through get through the night.
Well, that is all that I have for now. I am going to try and transfer two pieces to the computer now before it gets too late....
Saturday, October 21, 2006
and if you save yourself, you will make him happy
I finally, or should I say, got back in the rehearsal studio with Mike and Raymond last Tuesday. It was a great feeling. I didn't know exactly how it would go down, or how I would feel. It turned out to be just fine, not that I didn't expect it to be at all. Things are starting to get back on track. I mean, goals are getting set and things are really starting to come together and move. It's great to see. I almost feels like a fresh start. That is probably the best way to put it at this point. It's weird too, I mean we all haven't gotten in there since before the baby was born, but we are all on the same wave length. It's almost as if the "break" kind of made us miss what we were doing. It may be a good thing. We seem to really miss what we were doing. Because of this, we kind of refocused and realized what we want to do ulitimately. It works out really. By that I mean, nobody got discouraged, or wanted to jump ship persay....that is a good sign. I think that the guys I am working with, Mike and Rook, are in it for the long run. I know that I am. I don't care if we ever play I live show at a real venue, in front of live people, we are doing what we love. Creating music. Man, that is such a great thing to say that you do. It's not hard, and it isn't rocket science, but it is still a wonderful thing. Especiallly if it affects somebody. That is the reward of it all.
I don't know what direction we will go into. Man, if you think about it, we haven't even scatched the surface of music, but it is just great to be a part of.
Things are starting to really move, and I feel so positive about what has happened in the last two weeks, that I can't wait to see what becomes of it. It is going to be exciting to write about, and see what really happens.....I can't wait...
I don't know what direction we will go into. Man, if you think about it, we haven't even scatched the surface of music, but it is just great to be a part of.
Things are starting to really move, and I feel so positive about what has happened in the last two weeks, that I can't wait to see what becomes of it. It is going to be exciting to write about, and see what really happens.....I can't wait...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Excuse the mess, I'm under construction...
Ok, I am trying to keep my end of the bargin. Well, I am just doing what I feel that I should be doing. I am trying to get my hands back into "guitar shape". My fingers are pretty sore, but that's a good think. I can't believe how I have wasted time and just plain got away from playing. I am ashamed that I have let that happen, and I am not going to let that happen again.
I am thinking that I am going to get back in the studio with Rook' and Mike next week. Even if it is just one day out of next week, it doesn't really matter, just as long as I get in there. I feel that we have let some time get away from us. I think that we also need to refocus and figure out what we want to do and how we want to do it.
I think before we get back in the studio, that we are going to meet and try to figure some things out. I think that we need to. I like when we get all together and have open discussions and throw out ideas out into the open. That is always good to do every now and then.
Well, I am just going to keep on going and do what I need and want to do. Can't wait to get back in the studio and creat music and just have fun. Hopefully we can pick up and get going. Maybe something will actually come of what we want to do. I really hope so, in what form, I really don't know, but I hope that something happens. I will keep updates. It should be fun to watch, read, and chronicle. Full Steam Ahead!!!
I am thinking that I am going to get back in the studio with Rook' and Mike next week. Even if it is just one day out of next week, it doesn't really matter, just as long as I get in there. I feel that we have let some time get away from us. I think that we also need to refocus and figure out what we want to do and how we want to do it.
I think before we get back in the studio, that we are going to meet and try to figure some things out. I think that we need to. I like when we get all together and have open discussions and throw out ideas out into the open. That is always good to do every now and then.
Well, I am just going to keep on going and do what I need and want to do. Can't wait to get back in the studio and creat music and just have fun. Hopefully we can pick up and get going. Maybe something will actually come of what we want to do. I really hope so, in what form, I really don't know, but I hope that something happens. I will keep updates. It should be fun to watch, read, and chronicle. Full Steam Ahead!!!
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Time to start anew..
Time to start off fresh. Time to get back on that horse. Time to take myself seriously. Time to do what I really want to do. Time to stop wasting time. Time to get off my ass. Things that I want to do, things I dream of doing, will only start if I start it myself. It's not easy, it's not simple. It takes time, it takes practice. I shouldn't have to force myself. I shouldn't have to force myself. I am committed to do this thing, I am going to do my best to live up to my end of the bargin. Ultimately, it is only Me that can make Me do what I want to do. I can use those around me for inspiration, but only I can motivate myself. It's shouldn't be hard. There isn't anything to it....I just need to get up and do it. It's easy, if you think about it. There is no hard equation or mystery. It all lies within myself. It's a simple as that. I am ready to focus, and I have wasted way too much time. It's all on me. I am ready. Let's go!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Rook'
Another piece of the music puzzle in my life. I am so glad that he is in with me in wanting to make music. Him and I have probably both dreamt of creating music in one capacity or another. It’s a plus that we are able to do it together. He is a very important piece in this band thing they we are trying to get accomplished. I don’t know if I would want to venture into the musical world without him. I probably would, but it is just so much better to have him there with me.
He is so talented. He musical potential seems limitless to me. He has that musician’s blood running through his veins. I wish music came to me as easily as it seems to go through him. He just seems to pick up things so quickly. It’s great to watch and be a part of. It's like he is a musical sponge that just soaks up the music we try to put together so quickly. It's amazing to watch. Another great thing about him is that he never really seems satisfied with what we make up. Not in a bad way by any means. He is always trying to improve on his bass lines and throws out ideas almost all the time. I may not agree with some of the things that he suggests, but at least he throws those ideas out there. You almost need that, and you definitely need some one like that in you band.
He really has an ear for music. I mean, there was a time where he was suggesting a thing or two about a track of ours, and it was almost like a producer throwing out an idea, and giving us direction. I was very proud to see him take on that particular trait that one night in the studio. I was so impressed with that. Once we get back on track, and get that direction and determination going again, it's going to be a great thing. I can't wait to see Rook's full potential hit. I think that we all have a way to go before we hit our peak, or our full stride. That is the moment that I think we all are waiting for.
You know, there was a time where I thought I could take him under my wing and show him what I have learned in the music scene so that together we can be out there, but it wasn't very long before I realized that I would never be able to fully do that. He was far more advanced and skilled musically than I originally thought and gave him credit for. Hell, he can probably teach me a thing or two, you know!? It's just great to have the two band mates and great cousins on the same side with me musically. I think that we all appreciate music and the creation process so much that it just gets to be a whole lot of fun when we all are clicking on the right musical cylinders. I think that I am lucky to have Rook there with me. With Raymond, making music has become fun again, and isn't that what it is all about and what it should be?!
Because of this, I have to thank you Raymond....I am so glad to have you there with me in the studio, in my life!
I really miss being in the studio space...
He is so talented. He musical potential seems limitless to me. He has that musician’s blood running through his veins. I wish music came to me as easily as it seems to go through him. He just seems to pick up things so quickly. It’s great to watch and be a part of. It's like he is a musical sponge that just soaks up the music we try to put together so quickly. It's amazing to watch. Another great thing about him is that he never really seems satisfied with what we make up. Not in a bad way by any means. He is always trying to improve on his bass lines and throws out ideas almost all the time. I may not agree with some of the things that he suggests, but at least he throws those ideas out there. You almost need that, and you definitely need some one like that in you band.
He really has an ear for music. I mean, there was a time where he was suggesting a thing or two about a track of ours, and it was almost like a producer throwing out an idea, and giving us direction. I was very proud to see him take on that particular trait that one night in the studio. I was so impressed with that. Once we get back on track, and get that direction and determination going again, it's going to be a great thing. I can't wait to see Rook's full potential hit. I think that we all have a way to go before we hit our peak, or our full stride. That is the moment that I think we all are waiting for.
You know, there was a time where I thought I could take him under my wing and show him what I have learned in the music scene so that together we can be out there, but it wasn't very long before I realized that I would never be able to fully do that. He was far more advanced and skilled musically than I originally thought and gave him credit for. Hell, he can probably teach me a thing or two, you know!? It's just great to have the two band mates and great cousins on the same side with me musically. I think that we all appreciate music and the creation process so much that it just gets to be a whole lot of fun when we all are clicking on the right musical cylinders. I think that I am lucky to have Rook there with me. With Raymond, making music has become fun again, and isn't that what it is all about and what it should be?!
Because of this, I have to thank you Raymond....I am so glad to have you there with me in the studio, in my life!
I really miss being in the studio space...
Monday, September 04, 2006
The DRD @ Rudyard's (9.2.06)
I actually went out this past Saturday! Yes, that is what I said...I went out! I got the ok to take a break and go out to Rudyard's to see The Deathday Davies rock Houston. I even went by myself. I ALMOST completely forgot about the show too. I was surfing the internets on Saturday night and accidentally came across the date on the band's myspace. Needless to say that I went out late. I left the house around 10:45 or so...maybe a little later because by the time I got to Rudyard's the opening, and only band, was starting to tear down. I got there just in time. The crowd seemed to be a little lame for a crowd to see the Deathray Davies at Rudyard's, especially on a Saturday night. They played the first to songs to everyone sitting down, which really surprised me, although I was guilty of sitting down too! Before they played that third song, they requested that everyone get up and wake up for the remainder of the show, to which everyone did. Whew! Thank goodness for that! I definitely felt like a DRD show from then on!
I don't have a set list down or anything except to say that they opened up with the Medication's Gone, closed with The Last Train to Deathsville and played one of my favorites jams of their's Her First Party! That was a special treat for me. I wasn't quite sure if they played that one live at all. I know that they do now!
The guys in the band always look to be having a great time on stage. That seems to make the show just that much more enjoyable when you see that band you want to see, look like they are enjoying themselves while they perform. It really does. I don't know much about them personally, but it looks like these guys get along. It really does. In a way, I am a little bit envyous of them, you know?! Just for the fact that they are all talented musicians that have real fun on stage. You know, they are doing what they love to do for a living, and it shows. Oh man....one day, right?!
I don't have a set list down or anything except to say that they opened up with the Medication's Gone, closed with The Last Train to Deathsville and played one of my favorites jams of their's Her First Party! That was a special treat for me. I wasn't quite sure if they played that one live at all. I know that they do now!
The guys in the band always look to be having a great time on stage. That seems to make the show just that much more enjoyable when you see that band you want to see, look like they are enjoying themselves while they perform. It really does. I don't know much about them personally, but it looks like these guys get along. It really does. In a way, I am a little bit envyous of them, you know?! Just for the fact that they are all talented musicians that have real fun on stage. You know, they are doing what they love to do for a living, and it shows. Oh man....one day, right?!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
This is just the beginning...
It’s been just over a month since the big life change occurred. What a month it has been! It’s kind of hard to believe that it has been “just a month”. I have had my good times and my bad times in terms of trying to help Ruby out with Little Raymond, especially at night. Although, I have to say that he seems to be sleeping a bit more at night, giving me and Ruby a chance to get a little bit more rest. That has helped me out, but I don’t really know how Ruby feels. She seems to be holding up a lot better than I have been for the most part. Man, mothers are special. I just don’t know how they hold up raising children. No matter how hard I try to stay up with, or just take the baby off of Ruby’s hands, I just don’t think that I have the energy, patience, or know how that Ruby seems to have. I really do try my best too, but I know that it just isn’t good enough. Effort has to count for something though, right?! I certainly hope so.
Over the past month and about a week, I can see how much my little man has grown. It’s not like he hit a growth spurt at all or anything like that, but you can definitely see changes in him. He is starting to get big. It’s amazing to see it. I started to realize that there is going to be a day in which I won’t be able to hold him in my arms and just stare at him, and him stare back at me. It might sound weird to say, but I almost don’t want that. LOL! I guess there are things, a lot of things, that you cannot control. The thing that I love right now, is that he is starting to “talk.” It’s not talking, but you know what I mean. The noises that he is making, is just, for lack of a better word, cute. I love to hear them. He almost mimics some noises, but it is just beginning. I never realized that babies really do say “A Goo!” Really, they do! It’s not just in tv or in the movies or something like that! Anyway, it is just simply amazing.
I am a person that can step back at current situations, or moments, and realize just what is happening. I can remember a time, it was like the night before my wedding day, thinking that it was going to be the last time that I am going to be alone in bed, at my mother’s house. I knew that it would never be same again. Or another time, when I go to a show, or something like that, where I can step back and say “Wow, this is a special moment!” I can see that the band is on, and the crowd is just loving it. So I do this with my son now. I can spend a night up with him, and think that it isn’t going to last forever. It’s just one of those special moments in time and in my life. I don’t think that most people do this, you know, realize just what is experience at certain moments in life. Maybe they do, I really don’t know.
Somebody, just recently, asked me if I was “high on life.” At the time, I told this person that I was, even though I didn’t really feel that way and just said that because I thought it was the right thing to say, you know!??! Reflecting on the past month, and judging for what I just written above, I think that I really might just be high on life.
Over the past month and about a week, I can see how much my little man has grown. It’s not like he hit a growth spurt at all or anything like that, but you can definitely see changes in him. He is starting to get big. It’s amazing to see it. I started to realize that there is going to be a day in which I won’t be able to hold him in my arms and just stare at him, and him stare back at me. It might sound weird to say, but I almost don’t want that. LOL! I guess there are things, a lot of things, that you cannot control. The thing that I love right now, is that he is starting to “talk.” It’s not talking, but you know what I mean. The noises that he is making, is just, for lack of a better word, cute. I love to hear them. He almost mimics some noises, but it is just beginning. I never realized that babies really do say “A Goo!” Really, they do! It’s not just in tv or in the movies or something like that! Anyway, it is just simply amazing.
I am a person that can step back at current situations, or moments, and realize just what is happening. I can remember a time, it was like the night before my wedding day, thinking that it was going to be the last time that I am going to be alone in bed, at my mother’s house. I knew that it would never be same again. Or another time, when I go to a show, or something like that, where I can step back and say “Wow, this is a special moment!” I can see that the band is on, and the crowd is just loving it. So I do this with my son now. I can spend a night up with him, and think that it isn’t going to last forever. It’s just one of those special moments in time and in my life. I don’t think that most people do this, you know, realize just what is experience at certain moments in life. Maybe they do, I really don’t know.
Somebody, just recently, asked me if I was “high on life.” At the time, I told this person that I was, even though I didn’t really feel that way and just said that because I thought it was the right thing to say, you know!??! Reflecting on the past month, and judging for what I just written above, I think that I really might just be high on life.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Mike
Mike.
What can I say about this guy? He means a lot to me, not only musically but also as a friend and a confidant. This guy really has the drive and the talent to keep going in the music world. He is, and what I should use, as in inspiration to keep going on musically. Especially in a time where motivation has run a little thin for me. Well, I don’t know if this is an accurate statement or not. I mean, I really do want to more of a “musician” it is just that I have lacked the energy. Mike always has time to do something…even when he really doesn’t have the time too, you know!? That guy works so many hours in probably a high stress job, but he is always up to rehearsing. Then he can still go home after practice and think musically. He still will stay up late nights getting into various other things, and do the very same thing again the very next day. I don’t know where he gets the energy. I really don’t. He has always been like that in the 6 years or so that I have worked with him in a musical capacity. It is just truly an inspiration for me.
I can look at him and get motivated. I have to, at this point. I need to get out of the current “rut” that I am in. He is the one person that I should try to be. He just always thinks about music and ways to create, record, or practice it. That is what I should be doing. As hard as I try, right now, I just can’t seem to get off of the ground.
I want to be a better musician. As of now, I wouldn’t exactly say to people that I am a musician, or at least a very good one at all. I wouldn’t even say that I am even close to being a musician in the local music scene, and I want to. It’s something that I have always wanted. As long as I can remember, I have been listening to music. Having the chance to be in a band once before and playing around town, has made me want to continue that.
That is where Mike comes in. He seems to be the person that can help me continue to pursue just what I want to do. I can only hope to, one day, be as talented and driven as he is.
I guess what I am also getting at, is that I want to thank him for just being him. Now, it is my turn to hopefully do the same for him.
Thank you Mike.
What can I say about this guy? He means a lot to me, not only musically but also as a friend and a confidant. This guy really has the drive and the talent to keep going in the music world. He is, and what I should use, as in inspiration to keep going on musically. Especially in a time where motivation has run a little thin for me. Well, I don’t know if this is an accurate statement or not. I mean, I really do want to more of a “musician” it is just that I have lacked the energy. Mike always has time to do something…even when he really doesn’t have the time too, you know!? That guy works so many hours in probably a high stress job, but he is always up to rehearsing. Then he can still go home after practice and think musically. He still will stay up late nights getting into various other things, and do the very same thing again the very next day. I don’t know where he gets the energy. I really don’t. He has always been like that in the 6 years or so that I have worked with him in a musical capacity. It is just truly an inspiration for me.
I can look at him and get motivated. I have to, at this point. I need to get out of the current “rut” that I am in. He is the one person that I should try to be. He just always thinks about music and ways to create, record, or practice it. That is what I should be doing. As hard as I try, right now, I just can’t seem to get off of the ground.
I want to be a better musician. As of now, I wouldn’t exactly say to people that I am a musician, or at least a very good one at all. I wouldn’t even say that I am even close to being a musician in the local music scene, and I want to. It’s something that I have always wanted. As long as I can remember, I have been listening to music. Having the chance to be in a band once before and playing around town, has made me want to continue that.
That is where Mike comes in. He seems to be the person that can help me continue to pursue just what I want to do. I can only hope to, one day, be as talented and driven as he is.
I guess what I am also getting at, is that I want to thank him for just being him. Now, it is my turn to hopefully do the same for him.
Thank you Mike.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
It's Tough
The baby is doing so well. He is a great for the most part. He will even let us sleep now. He will wake us up, of course, if he is either hungry or if he has a dirty diaper. That is to be expected. It was a process to get to this point and I am pretty sure that it will continue to be as well....probably from here on out. We have sort of system up. I will take the first part of the night taking care of him, and Ruby will take over the second part of the night. I will take him from like bedtime until 2 or 2:30. Anything after that, and I have a hard time staying up. I wish I could take care of him the entire night, but I guess that it isn't possible. I feel bad leaving him with Ruby. What I mean by that is that I wish I could help Ruby more. I sometimes feel that I don't help here enough. Hell, I try my best, but I still feel that it isn't enough. It may be, I don't know, I just feel that way. I am sure that it is just me though (I hope)....
There are some tough times for me during the night. He had his rough couple of nights. I guess little Raymond had a really bad case of gas in his system that would seem to really hurt him. When that would occur, he would cry and scream. It seemed like it would last forever. Poor little guy. I felt helpless. There wasn't much that I could do to help him. Of course this would happen during the night. It really bothered me too. I mean, I thought I was a patient man until this happened. Turns out during these rough nights, Ruby was the patient one. The thing that got me, was just that I couldn't help him or relieve his pain. I didn't know what to do or what I could do. It really gets you when you are holding your son in your arms and he is crying, and there isn't much you can really do about it.
Turns out that this is a common problem for newborns. And it has gotten so much better. He doesn't seem to have the gas issue anymore. That is good news, but there were times during those rough nights that I thought to myself, "What did I get myself into?" or "I am not ready for this, I'm just not!". I know that may sound bad of me to say, but it is the truth. But I had to also tell myself that it will get better, and that seemed to help. You just have to stay patient. You have to. I mean those times were really trying. You don't want to deal with it, but you have to. And it did get better. So much more. It's all the learning process of this new life that me and Ruby have embarked on. She really has been the best during this whole life change. I am beginning to think that I married superwoman. She just has been truly amazing. I don't know how she does it, but I am glad I have her with me.
Well, just when you get into another routine, and you think you have it all down....something else changes. I have to return to work....damn....
There are some tough times for me during the night. He had his rough couple of nights. I guess little Raymond had a really bad case of gas in his system that would seem to really hurt him. When that would occur, he would cry and scream. It seemed like it would last forever. Poor little guy. I felt helpless. There wasn't much that I could do to help him. Of course this would happen during the night. It really bothered me too. I mean, I thought I was a patient man until this happened. Turns out during these rough nights, Ruby was the patient one. The thing that got me, was just that I couldn't help him or relieve his pain. I didn't know what to do or what I could do. It really gets you when you are holding your son in your arms and he is crying, and there isn't much you can really do about it.
Turns out that this is a common problem for newborns. And it has gotten so much better. He doesn't seem to have the gas issue anymore. That is good news, but there were times during those rough nights that I thought to myself, "What did I get myself into?" or "I am not ready for this, I'm just not!". I know that may sound bad of me to say, but it is the truth. But I had to also tell myself that it will get better, and that seemed to help. You just have to stay patient. You have to. I mean those times were really trying. You don't want to deal with it, but you have to. And it did get better. So much more. It's all the learning process of this new life that me and Ruby have embarked on. She really has been the best during this whole life change. I am beginning to think that I married superwoman. She just has been truly amazing. I don't know how she does it, but I am glad I have her with me.
Well, just when you get into another routine, and you think you have it all down....something else changes. I have to return to work....damn....
Tired...so, tired...(A Much Different Type of Tired)
Well, my two weeks of taking time off of work to spend time with my new son and my wonderful wife had come to an end, It was time for me to go back to work (ewwww, right?!). I knew that it was going to be yet another adjustment getting back to work. Especially getting up in the morning and having to work like 8 hours. Man, on Sunday night I got everything ready. I mean everything! I put all my clothes in the bathroom so I wouldn't have to do anything but jump in the show and go. Hell, I even set the coffee pot to brew automatically and that way it would be done before I even woke up. I'm telling you, I tried to cover all of the bases that I could think of.
It must have worked. Monday morning wasn't as terrible as I expected. It went through without a hitch. Sure, I was got a bit more tired after lunch time, and I didn't want to work all that much, but I survived it. It's not going to be so tough after all, right?! Ha! Not so...the following (in quotes) was something I typed up on Tuesday morning sometime....
"It was so tough coming back to work yesterday, but it seemed to be much more worse today. I had every intention on going home last night and spending some time with the baby, and then maybe getting on the guitar for a little while. Needless to say, it didn't happen. At this point, it seems that there isn't going to be enough time for me to do what I want, you know?! It's like for real this time. You know, like...after the two weeks off of work, it was like I got into the routine of things, and then I have to come back to work. It threw everything off for me. Not to mention how tired I was last night and this morning. It was like I had virtually no energy at all when I woke up. No joke!! I know that I will get into a new routine again in a couple of days, it is just that the initial feeling is just overwhelming. It was like that the first couple of nights with the newborn, but it just seemed to come back all over again. I hope it doesn't sound like I am freaking out or anything...because I am not, I just wanted to share my feelings for this for some reason...it just takes some really getting used to, you know!? The exercise and playing the guitar thing is going to be hard to squeeze into a schedule. It's just tough getting adjusted, period.
I fully had every intention to exercise, starting yesterday, but man, it is hard to. I mean, in the morning you want to sleep as long as you can, you know?! And the evening, well...Ruby has been with the baby all day long, so I try to take him off of her hands for a while too...so it is just hard to figure out what to do...I know that it will all fall into place eventually, but for now...I struggle..."
Shit...it is still a struggle...I am tired, for sure, but in a strange way after saying all of that...it is getting easier. It's probably more like me getting used to it than getting easier, but it just seems easier. Things continue to constantly change. Little Nicky's hunger is certainly growing, so we have to gauge that and figure out just how much to feed him. He also is starting with the cry once I am put down routine. That isn't making things easier, but we just have to figure out how to live with that and we will be good. I am sure once we get all that down, there is going to be a new challenge. I just know it.
Do I feel like a father yet? Don't know...not really? Maybe once he gets a bit older I will. I mean, I know that I take care of him, but I don't know. It's really cool to see him more alert now. The times when he is up, he just stares and stares. His vision must be getting better too. He seem to follow things now. I can't wait until he starts getting a personality and expresses more emotions. That is going to be really cool. Man the trip is just getting started, isn't it!??! I mean, we are just hitting the tip of the iceberg. Wow...
It must have worked. Monday morning wasn't as terrible as I expected. It went through without a hitch. Sure, I was got a bit more tired after lunch time, and I didn't want to work all that much, but I survived it. It's not going to be so tough after all, right?! Ha! Not so...the following (in quotes) was something I typed up on Tuesday morning sometime....
"It was so tough coming back to work yesterday, but it seemed to be much more worse today. I had every intention on going home last night and spending some time with the baby, and then maybe getting on the guitar for a little while. Needless to say, it didn't happen. At this point, it seems that there isn't going to be enough time for me to do what I want, you know?! It's like for real this time. You know, like...after the two weeks off of work, it was like I got into the routine of things, and then I have to come back to work. It threw everything off for me. Not to mention how tired I was last night and this morning. It was like I had virtually no energy at all when I woke up. No joke!! I know that I will get into a new routine again in a couple of days, it is just that the initial feeling is just overwhelming. It was like that the first couple of nights with the newborn, but it just seemed to come back all over again. I hope it doesn't sound like I am freaking out or anything...because I am not, I just wanted to share my feelings for this for some reason...it just takes some really getting used to, you know!? The exercise and playing the guitar thing is going to be hard to squeeze into a schedule. It's just tough getting adjusted, period.
I fully had every intention to exercise, starting yesterday, but man, it is hard to. I mean, in the morning you want to sleep as long as you can, you know?! And the evening, well...Ruby has been with the baby all day long, so I try to take him off of her hands for a while too...so it is just hard to figure out what to do...I know that it will all fall into place eventually, but for now...I struggle..."
Shit...it is still a struggle...I am tired, for sure, but in a strange way after saying all of that...it is getting easier. It's probably more like me getting used to it than getting easier, but it just seems easier. Things continue to constantly change. Little Nicky's hunger is certainly growing, so we have to gauge that and figure out just how much to feed him. He also is starting with the cry once I am put down routine. That isn't making things easier, but we just have to figure out how to live with that and we will be good. I am sure once we get all that down, there is going to be a new challenge. I just know it.
Do I feel like a father yet? Don't know...not really? Maybe once he gets a bit older I will. I mean, I know that I take care of him, but I don't know. It's really cool to see him more alert now. The times when he is up, he just stares and stares. His vision must be getting better too. He seem to follow things now. I can't wait until he starts getting a personality and expresses more emotions. That is going to be really cool. Man the trip is just getting started, isn't it!??! I mean, we are just hitting the tip of the iceberg. Wow...
Catch Up (Trying to)
Ok...I am now just trying to catch up on the past two and half weeks...yeah...it's been that long already. Strange, but cool.
Don't know where to start from because so much has happened. I mean, so many different emotions, thoughts...just everything all around...well...The day of the baby being born, there were some rough times for me. Not terribly rough, but rough none the less. Ruby was laid up pretty good from the C-Section, obviously, so I had to care for the baby at night. (The C-Section was a nervous experience for me). We had plenty of help during the days with all of the visitors in and out of the hospital, that was no problem. Let's not forget that he slept a whole lot the first 48 hours, so there was no worries really. Night time was a different beast all together. You have this new born baby that is crying, and you really don't know what to do really. I was the man the first two/three nights...Ruby couldn't get up, she had major surgery. I also had to change his diaper. I have never changed a diaper before, you know!? I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do it right and stuff like that, but it turns out that there really isn't anything to it anyhow. You just have to get used to things, you know?! It's all new. Sleep becomes scarce right a way, you know?! You feel that right away. I still don't think that I am used to the sleep, or lack there or, that I am getting now. That is the part that you feel you miss the most. You know, you just miss being able to sleep for like a full 8 hours.
It sucked being in the hospital for that period of time. The part that really sucked for me was the night time. It's bad enough that you are trying to figure out the baby and the new situation that you are in, but once the baby decides that he is going to sleep and you put him down, you get happy at the propect of sleeping...finally..right!? Not quite so. You see, you have the nurses, for Ruby and the baby, that come in and out of the room all throughout the night. So you don't get uninterrupted sleep persay, so it isn't all that it is cracked up to be (thinking that you are going to sleep well). Not to mention I had to sleep on the green leather type couch without a pillow. Not that it really made much of a difference because I was so tired.
On the third day, you finally start getting the hang of your new situation and the prospect of actually going home for the first time just makes everything feel just that much more better. Just then, a new nervousness or sorts starts creeping in. I am actually going to go home! Yike! The baby is coming with us, Ruby isn't really mobile and there is supposed to rain like crazy outside?! I got a little worried. It ended up being ok...we didn't get rained on that much and the baby had a smooth ride/transition home. I was glad. Really I was. There is literally nothing like going back to the place you call home after being gone for a couple of days. That is probably an understatement, if one has every been made.
Sorry if these seems a little vague, but I am just trying to collect all of the thoughts as I type this up.
Don't know where to start from because so much has happened. I mean, so many different emotions, thoughts...just everything all around...well...The day of the baby being born, there were some rough times for me. Not terribly rough, but rough none the less. Ruby was laid up pretty good from the C-Section, obviously, so I had to care for the baby at night. (The C-Section was a nervous experience for me). We had plenty of help during the days with all of the visitors in and out of the hospital, that was no problem. Let's not forget that he slept a whole lot the first 48 hours, so there was no worries really. Night time was a different beast all together. You have this new born baby that is crying, and you really don't know what to do really. I was the man the first two/three nights...Ruby couldn't get up, she had major surgery. I also had to change his diaper. I have never changed a diaper before, you know!? I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do it right and stuff like that, but it turns out that there really isn't anything to it anyhow. You just have to get used to things, you know?! It's all new. Sleep becomes scarce right a way, you know?! You feel that right away. I still don't think that I am used to the sleep, or lack there or, that I am getting now. That is the part that you feel you miss the most. You know, you just miss being able to sleep for like a full 8 hours.
It sucked being in the hospital for that period of time. The part that really sucked for me was the night time. It's bad enough that you are trying to figure out the baby and the new situation that you are in, but once the baby decides that he is going to sleep and you put him down, you get happy at the propect of sleeping...finally..right!? Not quite so. You see, you have the nurses, for Ruby and the baby, that come in and out of the room all throughout the night. So you don't get uninterrupted sleep persay, so it isn't all that it is cracked up to be (thinking that you are going to sleep well). Not to mention I had to sleep on the green leather type couch without a pillow. Not that it really made much of a difference because I was so tired.
On the third day, you finally start getting the hang of your new situation and the prospect of actually going home for the first time just makes everything feel just that much more better. Just then, a new nervousness or sorts starts creeping in. I am actually going to go home! Yike! The baby is coming with us, Ruby isn't really mobile and there is supposed to rain like crazy outside?! I got a little worried. It ended up being ok...we didn't get rained on that much and the baby had a smooth ride/transition home. I was glad. Really I was. There is literally nothing like going back to the place you call home after being gone for a couple of days. That is probably an understatement, if one has every been made.
Sorry if these seems a little vague, but I am just trying to collect all of the thoughts as I type this up.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Hadababyitsaboy! (or, whata week!)
Man, is that right!? It has been just over a week now?! I don't know where to start....I mean, I guess I do, but it might end up being a long ass post.
Well, I guess it all started on early Saturday morning when Ruby started having contractions. They seemed to be the first ones that she had during the entire pregnancy. It must have been about 6 in the morning, and of course, I was dead asleep. She proceeded to keep track of them and called the doctor's office once they got a consistant schedule. Turned out that they were "false alarms". They actually went away when we both ate breakfast (I picked up from Kelly's - Egg and Cheese Biscuit, ummm, mmmm..good!) so the rest of the day, they seemed to hold off. Then 6 o'clock rolled around...things started to get very interesting....
When the contractions started up again, there was some pretty good pain associated with them...these had to be the real thing, they just had to be, you know?! Determining that we had to get something in our stomachs again, we decided to hit up Mai's for some good eatin' (and after dropping off my Mom downtown anyhow), it seems strange knowing now that we are actually out and about while she was having real contractions. I suppose that they held off during the time that we ate, but I can't really remember Ruby complaining about them while at dinner. Although, once we got home, the pain came back. I knew early on, the this could potentially be a very long night. Hours went by and the contractions continued at a steady pace. Ruby decide to give the doctor a call again. The anxiousness and a little bit of nervousness began to set in. I guess around 11:30 or so...we get the word to go ahead and get to the hospital. Everything suddenly got all sureal. I mean, looking back at it...it did almost seem like a dreamlike state. It's weird. I can remember it so clearly though, but not so much so...does that make any sense?! We got to the hospital around 1 in the morning, and it is there that you realize that it is for real, and it is finally time.
It ended up being one long day, but at 07:41 a.m. Raymond Nicholas Gamboa Jr. was with us. I don't think that it really hit me right away, but I am glad that he has joined us, and healthy as can be! It's hard for me to type up everything that happened, and how I felt, so I will probably be adding more to this in other entry's. I realize that they might not be in sequential order, but that is the only way that I can do this at this point. MORE SOON, I promise...
Oh yeah...he came out to be 7 Ibs and 12 ounces...not quite as big as the hospital estimated...
Well, I guess it all started on early Saturday morning when Ruby started having contractions. They seemed to be the first ones that she had during the entire pregnancy. It must have been about 6 in the morning, and of course, I was dead asleep. She proceeded to keep track of them and called the doctor's office once they got a consistant schedule. Turned out that they were "false alarms". They actually went away when we both ate breakfast (I picked up from Kelly's - Egg and Cheese Biscuit, ummm, mmmm..good!) so the rest of the day, they seemed to hold off. Then 6 o'clock rolled around...things started to get very interesting....
When the contractions started up again, there was some pretty good pain associated with them...these had to be the real thing, they just had to be, you know?! Determining that we had to get something in our stomachs again, we decided to hit up Mai's for some good eatin' (and after dropping off my Mom downtown anyhow), it seems strange knowing now that we are actually out and about while she was having real contractions. I suppose that they held off during the time that we ate, but I can't really remember Ruby complaining about them while at dinner. Although, once we got home, the pain came back. I knew early on, the this could potentially be a very long night. Hours went by and the contractions continued at a steady pace. Ruby decide to give the doctor a call again. The anxiousness and a little bit of nervousness began to set in. I guess around 11:30 or so...we get the word to go ahead and get to the hospital. Everything suddenly got all sureal. I mean, looking back at it...it did almost seem like a dreamlike state. It's weird. I can remember it so clearly though, but not so much so...does that make any sense?! We got to the hospital around 1 in the morning, and it is there that you realize that it is for real, and it is finally time.
It ended up being one long day, but at 07:41 a.m. Raymond Nicholas Gamboa Jr. was with us. I don't think that it really hit me right away, but I am glad that he has joined us, and healthy as can be! It's hard for me to type up everything that happened, and how I felt, so I will probably be adding more to this in other entry's. I realize that they might not be in sequential order, but that is the only way that I can do this at this point. MORE SOON, I promise...
Oh yeah...he came out to be 7 Ibs and 12 ounces...not quite as big as the hospital estimated...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
8.3
That just says it all.....it's the baby's estimated weight right now. The due date is still just over a week away! I can't believe that! He is going to be big! I hope that it isn't too tough a labor for Ruby. Man, I really can't believe this news that we got at our weekly doctor visit. I mean, I would have never thought that he would be this big a baby. Ruby is still a pretty high canidate for a C-Section though. They are going to let us give it a shot naturally at first, but if the labor is going to be a tough one, then they will switch to the C-Section. I am sure that they can change to that at the drop of a hat. Still, the doctor wants us to do what we can to get this labor started soon. If the baby comes on his expected due date, it can easily gain another half pound! We don't want that for Ruby, so you can definitely see the doctor's point, right?!
It's weird to think that this life changing experience can go down any day now, and at any time now. We are just playing the waiting game, but this is going to be some kind of experience, that is for sure. I have said all along, and even more so recently, this is probably the most nervous that I have been throughout this pregnancy. I mean, just not knowing exactly when he is going to make his way into this world. It just that it is so unexpected. I would hate to be stuck in traffic, or worse yet...at work (yuck!)....man, can you imagine the drive home from work, knowing that it is time?! I am sure that it won't be the longest drive I have ever endured, right!? LOL! Well...only time will tell.
I don't really know if I realize the change ahead for me. I mean, I do....but do I really?! I have no real basis on what is going to happen, you know?! One can't really prepare for something like this...I mean, REALLY prepare for this...can you??! In my mind, you can't. You can't really know what to expect until you are in the situation. At least, that is just my perpective on things. It's a little surreal. I dont' know if that is the right word for me to use or not, but it's just weird knowing that this is just around the corner. Not it a bad way either, just different. I guess that it is kind of hard to put into words. Well, getting tired and I know that Ruby is too...gotta to, can't wait to see what the next "blog" will bring news of.....
It's weird to think that this life changing experience can go down any day now, and at any time now. We are just playing the waiting game, but this is going to be some kind of experience, that is for sure. I have said all along, and even more so recently, this is probably the most nervous that I have been throughout this pregnancy. I mean, just not knowing exactly when he is going to make his way into this world. It just that it is so unexpected. I would hate to be stuck in traffic, or worse yet...at work (yuck!)....man, can you imagine the drive home from work, knowing that it is time?! I am sure that it won't be the longest drive I have ever endured, right!? LOL! Well...only time will tell.
I don't really know if I realize the change ahead for me. I mean, I do....but do I really?! I have no real basis on what is going to happen, you know?! One can't really prepare for something like this...I mean, REALLY prepare for this...can you??! In my mind, you can't. You can't really know what to expect until you are in the situation. At least, that is just my perpective on things. It's a little surreal. I dont' know if that is the right word for me to use or not, but it's just weird knowing that this is just around the corner. Not it a bad way either, just different. I guess that it is kind of hard to put into words. Well, getting tired and I know that Ruby is too...gotta to, can't wait to see what the next "blog" will bring news of.....
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pale w/Johnny and the Little Champions
Last night I got to see Johnny and The Little Champions perform with Pale at one of the coolest spots in Houston, The Mink. I t was a great show. Johnny and his band are really something else. They just seem to get better and better everytime I see them. They rocked the house. The set list was pretty much the same as the Sidecar show, minus a song. The keys are a nice touch in the live rock show. I don't know what more I can say about the band. They are just that good.
Pale was an added bonus on the night, but I knew what to expect going in. It has been a good while since I have seen them, so I was excited about this show. They played a lot of new songs that sound just as good as their old stuff. I cannot wait until their new cd comes out, I think they said that they are looking at a September release. So I wait anxiously for that. The only problem with this part of the show, was that it had gotten extremely stuffy and hot in the room due to the amount of people in there at the time.
As I said before, The Mink is definitely a cool place to check out. Being there for the first time, it was a little crazy. That place can be a maze for the most part, but it is set up really cool. From what I saw, there were at least two or three different bar areas, an outside patio area, and the upstairs live area. It is really nice. Me and Ruby are definitely going to have to check this place out again when she is ready to drink! LOL! Can't wait for that again either!
Pale was an added bonus on the night, but I knew what to expect going in. It has been a good while since I have seen them, so I was excited about this show. They played a lot of new songs that sound just as good as their old stuff. I cannot wait until their new cd comes out, I think they said that they are looking at a September release. So I wait anxiously for that. The only problem with this part of the show, was that it had gotten extremely stuffy and hot in the room due to the amount of people in there at the time.
As I said before, The Mink is definitely a cool place to check out. Being there for the first time, it was a little crazy. That place can be a maze for the most part, but it is set up really cool. From what I saw, there were at least two or three different bar areas, an outside patio area, and the upstairs live area. It is really nice. Me and Ruby are definitely going to have to check this place out again when she is ready to drink! LOL! Can't wait for that again either!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Co-Star Conspiracy?!?!
What do you think about that?! "Co-Star Conspiracy"...hmm...has a nice ring to it?! Could it be the new band name?! Maybe...right now it has definitely got to be the front runner. This is courtesy of Mike and Raymond! Thanks guys! Raymond had originally came up with "Co-Star", and he liked it. Mike put his two cents in, and suggested Conspiracy to the end....and...there you have it. Don't know if we plan on searching further on the name front or not, but for now, I think that we have our name. Not bad...not bad, at all...
Yesterday's rehearsal was a little disappointing to me. We really didn't get to work on "The Professional" at all really. It's all good, I know that we will get to it on Thursday. Still, I wish that we would have taken advantage a little more of that time in there on Tuesday, you know?! I was fairly geared up about being able to hit the song that we have chosen to work on next, but it just wasn't in the cards. I guess I am just a little concerned because I don't know how many rehearsals that we will be able to get in before the baby's arrival. I just assume that this is going to happen soon, and don't know how the schedule will be affected when he decides to come on out. Hopefully it wouldn't affect the Tuesday/Thursday rehearsals too much, if at all. I suppose that I will have to just feel things out whenever it does happen. I any event, I am trying my best to play the guitar everyday for at least thirty minutes...you know, just to keep fresh at it. I have stuck to it for the better part of three days, so I feel like I have actually accomplished something....
We have started the final preperations for the baby's arrival at home. Ruby was busy tonight getting the bags together, her's and the baby's. Anxious times are all around for me. I can't wait for this guys to join us out here! I think that he just might like it out here with all of us, you know?! I mean, I would like hanging out with all of us if I was him. Hey, who wouldn't!? LOL! To me, this has been the most nerve racking of the entire nine months. Just waiting. Knowing that Ruby can go into labor at any given time. That is just nerve racking to me. I just hope that I am not too far away when the time comes. Not that I ever intend to, but still. I admit that I get a little nervous just typing about this. Crazy, isn't it?! Well, Ruby is still holding up just fine. Which is very assuring. She has been great. I need to help her out as much as I can. Hell, we need to enjoy the good nights sleep while we can. Those days are numbered! D'oh!
Well, I guess that is all I have for now...later!
Yesterday's rehearsal was a little disappointing to me. We really didn't get to work on "The Professional" at all really. It's all good, I know that we will get to it on Thursday. Still, I wish that we would have taken advantage a little more of that time in there on Tuesday, you know?! I was fairly geared up about being able to hit the song that we have chosen to work on next, but it just wasn't in the cards. I guess I am just a little concerned because I don't know how many rehearsals that we will be able to get in before the baby's arrival. I just assume that this is going to happen soon, and don't know how the schedule will be affected when he decides to come on out. Hopefully it wouldn't affect the Tuesday/Thursday rehearsals too much, if at all. I suppose that I will have to just feel things out whenever it does happen. I any event, I am trying my best to play the guitar everyday for at least thirty minutes...you know, just to keep fresh at it. I have stuck to it for the better part of three days, so I feel like I have actually accomplished something....
We have started the final preperations for the baby's arrival at home. Ruby was busy tonight getting the bags together, her's and the baby's. Anxious times are all around for me. I can't wait for this guys to join us out here! I think that he just might like it out here with all of us, you know?! I mean, I would like hanging out with all of us if I was him. Hey, who wouldn't!? LOL! To me, this has been the most nerve racking of the entire nine months. Just waiting. Knowing that Ruby can go into labor at any given time. That is just nerve racking to me. I just hope that I am not too far away when the time comes. Not that I ever intend to, but still. I admit that I get a little nervous just typing about this. Crazy, isn't it?! Well, Ruby is still holding up just fine. Which is very assuring. She has been great. I need to help her out as much as I can. Hell, we need to enjoy the good nights sleep while we can. Those days are numbered! D'oh!
Well, I guess that is all I have for now...later!
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
"In This Corner" and "The Professional"
Time to touch up on the progress of the band. The band name, for now, remains to be "Below Me", but we are on the search for a new, more fitting name. "Below Me" kind of just came into light as a sort of joke...SNL fans may know what skit this came from. It seems like it is going to be a bit of a process coming up with a name that we all can agree on. There has been a couple of decent names in our brainstorming, but I think we wind up joking around more than anything.
Let's see, since we got the studio space last October, we have mostly just jammed around and come up with "songs", or more like pieces of songs, up until two or three months ago. I guess you can say that it is mostly a improvised creative progress. Over those months we started recording these pieces on an old Tascam four track that I purchased off eBay. After getting about three cassettes full of material, and some research on how to put them on the computer, you know, transferring them over to mp3 format, it seems that we are starting to move forward a bit more. At least we seem to be more organized in getting goals together. After all of this, we got down a small set list of tracks that we were going to work on and try to make them completed songs because right now, they are really songs, just like a riff or two played over and over.
We finally decided on the first track to work on. Right now we call it, "In This Corner." We have our own reasoning for this. It has really come around, too! We added a change to the end from the original "version" that came about strictly by accident...well, more from an Bud Select infused, improvised, jam session late one Friday night. Gotta love that, right!? We kind of liked it, and molded it together with the original version that we already had. Well, so far it has come out pretty damn decent too. Soon, the plan is to get as good as a recorded version that we can do by ourselves in the coming weeks, and then maybe share it with some people, but I think that all depends on how good the recording comes out. You know that we can't have a crappy version out as a first impression...it just wouldn't be a good representation of us!
We also have our second choice for the track that we will work on next ("The Professional" for now) and we probably will start working out details on that next week. For now, we are maintaining the instrumental status for our music, but that can always change. I think that for now, we are just trying to focus on structuring and polishing up the material that we have now. So, like I said, things are starting to progress a tiny bit more, but I think that we are all starting to take this a bit more seriously now, which is a great thing in my mind. I will definitely keep "progress reports" on what happens...a kind of historical documentation for our like musical endeavor...
Let's see, since we got the studio space last October, we have mostly just jammed around and come up with "songs", or more like pieces of songs, up until two or three months ago. I guess you can say that it is mostly a improvised creative progress. Over those months we started recording these pieces on an old Tascam four track that I purchased off eBay. After getting about three cassettes full of material, and some research on how to put them on the computer, you know, transferring them over to mp3 format, it seems that we are starting to move forward a bit more. At least we seem to be more organized in getting goals together. After all of this, we got down a small set list of tracks that we were going to work on and try to make them completed songs because right now, they are really songs, just like a riff or two played over and over.
We finally decided on the first track to work on. Right now we call it, "In This Corner." We have our own reasoning for this. It has really come around, too! We added a change to the end from the original "version" that came about strictly by accident...well, more from an Bud Select infused, improvised, jam session late one Friday night. Gotta love that, right!? We kind of liked it, and molded it together with the original version that we already had. Well, so far it has come out pretty damn decent too. Soon, the plan is to get as good as a recorded version that we can do by ourselves in the coming weeks, and then maybe share it with some people, but I think that all depends on how good the recording comes out. You know that we can't have a crappy version out as a first impression...it just wouldn't be a good representation of us!
We also have our second choice for the track that we will work on next ("The Professional" for now) and we probably will start working out details on that next week. For now, we are maintaining the instrumental status for our music, but that can always change. I think that for now, we are just trying to focus on structuring and polishing up the material that we have now. So, like I said, things are starting to progress a tiny bit more, but I think that we are all starting to take this a bit more seriously now, which is a great thing in my mind. I will definitely keep "progress reports" on what happens...a kind of historical documentation for our like musical endeavor...
Sunday, July 02, 2006
I love Dr. Pepper
Another weekend has come and gone. It wasn't the weekend that I had hoped for. In fact, it was a little akward. I guess that I am just not used to having a full, noisy house. It's all good though, sometimes you have to do what you have to do and put up with things that you aren't fully used to, no big deal really. I just wanted to get that off of my chest.
I actually went out on Saturday night to catch the Sound Team (from Austin, TX) at Walter's On Washington. This isn't my favorite venue in Houston, but a lot of shows are getting booked there right now, so what can I do about that?! Not much. It was a good show. They are coming off the heals of their first major label debut (the band was signed to Capitol Records a while back), so I was anxious to catch the show. So, I decide to leave the house around 10-ish since this is Walter's after all and the Headling Act probably won't go on until Midnight or so, right?! Wrong! I got there just as the band playing says, "This is our last song, Sound Team will be up next," and I was like...what!? Well, it was true. Good thing I got there when I did. I wish I knew the songs so I can post a set list, but sadly, I don't know their new material all that well...actually, I don't know any of their new stuff. It was a good live show though, and will really try to catch them the next time they come through. The plus side of the night was the sound. The sound was very good. The last couple of times, it was either too loud, or something was a bit off, but last night the sound was very good. Props to the sound guys at Walter's! They did a very nice job! It actually makes the whole experience of seeing a show there a half way pleasant one. I am sure that the ear plugs that I had on helped me out, you know?!? Now, if we can just do something about all of the smoke in there, we will be good.
I gotta tell you, it is still akward going out by myself. I mean, I just feel like I am a bit out of place or something. Last night wasn't all that bad, but I am not the person to socialize to strangers and all that stuff. Mike was going to try and make it out there last night, but when I told them that they were going on earlier than expected, understandably, he wouldn't have made it out in time, so he skipped out. I suppose that I would rather feel a little akward catching a show by myself rather than missing out on the the show totally, right!? I would think so. It also helps out when you have a couple of beers before heading out. Saves a little money too. Ha! Ha! I tried out some Skinney Dip (it's a Summer Brew from the makers of Fat Tire), I think that it is fairly tastey too! Once at Walter's I switched to Shiner, it seems that I haven't drank Shiner in sometime, but it was a nice change for me. All in all, it turned out to be a decent Saturday night for me....of course, coming home and catching the South Park movie on the Comedy Central Secret Stash was a added bonus and a great way to end the night! LOL!!
I actually went out on Saturday night to catch the Sound Team (from Austin, TX) at Walter's On Washington. This isn't my favorite venue in Houston, but a lot of shows are getting booked there right now, so what can I do about that?! Not much. It was a good show. They are coming off the heals of their first major label debut (the band was signed to Capitol Records a while back), so I was anxious to catch the show. So, I decide to leave the house around 10-ish since this is Walter's after all and the Headling Act probably won't go on until Midnight or so, right?! Wrong! I got there just as the band playing says, "This is our last song, Sound Team will be up next," and I was like...what!? Well, it was true. Good thing I got there when I did. I wish I knew the songs so I can post a set list, but sadly, I don't know their new material all that well...actually, I don't know any of their new stuff. It was a good live show though, and will really try to catch them the next time they come through. The plus side of the night was the sound. The sound was very good. The last couple of times, it was either too loud, or something was a bit off, but last night the sound was very good. Props to the sound guys at Walter's! They did a very nice job! It actually makes the whole experience of seeing a show there a half way pleasant one. I am sure that the ear plugs that I had on helped me out, you know?!? Now, if we can just do something about all of the smoke in there, we will be good.
I gotta tell you, it is still akward going out by myself. I mean, I just feel like I am a bit out of place or something. Last night wasn't all that bad, but I am not the person to socialize to strangers and all that stuff. Mike was going to try and make it out there last night, but when I told them that they were going on earlier than expected, understandably, he wouldn't have made it out in time, so he skipped out. I suppose that I would rather feel a little akward catching a show by myself rather than missing out on the the show totally, right!? I would think so. It also helps out when you have a couple of beers before heading out. Saves a little money too. Ha! Ha! I tried out some Skinney Dip (it's a Summer Brew from the makers of Fat Tire), I think that it is fairly tastey too! Once at Walter's I switched to Shiner, it seems that I haven't drank Shiner in sometime, but it was a nice change for me. All in all, it turned out to be a decent Saturday night for me....of course, coming home and catching the South Park movie on the Comedy Central Secret Stash was a added bonus and a great way to end the night! LOL!!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Johnny Goudie and The Little Champions
Got to see Johnny do the full band thing this Saturday night (6/24/06) at The Sidecar Pub. It was a great show and a great time! The evening got off to a great start, as Mike and Tracy hosted a pre-party of sorts at their house, which just so happens to be about 5 minutes from the Sidecar...no joke! You can really save yourself a couple of dollars drinking before a show. I got to drink about 5 beers before heading to the show. Oh yeah, I got pulled over on the way there for not making a complete stop...I was let go! Whew!!
Anyhow, seeing Johnny again was so great! I hadn't seen him since a show at Walter's, in which Johnny seemed a little...ummm...partied out, a bit....not to mention that I am not at all crazy with Walter's...but oh well. This had to be one of the better shows that I have seen Johnny play with a band. Really it was. The crowd was dancing and the music was blasting (was that cheezy?) and we made noise for Johnny between songs. It was just a good time. I figured I had to go check out the live show because the next time he comes through (July 14th @ The Mink), I just might not be able to make it....but that's ok, I will have a good excuse I think...
Anyway, I just wanted to put down that I actually went all the way to Mike and Tracy's place, and to The Sidecar to catch the Johnny rock show. I had a great time...I think that we all did...
Anyhow, seeing Johnny again was so great! I hadn't seen him since a show at Walter's, in which Johnny seemed a little...ummm...partied out, a bit....not to mention that I am not at all crazy with Walter's...but oh well. This had to be one of the better shows that I have seen Johnny play with a band. Really it was. The crowd was dancing and the music was blasting (was that cheezy?) and we made noise for Johnny between songs. It was just a good time. I figured I had to go check out the live show because the next time he comes through (July 14th @ The Mink), I just might not be able to make it....but that's ok, I will have a good excuse I think...
Anyway, I just wanted to put down that I actually went all the way to Mike and Tracy's place, and to The Sidecar to catch the Johnny rock show. I had a great time...I think that we all did...
Baby (Updated)!!
Well, we had our third ultra sound this morning, and there isn't really much to report. The tech person did say that the baby does have a full head of hair though!! We also got confirmation that it is indeed a boy in there (Ruby needed confimation so it seemed).
The doctor wants us to go back for another ultra sound in three weeks so that we can check the size of the baby. To be all honest, I don't know if the baby is going to wait that long. Only time will tell. This is the most nerve racking part of this whole thing to me...not knowing when exactly when the baby is going to arrive. The only real reason for the these last ultra sounds is to see just how big this baby is going to be. They are a little afraid that it might be a bit too big for Ruby to deliver, causing the need for the C-Section. They did assure us that they are going to try their best to let Ruby deliver the baby "regular" rather than the C-Section, which was great to know. Hopefully all goes well on that front. I guess at this point, it all depends on the size of the baby. Man, I hope, and I assume Ruby does more than me, that he isn't HUGE!! LOL! Well, not much that we can do about that....is there!?
Well, there you have it...another update from me in just a couple of days! I told you I am going to try and do this regularly!!
Later...
The doctor wants us to go back for another ultra sound in three weeks so that we can check the size of the baby. To be all honest, I don't know if the baby is going to wait that long. Only time will tell. This is the most nerve racking part of this whole thing to me...not knowing when exactly when the baby is going to arrive. The only real reason for the these last ultra sounds is to see just how big this baby is going to be. They are a little afraid that it might be a bit too big for Ruby to deliver, causing the need for the C-Section. They did assure us that they are going to try their best to let Ruby deliver the baby "regular" rather than the C-Section, which was great to know. Hopefully all goes well on that front. I guess at this point, it all depends on the size of the baby. Man, I hope, and I assume Ruby does more than me, that he isn't HUGE!! LOL! Well, not much that we can do about that....is there!?
Well, there you have it...another update from me in just a couple of days! I told you I am going to try and do this regularly!!
Later...
Sunday, June 25, 2006
been a long time, been a long time...
...since I have updated/posted. Sorry about that. Things are busy and moving fast. Don't know where to start and I don't know how to write about everything...D'oh!
Well, first things first..the baby will be here very soon! Yikes! Happiness is all that I can say at this point. I guess you really can't prepare for a huge life change like the one Ruby and I are about to face. I just know that I can't wait! It is going to be something else, I am sure. We have had two baby showers. Ruby had one at the church, and we had one here at the house. It was a throw down for the ages! I can't wait to tell him, "Son, before you were born we had a big throw down here, in your honor. And let me tell you...we floated a keg of Bud Select in a couple of hours, sorry you weren't there yet!" LOL! Baby has lots of clothes. Man, Laura and Monica got the kid a pair of Jordan's and some Jordan gear already! Mike and Tracy got some baby converse for him too! The kid is already set! We have gotten all great, great gifts..
I have, too, become a master of putting furniture together in preparations of the coming baby. Let's see...I have put together a baby dresser, the crib, a rocker/glider chair, a stroller, and a new huge cd tower. I am sure I am not completely done either.
Ruby has been doing extremely well up to this point as well. It has been as smooth a pregnancy as can ever be expected. We can only hope that it continues. She, in recent weeks, has slowly gotten a bit more and more uncomfortable though. She has really held up great though. On Tuesday (July 27th) we go for a third and final ultrasound to see just how big this boy is going to be, and a possible due date as well...if a C-Section is required. That is going to be a special day as well!
All of this has kept me busy, but on the plus side, I have seemed to have gotten some energy back. I think I am actually ready to exercise again, seriously. I am probably going to start, in one form or another, this week! Well, I will update more in a day or two...
Well, first things first..the baby will be here very soon! Yikes! Happiness is all that I can say at this point. I guess you really can't prepare for a huge life change like the one Ruby and I are about to face. I just know that I can't wait! It is going to be something else, I am sure. We have had two baby showers. Ruby had one at the church, and we had one here at the house. It was a throw down for the ages! I can't wait to tell him, "Son, before you were born we had a big throw down here, in your honor. And let me tell you...we floated a keg of Bud Select in a couple of hours, sorry you weren't there yet!" LOL! Baby has lots of clothes. Man, Laura and Monica got the kid a pair of Jordan's and some Jordan gear already! Mike and Tracy got some baby converse for him too! The kid is already set! We have gotten all great, great gifts..
I have, too, become a master of putting furniture together in preparations of the coming baby. Let's see...I have put together a baby dresser, the crib, a rocker/glider chair, a stroller, and a new huge cd tower. I am sure I am not completely done either.
Ruby has been doing extremely well up to this point as well. It has been as smooth a pregnancy as can ever be expected. We can only hope that it continues. She, in recent weeks, has slowly gotten a bit more and more uncomfortable though. She has really held up great though. On Tuesday (July 27th) we go for a third and final ultrasound to see just how big this boy is going to be, and a possible due date as well...if a C-Section is required. That is going to be a special day as well!
All of this has kept me busy, but on the plus side, I have seemed to have gotten some energy back. I think I am actually ready to exercise again, seriously. I am probably going to start, in one form or another, this week! Well, I will update more in a day or two...
Monday, April 17, 2006
The DRD, An Astros Game or Two, Being Sick, and Work..
Pretty much in that order....well, since the last time I wrote that is....Got to see a great live show at Walter's (The Dimes, The Satin Hooks, and The Deathray Davies), well worth the cover charge. Everytime the DRD comes through Houston, you just can't miss them. They put on a great live show! The Dimes really impressed me as well. They put on a energetic show. I will definitely have to check them out again soon. It's always good to see a great local show, too bad I don't get to go out as much...don't really have a reason, just don't go out.
It was great to catch Opening Day 2006 at Minute Maid Park. Got lucky with some tickets from a friend...for the first and second game that is. The first game was really fun...a huge crowd (that was electric as hell) and a victory to boot! The second game..not so much...a blow out, but fun to go none the less...
Being sick, and work is something that I really don't want to write up on in too much detail, but we are on a slight "hiatus" from rehearsing due to Mike having to go out of town. It sucks that his job sends him out there, but not much he can do at this point unless he quits, which I don't expect him to do....in the meantime, I am going to have to take it upon myself to keep in guitar shape if you will. I fully intend on it too. Going to play for at least thirty after I am through with this. From that I just want to listen to the "songs" that we have picked out to play and try to brush up on my parts, just play better. If I want to play music, in any capcity, then I will have to play every...can't expect to do, or go any where doing other wise, you know!? Well, got to hope to it!
It was great to catch Opening Day 2006 at Minute Maid Park. Got lucky with some tickets from a friend...for the first and second game that is. The first game was really fun...a huge crowd (that was electric as hell) and a victory to boot! The second game..not so much...a blow out, but fun to go none the less...
Being sick, and work is something that I really don't want to write up on in too much detail, but we are on a slight "hiatus" from rehearsing due to Mike having to go out of town. It sucks that his job sends him out there, but not much he can do at this point unless he quits, which I don't expect him to do....in the meantime, I am going to have to take it upon myself to keep in guitar shape if you will. I fully intend on it too. Going to play for at least thirty after I am through with this. From that I just want to listen to the "songs" that we have picked out to play and try to brush up on my parts, just play better. If I want to play music, in any capcity, then I will have to play every...can't expect to do, or go any where doing other wise, you know!? Well, got to hope to it!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tired...so, tired...
Well, not much change in what I have been doing lately. I have been tired....so, so tired lately. Right now, my energy levels are at an all time low. I am getting very frustrated with it all really. Work has just been kicking my ass lately, with no let up in sight. I don't really know how much longer I can keep up with this current pace. Man, I have gotta do something about this....Exercise at least, you know!? It's getting bad, I have never felt like this before. What's wrong with me?!
Besides that, work is really wearing me down....been going in early and staying late a whole lot. Makes me rush once I am actually out of there. I hate the current feelings I have been experiencing lately. I am not stressing out per say, but just feel very rushed a lot.
Rehearsals are starting up again, finally. I think that we are at the point where we are going to start structuring the material that we have now, about three and a half tapes, into some sort of songs now. You know, polishing them up and cutting the rough edges, so to speak. This is really exciting to me. I mean, it's about time that we get to this point....it's been a long time coming. It helps that we have had some really great discussion, Me, Mike and Rook', that is. We actually sat and reviewed the cassettes we have and just had some good conversations while drinking some cold, cold beer. Man, it doesn't get much better than that. Anyway, the next couple of rehearsal sessions should be fairly productive, I think...I will try and keep updated on that here....
oh yeah, before I go, I have to mention that I have really been digging Johnny Goudie's duet with Rachael Loy, "The Last Love Letter You Ever Wrote Me"...it's a nice song....I really gave it a good listen, and it's a pretty sad song if you let it get to you. I must have listened to it about 50 times tonight, or so it seems...well, that is all for now....
Besides that, work is really wearing me down....been going in early and staying late a whole lot. Makes me rush once I am actually out of there. I hate the current feelings I have been experiencing lately. I am not stressing out per say, but just feel very rushed a lot.
Rehearsals are starting up again, finally. I think that we are at the point where we are going to start structuring the material that we have now, about three and a half tapes, into some sort of songs now. You know, polishing them up and cutting the rough edges, so to speak. This is really exciting to me. I mean, it's about time that we get to this point....it's been a long time coming. It helps that we have had some really great discussion, Me, Mike and Rook', that is. We actually sat and reviewed the cassettes we have and just had some good conversations while drinking some cold, cold beer. Man, it doesn't get much better than that. Anyway, the next couple of rehearsal sessions should be fairly productive, I think...I will try and keep updated on that here....
oh yeah, before I go, I have to mention that I have really been digging Johnny Goudie's duet with Rachael Loy, "The Last Love Letter You Ever Wrote Me"...it's a nice song....I really gave it a good listen, and it's a pretty sad song if you let it get to you. I must have listened to it about 50 times tonight, or so it seems...well, that is all for now....
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Mogwai
On March 14, 2006, I got to see Mogwai for the second time, this time at Houston's infamous Number's Night Club. It was worth the wait. Me and Ruby got to the club when the second opening band was playing, they weren't all the special to me. They were more of a metal type band, which seemed a little strange to me for a band opening up for Mogwai. Me and Ruby decided to go chill out in the "back area" bar that sits in a seperate room, and we were lucky to find a place to sit..especially Ruby, being that she is pregnant! We waited until the second band finish to go move out in the smokey, packed crowd. There we met up with Richard and a friend of his, in which I don't remember her name, and we tried to find a good spot to park for the night. After finding a good place at that "bleacher" type area we were set! Actually it took Mogwai a good thirty to forty minutes to come out, but when they did, the crowd lit up! They played about a hour and forty-five minute set. It was a nice, nice set. I couldn't tell you what songs they played because I don't know the names of their tracks, but it was good. Must have been a mix of newer stuff from their recently release "Mr. Beast" because I didn't recongize most of them. But it was good. I recongized a few tracks off their last effort, but not much else was familiar to me. The sound at Number's that night was very, very nice. It had to be one of the nicest sound jobs that I have heard there, not the the sound is ever terrible, but still. One thing too, was that they didn't get really crazy, or as loud as I have heard them previously. The last song did get a little loud as they let the guitars ring out with the distortion and all that. It was just good to see, in a club like Number's! Won't be forgetting this show anytime soon. I am glad that I got to go.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Nothing's Changed Really...
Same ol', same ol' for the most part. Working and being tired lately. Actually went to two shows this past week (Mogwai and The Strokes), besides that work has been busy, and I have been tired...oh wait, I said that already haven't I? I don't really know what to expect this coming week, besides getting rehearsals back up again...can't wait for that! It seems as if he haven't gotten in there in a while...have we gotting in there at all this month?! I don't think so. Besides that, I haven't played the guitar in a while either. As a matter of fact, I will get on in a little bit tonight. I have to. Damn, what's wrong with me? Just lazy that's all.
I am getting pulled into more t.v. shows lately. I was actually able to catch the new season of '24', which is a damn good show and now we are giving the Sopranos a shot. It's only the second episode, but it seem pretty good. Besides that, I will tune in to Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, and the Law and Orders...damn, I know that it isn't a good idea, but they are pretty entertaining shows. I know that sometimes I try not to get caught up in them, but the pulls me in sometimes...I was getting pretty good in reading more a couple of months ago, but slacked off on that...I blame t.v.....another reason to stay away from it right!? But, it is hard to sometimes...oh well....
That's it for now...
I am getting pulled into more t.v. shows lately. I was actually able to catch the new season of '24', which is a damn good show and now we are giving the Sopranos a shot. It's only the second episode, but it seem pretty good. Besides that, I will tune in to Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, and the Law and Orders...damn, I know that it isn't a good idea, but they are pretty entertaining shows. I know that sometimes I try not to get caught up in them, but the pulls me in sometimes...I was getting pretty good in reading more a couple of months ago, but slacked off on that...I blame t.v.....another reason to stay away from it right!? But, it is hard to sometimes...oh well....
That's it for now...
Monday, March 13, 2006
Not so good...
Well, I didn't get off to a good start. Partly because of a not-so-good night's sleep. I tossed and turned for the majority of the night. Last time I saw the clock, it was going to be 3 a.m. Not good. Of course, I didn't want to get up early to ride the bike because of that. The rest of the day was a blur. Work is already busy, as expected, and I may have to go in early tomorrow...damn, it's barely Tuesday. It's going to get ugly...I know it...
I am looking very forward for tomorrow's Mogwai show. Man, that is going to be something. I love there music so much. In a way, I would love to do instrumental music, and these guys are the cream of the crop when it comes to it. I just know that it going to be loud and smokey, but, what can you do about that?! Not too much. I may go try to track down some ear plugs some where. Probably a smart thing. Besides that, it should be great...
Well, I am a bit tired now (skipped out on a rare appearance by Pale - they are working on new shit - because I am tired), but I just wanted to update this thing, and try to be true to my word...
I am looking very forward for tomorrow's Mogwai show. Man, that is going to be something. I love there music so much. In a way, I would love to do instrumental music, and these guys are the cream of the crop when it comes to it. I just know that it going to be loud and smokey, but, what can you do about that?! Not too much. I may go try to track down some ear plugs some where. Probably a smart thing. Besides that, it should be great...
Well, I am a bit tired now (skipped out on a rare appearance by Pale - they are working on new shit - because I am tired), but I just wanted to update this thing, and try to be true to my word...
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Well....
Here we go again....going to try this new site out, looks cool...I have seen some nice set ups, so I will try my best to make this look ok.
Haven't played much guitar lately, haven't listen to our tapes lately, but I have been drinking and going out a lot more. This week will be now different, have the Mogwai and Strokes show back to back. Man, this week should shape up interesting. I think that it is going to be a busy week at work too. Last week sure was. Going to have to make sure that I have enough energy to go around. Gotta squeeze some guitar time in sometime too...man, I have to. I am also going to make an effort to wake up a little bit earlier and get on the exercise bike for about ten minutes in the morning. That should help with my energy level some. Well, that is all that I have for my first post...going to work on the set up some this week...
Haven't played much guitar lately, haven't listen to our tapes lately, but I have been drinking and going out a lot more. This week will be now different, have the Mogwai and Strokes show back to back. Man, this week should shape up interesting. I think that it is going to be a busy week at work too. Last week sure was. Going to have to make sure that I have enough energy to go around. Gotta squeeze some guitar time in sometime too...man, I have to. I am also going to make an effort to wake up a little bit earlier and get on the exercise bike for about ten minutes in the morning. That should help with my energy level some. Well, that is all that I have for my first post...going to work on the set up some this week...
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