Gig in Ryan’s last night went down pretty good, not as tight as some of the jams durin the week but the few changes we’d made with the songs I think made for a better show. It was nice to be playing outside and Brain…
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Back to amplified practice with Dermot last night, we got a few more jams planned during the week before a gig in Ryans next Sunday evenin. Also gotta get mo practice in fo gigs in Billy Byrnes and Riellys the next month and in early…
Good bit of office sorting and studio maintenance the last two days. Boring but essential off-site backups and accounts/book keeping. Also back’d dup up the WordPress blog in preparation for the move to the new host. Things may get abit weird on the site for…
Was hard to catch up on the hour going forward last weekend, the mini jet lag. Finally back on track with the college units schedule thou. Unit 7 Soundcloud link is below. I had alota fun writing lines using the brass crescendo effects patch from…
Mighty busy week running up to the gig, got pretty weird at times workin and prac the five days straight. Was feelin the force with the cabin fever frm the last two weeks so I took Fri/Sat off. The gig went good, but even thou…
1st year birthday of meself and dermot playin together will be nex wkend with the lights off mini fest in tommytown. Gig last weekend in Billy Byrnes went good, tricky without havin stage monitors but the prac paid off as we managed to get thru…
Love it when a new chord pattern comes together quickly. Was messing with a D minor line last week, thought it might make the bones of a new track but turns out it fit mightily well with the ‘Ashes’ lyrics. The most recent revisions hadn’t…
Had a run thru the new song versions with Dermot yesterday. ‘End these ways’ soundin good with drum/guitar combo, perchance this is the finally the final re-vision…(cue rolled eye balls). Dermot loves the middle 8 as he gets to play lots of syncopations, pretty nutty…
Could’nt get the chorus to sit right on the newer version of red balloon so I went back to a previous rhythm and changed the centre from D minor to its relative F Major. Has a more jazzy/swing feel now but dropping back in and…
