time to update again.
the show with john strohm went well. at least i think it did. we had about a week and a half to learn an entire record and perform it as tight as possible. we were reading notes in the greenroom up until the last minute. i didn't get much response after the show from strohm, but i think he was reasonably pleased. for the time given, and the money paid... he got a bargain. it was a lot of fun and bottletree was fun to play again. ashby showed up for about 17 mins wearing a cool hat. he was never seen again.
the pernice brothers headlined and although they were all nice, they were kinda flat onstage. great melodies, just not much to look at. i heard that our set sounded great... which is all you can ask for. the staff at bottletree treated us like royalty. katie and merillee and bryan, all super people.
the previous night... friday... wild sweet orange played bottletree for a benefit show and killed as usual. packed house. lots of people there.
finally FINALLY F I N A L L Y... we approved the final master revision for the wiseblood record. its basically been done for months... since late summer / early fall... but we kept going round and round about the track order of a few songs. and the guy mastering the record did a good job, although he ain't big in the personality department. but its all good. he's all business and i would use him again.
i have a private show with the most fun-to-play-in band that i'm a member of... the spots... at one of my favorite places... rojo... tomorrow night. too bad we only play once every other month. there REALLY IS a lot of potential in that band. not for stardom... but for pure revenue. i'm rounding third on the artwork for the wiseblood record... all the art is in. the liner notes are done... just have to set everything up and tweek some of the art.
it was CRAZY cold this morning, but it warmed up quite well. by this afternoon it was nice.
today... i got to act like a druggie / loser in order to get information from a shady business in town. sometimes i really dig my job. rehearsals later in the week... shows in bham and tenn this weekend with the duke... i'm about ready for a year end thing.
and finally... i had a long, funny, random text message conversation with my ex today after work. she was on the train to philly... i was watching bill cosby speak to bham on tv. it was very sweet. life is a curous thing. aight.
the show with john strohm went well. at least i think it did. we had about a week and a half to learn an entire record and perform it as tight as possible. we were reading notes in the greenroom up until the last minute. i didn't get much response after the show from strohm, but i think he was reasonably pleased. for the time given, and the money paid... he got a bargain. it was a lot of fun and bottletree was fun to play again. ashby showed up for about 17 mins wearing a cool hat. he was never seen again.
the pernice brothers headlined and although they were all nice, they were kinda flat onstage. great melodies, just not much to look at. i heard that our set sounded great... which is all you can ask for. the staff at bottletree treated us like royalty. katie and merillee and bryan, all super people.
the previous night... friday... wild sweet orange played bottletree for a benefit show and killed as usual. packed house. lots of people there.
finally FINALLY F I N A L L Y... we approved the final master revision for the wiseblood record. its basically been done for months... since late summer / early fall... but we kept going round and round about the track order of a few songs. and the guy mastering the record did a good job, although he ain't big in the personality department. but its all good. he's all business and i would use him again.
i have a private show with the most fun-to-play-in band that i'm a member of... the spots... at one of my favorite places... rojo... tomorrow night. too bad we only play once every other month. there REALLY IS a lot of potential in that band. not for stardom... but for pure revenue. i'm rounding third on the artwork for the wiseblood record... all the art is in. the liner notes are done... just have to set everything up and tweek some of the art.
it was CRAZY cold this morning, but it warmed up quite well. by this afternoon it was nice.
today... i got to act like a druggie / loser in order to get information from a shady business in town. sometimes i really dig my job. rehearsals later in the week... shows in bham and tenn this weekend with the duke... i'm about ready for a year end thing.
and finally... i had a long, funny, random text message conversation with my ex today after work. she was on the train to philly... i was watching bill cosby speak to bham on tv. it was very sweet. life is a curous thing. aight.