a Facebook “friend” of mine asked the theoretical question “How do ya know when your new Band is ready to play in public?” I wanted to say “If yer not sure if yer ready, then ya probably ain’t ready…” I don’t quite understand how any Musician can not know if they’re ready or not…For example, […]
Classic Blues : Canned Heat 1 “Going up the Country” – Canned Heat / WOODSTOCK ’69 Canned heat – A change is gonna come – Woodstock 69 Canned Heat – On the Road Again (live at Woodstock 1969) Canned Heat – Woodstock Boogie live Woodstock 1969 CANNED HEAT – HUMAN CONDITION (Studio) Dust My Broom […]
so I didn’t get to go out this evening, but I DID go out to an open mic…in the afternoon, which is kinda weird IMO…the roomie and I did some stuff in the morning, then we came home for a bit…then we went out to do more stuff…like the open mic…I was not alone onstage […]
as I was leaving to go to the gig (in the roomie’s car!) I got the call–the gig is canceled…apparently the venue booked another band…I can only guess that THEY got there first…a financial bummer, but otherwise? not so much…the weather isn’t good, which can have an effect on the turnout…I’m tired/sleepy or something…besides being […]
completely on her own, the “roomie” is (as of this writing) allowing me to drive to the gig in Wheaton…so I may rethink my dinner plans–I THINK I have enuff money to get a burger at Wendy’s…it’s prolly not quite as good as the burger I would get at the Pub, but it’s not that […]
…but in a good way; I went somewhere to get my taxes done (for free) and I was first in line…Of course I kinda paid a price for that (three hours sleep last night) but ultimately I don’t mind–I gotta go to bed early tonight anyway; the roomie is letting me drive to work…gotta be […]
Lou and went to the Amerlegion O.M. and eventually did an OK set–WE were at least OK, the rhythm section? not so much IMO…The publicized host was his usual scatterbrained self…He doesn’t seem to feel the need to change that…the ACTUAL host was more on top of things…AND he loaned me $20…half of which went […]
Me having an Internet Radio show…One friend of mine does an Oldies show once a Month…Another one does an interview show periodically…I wanna talk to both of them about the technical requirements…The toughest part might be figuring out how to get my turntable/stereo to interface with my laptop…It is specifically designed to do just that […]
So I went to an open mic with Lou in my neighborhood–about 2 or 3 miles down the road…at first it wasn’t at all crowded and it never got crowded, but it picked up a bit AFTER we played what turned out to be our first (of two) sets…It IS the first o.m. I’ve been […]
so Lou and I went to the open mic–and there were some people in attendance after all…one of them was that woman I told ya about who took up singing apparently to get even more attention than she was already getting…and two different men (and one woman) seem to agree with me that she shouldn’t […]
