We finally got a gig, after all of those tries over the past year it might work out. We had a small time slot at a local coffee shop, Peaberrie's, they've got open mic nights every week so we might keep doing that. Our cover of One went well and our guitarist, Mike, played one of his own songs. Hopefully we can start going to the Teen Center's acoustic shows, would be fun, but they usually don't have much of a turnout.
As for the rest of our stuff..we might try one more time to record One...maybe the bongos will work or I could jump on set and do a quiet part. We also want to learn some other songs like Aeroplane Over the Sea or King of Carrot Flowers, if anyone listens to Neutral Milk Hotel. Personally, I don't think those would be a good choice for the kind of setting and crowd that is listening at Peaberries but we'll see how it goes.
See ya'll later
Infrastructure's First Gig!
Music, Haikus, and ...
Feelin' good about Infrastructure, we recorded a cover of One by U2 over the weekend, I hate the bongo part I made up (it was a 20 min job anyways) so i invented a new one and it sounds a lot better, were gonna record it this week. Hopefully Michelle decides to start writing her own songs...
The current version is here:
http://www.purevolume.com/infrastructure
Thinkin about getting a stratocaster, I've got the cash but parents are stingy. I hardly need one anyways, I play piano and I've already got a drum set and a bass. Maybe I'm being brat about it but I just like being able to play different instruments...w/e I'll figure something out. Bass is averagely enjoyable, not my favorite, I'm probably still in love with drumming so maybe I'll sell my bass and amp at some point and buy some guitar stuff...that's what I really wanna do, too bad parents will never understand that. CANNOT wait til I have my own place.
Also found another webcomic...its called MacHall, totally story of my life. Ya'll should read it sometime:
http://www.machall.com
Here's a favorite, totally describes my life, read the title:
http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=20
Besides that I plan to start writing album reviews in the school paper...I'll post 'em up here as I finish them, gotta decide who I should start with...nothing too emo and probably nothing mainstream but nothing so indie that no one will care. Maybe Decemberists, I could always do combo articles describing either the band or another album that people woud've heard before.
later
Infrastructure
Well, me and a member of my current band decided to break off and start our own little conglomeration of music. We found someone who can sing (something we were lacking in SatN..) and plan to do some kind of Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth style stuff. I myself will mainly be on drums and various percussion instruments along with piano and the occasional bass part (I'm a one man rhythm section) , my other friend will be playing guitar and drums, and i guess whatever other abilities he shows, and our new singer can play various mallet instruments (xylophone, etc.) as well as sing beautifuly. You can check out our PureVolume page at http://www.purevolume.com/infrastructure
Kinda empty at the moment but I'll be updating it soon.