weekend adventures in greenery and audio scenery

so friday i sat in with gato malo again, and much fun was had. due to the number of musicians wolf expected, including another keyboard player, wolf suggested i do my signal processing thing. unsure of what exactly i was going to do, i packed my analog modeling synth, my kaoss pad, a green bullet mic and a bunch of cables and i headed out to the abbey, picking lexi up on the way.

the show was a lot of fun, if quite kaotic to start. once i settled into a signal processing groove, my sound contributed better to the rest of the ensemble, where at the beginning it kind of overpowered the band with disorder and noise. i was at times shaking maracas with my right hand and working knobs on the synth with the other, causing tenor extraordinaire paul ahlstrand to inquire why i didn't bring digital shakers instead.

afterward, we picked up indian food on the way home and enjoyed a tasty dinner!

saturday, i spent the afternoon at obrien's at the MassCann benefit, supporting mike and the cause as well as voodoo screw machine. totally good time.

today, some chilling out, playing with sounds and computer games and reading one of the new books i picked up last week.

starting to get a little hungry now...