rehearsals and studio work

so this past weekend David hauled a bunch of his gear over and we spent an evening swimming in sound. lots of ambient guitar layers, percolating rhythms, propulsive bass and some voices from the other side of the world. it's going to take some sculpting now to shape it into something great, but it's definitely got some potential (if not commercial). i keep thinking along the lines of My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, that great, great 1981 record from Brian Eno and David Byrne. we also did some sampling of the djembe, doumbek, udu and tambourine. i'll have to edit those files up and throw them into the sampler. we'll definitely be doing it again. i think there's a record or two in this collaboration, at least.

last night was the first (!) Larry Banilow rehearsal for the thursday show, and there were some exciting developments. in the dusting off of old Banilow favourites, we happened upon a couple of things that surprised even us as we were playing them. a couple of those "wow, that was awesome and cool... we should do that in the show!" moments. and of course, the Banilow rehearsal/ recording session staple: almost perpetual side-splitting laughter.

if it ain't fun, why bother, right? and this shit is way fun. i hope you can make it out to the show. you ain't seen nothing like it.