not absolutely perfect, but it gets the point across

       SATURDAY 3/28/2020 8:28AM--well, it took about an hour I think, but I got my coronavirus song onto youTube AND FB...I stumbled a time or two, but I never fell...it took about a dozen takes...now, we just sit back and wait for the World's reaction...
         8:42 AM--it's starting...only two so far, but they're both positive...I wish I had given the video a better title than today's date, but after the fact, on youTube, I changed the title...The process of uploading the video was surprisingly easy...
6 PM--the coronovirus vid is getting a positive reaction on FB so far...On youTube? not all that much...so be it...
SUNDAY 3/29/2020 7:18 PM--I wasn't the first of my friends/acquaintences to post a solo Music video on FB (and youTube)--Stoney has posted one, a Beatles Medley...suddenly I'm anxious to post The E Medley, and wondering if I'm biting off more than I can chew...
7:47 PM--Dianne will not be home tomorrow night, she's having a sleep study done somewhere so I'll be alone with the dog and the cat...the perfect time to attempt the E Medley...and I could do it in the Living Room...I might do something (in the basement) before that, but I dunno for sure...
MONDAY 3/30/2020 7:52 AM-- after reading an FB post that Ray wrote, I started having second thoughts about doing the E Medley video...Ray said "Do it!" so I will, this evening...I'm glad I have a couple of Xanax left...
4:33 PM--getting nervous...if I can get myself together enough to do the video, I won't bother...I suppose I could physically rehearse it, as opposed to playing it in my head...only time will tell...
10 PM--well I did the video...it took about four tries and roughly one hour to get seven mimutes of video...it's far from perfect, but I'm not up to doing it again, at least not tonight...at least I KNOW it's raw...not like some people I know who don't seem to hear the mistakes they make...
TUESDAY 3/31/2020--I think maybe I might have been possibly the first of MY MontCo acquaitences to put a video on FB (and/or youTube) of a solo acoustic performance, and a semi-original tune at that...of course Ray (Denmark) did it first...Barry has done two, Lou has just done one...of course LOTSA people I don't know have done it...
5:52 PM--LMYR is on youTube; I tried MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER but (*I* think) it wasn't supposed to happen...I might wait a few days before doing any more, for a couple of reasons...the main one is that a guy is coming tomorrow to start replacing the first floor...allegedly the whole Project will take two days...yeah, riight, sure...and secondly, it may be time for new strings already...they're on the way from Amazon...

if I don't change my Mind

             

               THURSDAY 3/26/2020 9 AM--IF I determine that I don't have the virus (c'mon Saturday) I just might cook up a video to celebrate that...a solo/acoustic version of the infamous LCB "E medley"...First I'll make a list of songs; I can remember most of the song titles...and if by some chance I include songs we didn't do, so what? Then the question might be WHEN can I do this? and first of all, I gotta find the tripod--AGAIN!!! I can't properly do anything w/o it...As for why?, the acoustic has relatively new strings on it, and there's nothing else to do...
    3:55 PM--found the tripod, made a list...hoping to try on Sunday...
4:32 PM--did my first "join" in a long time...upgraded to a new version of Virtual DJ...including the upgrade, the whole process took about thirty minutes...the join "ShatteredWoman" is already in an iTunes Playlist I call Joins 6...I got the idea from the E Medley list...
5:15 PM--I did one more then I "lost my groove" so to speak...oh well, whatever...
5:40 PM--got my groove back, did one more, now I'm a bit hungry...I can't eat until Dianne makes the spaghetti, which is whenever Chump gets finished with his campaign speech...he's supposed to be talking about the pandemic...he started out talking about it, but I think his train of thought is coming off the rails, like it always does...
FRIDAY 3/27/2020 9:05 PM--I wrote 99.9% of a coronavirus song, to the tune of Dylan's arrangement of MR TAMBOURINE MAN...I did not write the first line--"Hey Mr. Quarantine Man, play a song for me..." but I wrote the rest of it...planning to put it on youTube tomorrow...it may be easier to upload a video onto yT now than it used to be...I hope so...

my Musical career is on hold until whenever

     MONDAY 3/23/2020 1 PM--I dunno for sure, but I guess streamed gigs are the wave of the immediate future...I wonder if there's any way to get paid for the gigs that happen in a club/bar/restaurant...At this point the questions are pointless...the Govenor has locked down Maryland, except for essential services, which includes grocery stores and CVS, and (I would think) gas stations...
  10:32 PM--suddenly really wanting to play drums again...aside from the fact that I don't have a drum set, can't quite afford a drum set, barely have room in the basement for a drum set, there's the issue of my Health...THAT seems to be the only thing that can really stop me...

it was fun while it lasted, IF it's over

            FRIDAY 3/20/2020 8PM----I might get thrown outta the FHB for, among other reasons, being cautious about going out during the coronovirus pandemic...and of course, my "roomie" still has a bit of a hold on me...she seems to be willing to wait a month (!) before letting me go to any band functions...I interpret my exchange with Stoney on Flakebook as being friendly and understanding...this doesn't mean Barnaby and Brian are OK with my decision...I STILL dunno why somebody is in a big hurry to do a video...
        So for now (I think) I'm still a member of the FHB...I hope so, we have a fair amount of potential IMO...Of course, I've only gotten Stoney's response so far...I can't understand people that seem to think there's nothing to worry about...I might know people like that and I now think they're not as smart as I've thought they were...
SATURDAY 3/21/2020 5:16 PM--doing a LOT of daydreaming/thinking during my (and everyone else's) captivity...Back on Friday the 13th and for a day or so after, I got complimented (a bunch) on my guitar playing, from Carolyn Krohn Moyer...I take her opinions seriously...she's fairly talented...the happiness I felt at the time has worn off...There's no one to blame/credit for my ability, however "good" I am...but for now, there's no band practices, gigs or open mics...a bummer financially for sure, but there's more to it than that...
9:16 PM--listening to/watching The Crimestoppers LIVE streaming thing...at least I THINK it's live...or they're playing a song for the 2nd time...UPDATE--I think I was getting some kinda replay, but now (I think) I'm caught up...and Eric STILL isn't playing the "horse race" beat in GET BACK--*I* dunno why...maybe it's too challenging physically...
9:38 PM--dunno how long they're gonna play for...not that I have something to do or somewhere to go...I'm gonna try to stay up until Midnight...
10:39 PM--the 'stoppers gig has ended...the performance was not without musical glitches...a performance by the FHB would have glitches too, probably several, and more noticeable ones...maybe THAT'S why Barnaby is adamant about NOT doing the LIVE streaming thing...
SUNDAY 3/22/2020 11 PM--seems like a LOT of Musicians/duos/bands I know are doing the live streaming thing...I'm no expert, but the live streaming thing has GOT to be easier than creatung some artsy fartsy video...

things that might not happen

                SUNDAY 3/15/2020 1:17 PM-- I dunno for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if  BOTH the 4th Thursday Open Mic AND the LCB Reunion were cancelled...time will tell...If I could only do one of 'em, I would go with the LCB reunion...as I said, I felt like a part of the AA Co. Music community at Brian Boru...
5:23 PM--my Facebook feed is still being flooded with posts related to the gig with Ray last Friday...He might be playing right now for all I know...It may be too soon to know for sure about the LCB gig; and the 4th Thursday open mic too for that matter...but I sent Stoney an e-mail...
6:12 PM--I can't remember the last time I played a gig that yielded so much feedback...and it's still going on...and I suddenly kinda wish I lived where I grew up...
MONDAY 3/16/2020 8:20 AM--the LCB Reunion has been cancelled...by whom I'm not sure...Ray says the venue did, and that's possible...but it could be that RAY cancelled, for which no one could/should blame him...and I find myself hoping the 4th Thursday OM is nixed as well...my Life is worth more than $60 dollars...
4:34 PM--everybody's gigs have been cancelled, because of the Governor's proclamation...*I* dunno why, but the FHB may still be practicing tomorrow...I hope not...
7:36 PM--Barnaby very much wants to do a video for the FHB, and a rather sophisticated one at that...we chatted by phone for (maybe) an hour...it was quite enlightening...I guess these days a video HAS to be more than just a single camera pointed at the band...It's gonna be a LOT of work, more for Barnaby than the rest of us, but still...He has issues with Stoney too apparently...
WEDNESDAY 3/18/2020 3:22 PM--I dunno when, but the FHB is gonna do a video...Barnaby (for one) does NOT wanna do an online concert...I guess that's that...*I* think it would be easier than doing a high tech video...at this point the idea is for each of us to sing our best song...I dunno what my best song is, I suppose I SHOULD but I don't...
THURSDAY 3/19/2020 5:04 PM--Somebody (Barnaby? Stoney?) must really be bored...there are plans for the video shoot to be carried out soon...I guess they'll kick me outta the band for refusing to leave my house...oh well...
10:34 PM--I dunno for sure, but I suspect Barnaby and/or Stoney has given up on the Video Project for now...that's logical enough...

no one wants to be held hostage

             SATURDAY 3/14/2020 1:45 AM--just got home from Severna Park...ears ringing LOTS...I think I accomplished my original mission--to sing harmonies with Carolyn and hopefully impress her with my ability...I'm just grateful the Universe gave me my singing voice back in time to play the gig...I wasn't at all happy with the sound of my guitar or the guitar that I switched to...I got complimented on my playing, but *I* could barely hear it...and I didn't record a single note! I came home with $20 bucks I didn't have when I left G-burg...
          I told Ray that I've kinda changed my Mind about attending the Sunday gig...he said he understands...as far as *I* know the LCB Reunion is still on...I very much hope so...Brian Boru was fairly crowded this evening...a bit of a surprise, but a very pleasant one...
9:58 AM--Dianne says she ain't goin' nowhere...I dunno what, if anything, I'M gonna do...recover from last night's gig I suppose...
10:32 AM--except that the FHB MIGHT be subbing for the Crimstoppers at the OTWC! More on this later...I could go either way, but I can always use the money...
ONE HOUR LATER--at this point in time, the 'stoppers are gonna do their gig...besides Barnaby was unavailable anyway...he's at Hershey's tonight with Late As Usual...mostly, because I'm fairly wiped out, *I* ain't goin' nowhere either...
4:12 PM-Stony had the idea that me and him and Brian would do the gig as a trio… I suggested Stoney play keys Brian play bass and we find a singing drummer… Stoney  rejected that idea, gently...and Brian, the other Brian, the guy who books the bands at the OTWC, suggested we forget the whole thing...I’m OK with that decision...
 4:36 PM-I think it’s official now…The trio gig at the OTWC is not gonna happen...and I’m absolutely OK with that decision... I guess the Universe wants me to stay home this evening...but I feel cabin fever setting in...
5:46 PM--the repercussions from last night's gig with Ray (social media-wise) are extensive, and still growing...I wish I had recorded a song or two, if not more...oh well...I still think my guitar sound sucked...but what's done is done...
7:05 PM--suddenly I kinda wish I was living in the Glen Burnie area...I'm feeling very much appreciated by Ray's friends...more appreciated than in my current neighborhood...

keep those fingers crossed

         FRIDAY 3/13/2020 8:35 AM--the latest update says the sit-in with Ray is still on...I dunno who else will be there, but (foolishly) I hope Carolyn will be...I think going to Severna Park will be relatively easy, hopefully...going to Galway Bay on Sunday a bit less so...that venue is located deep in Annapolis, where parking is a challenge...that gig starts at 4PM, so if I can get there by 2:30 or so, I MIGHT be able to park on the street...I'd like that...
9:53 AM--not even 10:00 and I've shaved, packed up the Manchester Bag, and picked out a shirt to wear onstage...all that's left is to take a shower...
11:04 AM--I think I'm gonna eat Dinner in Severna Park, I don't wanna eat and drive and I won't get as hungry after the gig if I eat a late Dinner...I'm pretty sure there's a McDonald's nearby, I just dunno what else there is in that neck of the woods...
12:54 PM--in a Flakebook post, Ray officially confirms tonight's gig...but still, a lot can happen in seven hours...I wanna leave here by 5:30 if not a bit sooner....it gets dark a little after 7PM...I really wanna be at Brian Boru a bit before that...needless to say I'm currently super nervous...I hope one Xanax is enough...two would likely be too many...
3:51 PM--Dianne suddenly want me to go out, tonight OR Sunday...I plan on leaving here in about 90 minutes...as for Sunday, now I'm not sure...I wanna find my mini-tripod, BOTH pieces, but I'm not sure where they are...
I hope to record some of what goes on, but it might not happen...I guess I don't absolutely NEED the tripod, but it might have made recording a little easier...
4:50 PM--might not go to Annapolis on Sunday...Mike might not come to Annapolis on Sunday either...but we're both determined to attend the Reunion...

hoping to change my focus

WEDNESDAY 3/11/2020 5:20 PM--I really wanna start thinking about the gigs with Ray tomorrow...I gotta put new strings on the acoustic...IF Dianne goes out tomorrow night I might go to Brian Boru...
6:31 PM- but I shouldn’t...if for no other reason than the fact that I don’t have a voice to sing with...and money is really tight... I’ve got a full tank of gas right now, but that’s got to last for another couple of days...the show with Mike is on Sunday…I still wanna go out Friday evening, but not if my voice isn’t all better...
10:32 PM--practice went way better than I thought it would, including JOSIE...And my singing JENNY may have brought my voice back...hope I didn't just jinx it...and again I say, IF Dianne goes out Thursday evening, I just might as well--IF I'm able to get the new strings on the acoustic...
8 AM--If I've got my voice back, I should give it a rest, so I'm staying in tonight, reluctantly...but I hope to go out tomorrow evening...yet another Patience Test...Ray is expecting me, and Carolyn says (in a Flakebook post) she's gonna be there...yeah, I know--so what?...but any chance for happiness, however brief, is valuable to me...
10:22 AM--new strings on the acoustic, took about 30 minutes...as impatient as I can be, I'm determined to stay in tonight, to rest my singing voice...but I'm getting excited about tomorrow evening...
3:40 PM--downloaded a couple of Barnaby's recordings from last night...they sounded good to me...but I'm getting more excited about tomorrow...not looking forward to travelling on the DC Beltway though...due to circumstances beyond my control, I have no choice...
5:16 PM--it seems like EVERYTHING is being cancelled or postponed due to the Corona Virus pandemic...Ray's gigs may be among those things...that would suck way more than a little...in fact, it would suck way more than A LOT...if I wasn't an Atheist, I'd pray that the gigs would go on as scheduled...I'm not known for being an optimist...now we're waiting to hear from Ray...I guess it's up to the venues...The Universe apparently doesn't want me to sing/play with Ray and Carolyn...and of course, there's the LCB Reunion...it too may be in jeopardy--super duper MAJOR bummer...
        Well, the acoustic guitar has new strings on it...I'm not sure WHY all of a sudden...I'm almost praying that I'll be able to go to Severna Park tomorrow...and the LCB Reunion on the Twenty-first...
7PM--I contacted Brian Boru thru FB Messenger...who knows when I'll hear back from them...Ray's gig TONIGHT is, as far as I know, on as scheduled...the suspense regarding TOMORROW night's gig is, of course, killing me...
7:42 PM--a mutual friend of Ray's sez the gig is on AND I heard back from Brian Boru--THEY say the gig is on...of course, a lot can happen in 24 hours...
8:46 PM--I'm getting excited...I really need to decompress, so I can get some sleep...it's a long time until I leave--somewhere around 5:00 PM...gotta shower, shave, pick an outfit...I have no idea what I'm gonna do for Dinner...Dianne plans to go to Unique, with (or without?) me...there is noting I need, unless I'm forgetting something...I'm pretty sure I won't get a nap after Lunch; I'll be too excited...

I hope somebody appreciates the effort

           MONDAY 3/9/2020 4:35 PM--the practice area is about as set-up as it's gonna be...now to get to work on the Music...I THINK the first of half of Tuesday is spoken for, and it's not even MY stuff...I THINK I have figured out a way to make JOSIE easy to play--leave the Bass notes to Stoney...for example the sequence A/D to G/C means that Stoney plays the D to C bit and somebody (me? Butch?) plays the A to G bit, utilizing the fewest amount of strings--*I* should be the one to do it, OR coach Butch on how I would do it...not looking forward to Wednesday...
11PM--I've had trouble picking a song to sing on the 4th Thursday open mic...I think maybe I might be possibly singing 867-5309 (Jenny)...
TUESDAY 3/10/2020 7:32 AM--as far as I know, I have rehearsal with the Reverbs...guess I'll just do it and get it over with...I really really REALLY need to at least have the intro to JOSIE ready by tomorrow evening...
11:52 AM--going to Ken & Luisa's after lunch...do we even have a drummer and/or bass player yet? I dunno...after which I'm stopping off at the OTWC to hopefully pay the tip for Sunday's lunch...I think it will take a miracle to make my parts of JOSIE ready by tomorrow evening...fortunately I've got about two weeks before the open mic...
4:05 PM--rehearsal with Ken & Luisa went well enough, now it's back to JOSIEland...I've GOT to work on it tomorrow...I got new strings for the acoustic; I should put them on tomorrow as well...For a couple of reasons, I'm probably NOT sitting in with Ray and Carolyn on the 13th...I need to save gas/money when I can and more importantly, what's the point? it's kinda like going to a music store to gawk at some guitar I'll never be able to afford...and the guitar doesn't know I want it...and I no longer know how to play it...
UPDATE--but I might go anyway (sigh)...and I can wait until Thursday to put the strings on--maybe...because Wednesday I'll be focusing on JOSIE...band practice starts at 7-ish...

I wouldn't have believed it

             SATURDAY 3/7/2020 6:18 PM--Thanx to (mostly) a youTube video, I've just about got the intro to JOSIE...it probably has to be ready by Wednesday...Frankly, I'M impressed...I'll work on it more later; first I'm going out tonight to determine which one records better, a hand-held digital recorder or an iPhone 8...I'm going to the OTWC...by the way, I'm almost flat broke...something came up that I wasn't expecting...The Best Buy Geek Squad took $150 for another year’s worth of coverage...
9:20 PM-listening to/watching a Neil Young Tribute Band...individually the guys in the band are technically too good to play Crazy Horse...
11:35 PM--the CHORDS to JOSIE? I doubt I'll have them by the 26th, unless someone actually teaches them to me...a video MIGHT help, but I think I'm gonna need more than two and a half weeks...I MIGHT have the chords by then, but it's gonna be more work than I've ever done as a guitarist...HOTEL CALIFORNIA was a piece of cake compared to JOSIE...
SUNDAY 3/8/2020 11:05AM--probably the only way I will be able to play JOSIE is by playing part (not all the notes) within some of the chords...for instance in this sequence, the notes to the RIGHT of the slash are Bass notes--on a keyboard that's the LEFT hand...A/D  G/C  D/G  C/F...I found a video that should help at least a little...If I work really REALLY hard on it, I might be OK by the 26th...I'm absolutely sure Butch will have to use the abbreviated method as well...which may mean it will be up to Barnaby to fill in the blanks...
4:21 PM--Stoney and I had Lunch...it went better than I thought it would, but--I need to dismantle my "recording" space and convert it to a practice space in order to focus on practicing the various (mostly) little things that I'm having trouble with...that means setting up the amp (temporarily)  and the ME-70...I think it's gonna be a tight squeeze...I think once I've got the sound I want, I might take the amp out of the equation...that might leave me with a bit more room and more importantly, nobody will have to hear me practice...I MIGHT move the equipment into place...that would be one less thing to do tomorrow...

three hours, maybe more

          FRIDAY 3/6/2020 1:37 AM--all I wanted to do was move a recording of Lou & Scott singing three songs at an open mic at Hershey's from back in November of last year from my iPhone to my iTunes Library...it has taken me AT LEAST two hours, but I did it...just don't ask me HOW I did it...my primitive method--push the buttons til ya get what ya want--got the job done...I really can't remember HOW though...I THINK I actually had to send the recording to Audacity first THEN export it to somewhere, then choose iTunes as the program I wanted to open it with...maybe that's how I did it...I see a LOU & SCOTT compilation in my future...
        7:21AM-woke up this morning with a very sore throat-NO I don’t think it’s Coronavirus... I think it’s a cold, but the timing sucks... I don’t feel like doing anything...all my plans are on hold for now...
11:02 AM--it has taken way longer than I thought it would but I finally finished compiling my first (?) collection of Lou & Scott performances...I still think there's more than 39 minutes worth out there somewhere...
11:27 AM--what I want to do is record a full band with the Zoom AND my phone...probably no more than a song or two...my choices for tomorrow night are a Liz Springer project at Hershey's (meh) and a Neil Young Tribute Band (ugh) at the OTWC...some choice, eh?
5:31 PM--I hate being involved in a Gov't Project but I just (hopefully) finished one...Somebody in the FHB wants to play JOSIE by Steely Dan...sounds like a f**king lotta work to me...This coming Sunday, Stoney and I are having lunch at the OTWC...not really looking forward to that yet...
6:33 PM--done with working on any 4th Thursday songs...done working on any Music for today...

it works! in a way...

      THURSDAY 3/5/2020 10:36 AM--the recording set-up works! Except there is a problem with latency, meaning that overdubbed tracks won't be synchronized--without some additional knob twiddling...and the sound leaves something to be desired, but the mixer might be able to fix that...
   2:36 PM--as I predicted elsewhere, I NEED a nap...and I still dunno where I'm gonna go this evening...Maybe I shouldn't, but I might do the Grape Escape AND the OTWC...now I can't remember how or why, but my ears are ringing lots...
6:26 PM--If I'm gonna record any of the LCB reunion I need to do a dry run, and NOT with a bunch of acoustic solo artists...the Plan at this point is to go see Danger Bird on Saturday evening--hopefully for only a set or two...I don't wanna hear Neil Young songs all evening long...my second choice is to go see the Newports (ugh) on Friday night...
 8:15 PM—So here I am at the OTWC after all...it’s a long way to go to get dessert but basically that’s why I’m here... Don’t know when I’m gonna leave, probably somewhere around 10:30 or so… I just know that I HAD to get out of the house, if only for one evening…

a new beginning, just not yet...

            TUESDAY 3/3/2020 11:18 AM--slowly but surely building a work area for recording...might have the microphone by the end of the day...I have no idea whatsoever when I'm actually gonna get started...
4:13 PM--got the mic today, probably gonna send it back...to do what I wanna do, I need a real mic...and have (at least) two...I need speakers (got 'em) some kinda USB doodad (got it) and a mic mixer, which I've got...I might not have enuff room on the cabinet for the mixer, so I need a very small table or stand of some sort...and I need an extension cord so I can plug the speakers in...all of it is useless w/o the cables...it's always something...
10:09 PM--I might have the cables I need somewhere in the basement; trying NOT to go look now...I need to wait until tomorrow...Lou & I might go to Hershey's tomorrow evening--Jackie won't be there...
WEDNESDAY 3/4/2020 4 PM--I bought a necessary cable, and a (hopefully) high quality extension cord...the speakers are plugged in and (I cautiously assume) working...I'm getting closer...
4:26 PM--the mixer is plugged in and it works...I think all I have to do is plug the red thingie into the laptop, then plug a mic (or instrument) into the mixer, get Audacity up and running and I think I'm ready for...whatever...
6:40 PM--Dianne's probably going out tomorrow evening, so I should too...I just don't know where I wanna go... the singer/songwriter thing is going on at the OTWC...I think a regular open mic will be happening at the Grape Escape...I suppose I could do both...the Plan is to record somebody with the Zoom...we'll see...
8:29 PM--I'm definitely feeling like the George Harrison of the FHB...looked down upon by some members of the band...and now Stoney is upset because I've sorta called his ability to sing harmonies into question...it's NOT his best thing...but it might be MY best thing...there's lotsa "better" guitarists in MontCo, better lead singers, performers with WAY better stage presence...harmony singers? I'm in the top five, easily...
            I still might be a dammed good drummer, outta shape though I am...oh well, at some point I gotta answer Stoney's e-mail--I guess...frankly, I'd rather focus on the LCB reunion and/or Ray's March shows, which start next Wednesday...I DO wanna attend one of the shows that Carolyn may come to...and I think I wanna be at the show where Mike Vinson will be...Carolyn is scheduled to attend on the 13th (at Brian Boru) and 14th (Galway Bay)...Mike will hopefully be at Galway Bay on the 15th...my plans are uncertain, but I'd like to be with Ray and whoever on the 13th and 15th...
    We'll see, in a week or so...by which time the acoustic will have new strings on it...

starting over OR let's finish what ya start this time

        SUNDAY 3/1/2020 5:52 PM--in the first place I looked, I found the TWO adapters I need to record into my laptop and then into Audacity...and rather quickly found a yT video that is recent enough to cover the latest (?) version of Audacity...I think I can even send a signal outta my keyboard into my laptop and forward into Audacity...the Audacity Lab opens tomorrow, IF I can stand to wait that long...there are (as far as I can tell) two different methods of recording on the laptop--record something on the Zoom then into the laptop(Audacity) and record directly into the laptop (Audacity)...
       7 PM--I might try the ZOOM method first before I make that big leap...I'm probably wrong but I think it will be pretty dammed easy...I dunno WHAT it will sound like; I don't think it will be in true Stereo...I've seen online where the batteries don't last all that long, so I think I should go to Litz to see if they have the Authorized AC adapter...*I* think they should...then I can save the batteries for field recording...
MONDAY 3/2/2020 9:20 AM-well, it took a while naturally, but I was able to record the chorus of SUGAR MOUNTAIN in three part harmony with acoustic guitar onto the Zoom...that’s four parts plus an additional part to re-record the original melody on top of the first pass…I don’t think there’s anyway to erase a part once you overdub it...not that I know of anyway...The Zoom is (as far as I am concerned) very sophisticated... Which I wouldn’t mind so much if it wasn’t so small and my fingers so fat and stubby…
11:33 AM--had to go to Amazon to get the kind of mic I want/need to use Audacity for recording...it could come as soon as tomorrow, allegedly...as for the ZOOM, I'm still doing research...
12:30 PM--it has taken since about 9:30 (with a trip to run an errand or two and do some laundry in the middle) but the not quite 30 second version of Sugar Mtn. I recorded earlier (just the chorus) is in my iTunes Library, after first being fed into Audacity...I inadvertently cut off the first two seconds or so and it doesn't SOUND very good, but I did it...right or wrong. I blame the ZOOM for the sound quality...I think that at some point, I will re-record the same 30 seconds directly into Audacity, with the microphone I just bought thru Amazon as a test...
 4:30 PM--the new mic might come sometime tomorrow...and I might bring the ZOOM to Wednesday's FHB practice...
5:00 PM--whatever my Plans were, they are now on hold--Dianne got fired...maybe MAYBE I can set "the Lab" up in some other part of the house...
7:09 PM--I think I'm gonna have to put the BR-1180CD completely away, inside the cabinet it's currently sitting on top of, and set up the laptop in its' place...I guess I'll work on that tomorrow...
 9:10 PM--and if I want to use the laptop in the original spot, I can bring it back upstairs...but dragging the power cable back and forth is gonna get old eventually...maybe I'll visit Best Buy again tomorrow, either before or after the proposed Reverbs rehearsal...
10:05 PM--gotta try to chill out if I can...can't stop thinking about my proposed Project...