it hurts as much as I imagined it would

       FRIDAY5/29/2020 8:13AM--I watch snippets of last night's 4th Thursday open mic...unfortunately I had to contact Butch to get the link...allegedly there were technical glitches happening from their end...IMO it was an amazing technical achievement...the credit for that goes to Barnaby I guess...I got a shout out from GEORGE Thayer...one is better than none I suppose...

         The open mic I did last Monday for Dan Mack is up as well...I wonder why Dan didn't tell me the SOUND was so distorted...needless to say I WON'T be doing it again this coming Monday...feeling like my entire Musical life in MontCo has been a lie...to (probably) be lumped in with the neighborhood's "quirkiest" citizens hurts more than a little... 

SATURDAY 6/6/2020 9:55AM--I haven't felt like doing anything Musical except some listening for fun...Even though *I* don't think they should, I think some live Music venues are opening back up...but I ain't going nowhere...besides, nobody is interested in me going anywhere...

I don’t mean to sound ungrateful...

           MONDAY 5/25/2020 3:08PM-...but I think I would have liked to go on a bit later...dunno how much of an audience I’ll have...
7:18PM-I didn’t get the reaction I thought would get, not even close...oh well... I didn’t mess up much...almost did a time or two though... I played an original song for a bunch of REAL songwriters...now I gotta sit here for two hours...the trash/kitty litter is all done...
TUESDAY 5/26/2020 7:36AM--if I have my way, I won't go to Dan's open mic next Monday...I found it to be very unsatisfying, in every way possible...I got no reaction to MR. QUARANTINE whatsoever...I was rather bored after I played...the open mic was still going when I left the meeting at about fifteen minutes after nine o'clock...
WEDNESDAY 5/27/2020 4:03PM--It feels like "labwork" doesn't excite me as much as it did about a month ago...and/or I've run out of ideas...
THURSDAY 5/25/2020 11:17AM--feeling pretty much deserted by my so-called friends, who don't seem to have really been friends at all--ever...it's an endless vicious cycle...Dianne says "You should contact them" and *I* say "Why haven't they contacted ME?" and she says "You should contact them" and *I* say, well, you get the picture...

12:54 PM--one of the changes I think Blogger has made is to reduce the number of choices with regard to color...anyway, the FHB has apparently replaced me with two guitarists...whatever, right?

I'm still learning the new Blogger; so far, I don't like it yet...*I* think the program has bugs in it...

8PM--I guess the FHB doesn't even want me to watch their open mic--FUCK 'EM...I sent a message to Butch...now he’ll think I miss being a part of the action and I DON’T, at least not yet... 
8:35PM-I am now capable of watching the open mic that is usually at the Outta the Way Café except tonight it’s not at the Outta the Way Café… I don’t know WHERE it’s coming from or how they are doing it...
I think the way works is ya shoot A video and send it to Barnaby… And HE does the production work on it...there’s LOTSA stuff I would rather watch-a weather channel for instance...

will I run outta songs?

           FRIDAY 5/22/2020 8:50AM--gonna go work in the Lab soon...I guess the only Music I make will be made in the Lab or at a virtual open mic...such is Life...after I lay down the drums and guitar(s) on JAZZY THING all I gotta do is mix and master it...again, I'm trying not to hurry...
 12:06PM--so I finished off JAZZY THING...what I learned today is if you have an idea, implement it...if ya don't like it, you can take it out when mixing...of course, once the recording is mixed down, that's that...one can master a recording about 19 times (19 different mix EQs) but ya can't mix it down BUT once...that's a bummer IMO...I don't yet know what the CD that I made sounds like...maybe I'll go somewhere after my nap; I'll find out then...
 The QUARANTINE SESSIONS playlist is at 12 songs running about 45 minutes...the CD does not include my solo ACOUSTIC performances that I put on youTube...
4:32PM--well, it does now and I even threw in a pair of recordings from about 2006 or so...still thinking about doing a remake of something--possibly I'M ONLY SLEEPING, Reggae style...I'm not sure I could improve on the 2006(?) recording of MESSAGE or the song *I* call I WANT [HER] TO WANT ME for that matter...I'm not sure but SLEEPING might have been "rescued" from a cassette, like my first attempt at MESSAGE was...well, tomorrow's another day...
7:37PM--I just put my newest songs on Soundcloud, © Andrew Geshen...it was surprisingly easy, almost too easy...maybe from there I can upload them to youTube...
SATURDAY 5/23/2020 6PM--no lab work today, too sleepy or tired from last night's two hours of insomnia and/or the one or two Melatonin I took...*I* think the Melatonin combined with Hydroxyzine caused me to be tired/sleepy all day long...hoping to get something done tomorrow...
7:37PM--now I've got some energy...it figures, I don't want too much energy...I think I'm gonna try I'M ONLY SLEEPING...hoping to re-arrange it somehow...maybe a Reggae-ish rhythm...
12:57PM--I started working on SLEEPING, but my heart just wasn't in it...
4:12PM-already prepared the open mic space in the basement...if I wanna do lab work I still can...
MONDAY 5/25/2020 5PM--getting nervous about tonight's open mic...I intend to sing QUARANTINE MAN first, DON'T CRY NO TEARS after that...

gotta be a better way than "winging it"

                   TUESDAY 5/19/2020 11AM--It's my 65th birthday and it kinda sucks a bit...I finished NEW CORROLLTON and there's an unexplainable permanent screw up on it, just like the last recording I mixed and mastered...is a pattern forming here? I f**king hope not...I guess I'll have to do it all over again, just not today--probably...
4:53PM--just finished re-recording NEW CARROLLTON...it took about two hours altogether...I felt like I knew what I was doing more than usual--didn't make as many mistakes as usual...there's an "electric piano" AND a rhythm guitar on it...I think the piano won't make it to the final mix, except maybe the arpeggio will...the mixing? I think that's gonna be a Project, but I'm gonna try to take my time and give any and every idea plenty of thought before making it final decision...
WEDNESDAY 5/20/2020 9:25 AM--I belatedly realized that *I* am to blame for my not getting to sing QUARANTINE MAN at the open mic...I can’t EVEN figure out why I screwed up...*I* think I got nervous about it and forgot...Ultimately Dan had nothing to do with it...if there's an open mic next Monday, I'll do it, maybe as the first song...I think there's only one more song left for me to record, and that's THE MAIL... I'm not itching to do that one.*I* think it needs a piano, although the demo didn't havv one...
3:30 PM--I thought about doing MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE again, but the idea doesn't excite me...maybe I'll do my version of RUBY TUESDAY or MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER...
5:39 PM--I came up with a new song I currently call JAZZY THING...as of now, there's a synth riff that might run throughout the song...there might even be a synth solo of some sort in it...If I can't quite find the groove on the "drums" myself, I might just use the keyboard drummer...
         I might start on it tomorrow, I don't think I have anything else going on...or I do and I've forgotten all about it...NONE of the members of the FHB have contacted me even to be nasty to me...I guess Stoney isn't my friend anymore; probably never was...kinda makes me sad...oh well, such is Life...
8:30PM-it’s been a couple of hours now, and I can’t remember how the new song goes… It’s a good thing I recorded parts of it on the BR1180...
THURSDAY 5/21/2020 8:02AM--well JAZZY THING is in my head now...generally, I don't open "the Lab" until after 10AM...I don't wanna disturb the women next door, even though the speakers are not facing their basement...I have no idea how much they can hear now...I REALLY wanna take my time...
12:41PM--but I didn't...still working on JAZZY THING...trying to make each part as close to perfect as *I* can get 'em...gotta finish the synth part, re-do the snare part and add lead guitar...
             Dunno why I can't just relax, slow down and take my time...no one's rushing me but me... considering that the song didn't exist 24(?) hours ago, it's happening quickly...but it doesn't need to
happen quickly...I'll wait until after my attempted nap before I go back to the Lab...if I can finish the synth part I'll be happy and quit for the day...
5:05PM--started from scratch, somewhere around 3:15 or so...the only part(s) left are an acoustic
guitar (maybe) and the electric guitar...then comes the mixing and mastering...
 6:07 PM--ooops...I gotta put down the drums...I have to remember to KISS--keep it simple stupid...trying to wait until tomorrow to do that...THEN I can put down the guitar(s) and mix it--taking my time hopefully...

suddenly it got serious

           
            SUNDAY 5/17/2020--all of a sudden prepping for tomorrow's open mic feels like a Gov't Project...but I intend to go thru with it...I want and (espescially) NEED to rehearse tomorrow...I THINK the big important thing Dianne and I were gonna do tomorrow we did today...
MONDAY 5/18/2020 12:27AM-rather than laying here in bed staring at the ceiling, I went downstairs and set up my performance space; all I have to do now is take the computer downstairs and plug it in...and figure out how the new mic works...
8:12AM--just tried out the new mic with the laptop--it works!!! I THINK the broadcast will be successful...as for MY segment, who knows? Rehearsal starts probably after my attempted nap...planning on moving the laptop downstairs by six o'clock, if not sooner...
10:51AM--I was right, setting up my laptop in the basement for a virtual open mic is a f**king HUGE Gov't Project...but as far as I can tell, everything works...and all 1180 Lab work will wait until tomorrow--if then...
11:08AM-this morning’s Project took a lot outta me... 
8:10 PM-probably won’t get to sing that certain song...gonna run outta time before I sing again tonight  DAMMIT
9PM I thought that I just might get another shot...but somebody just joined the group and Dan told me it ain’t happening -- really sucks, gotta wait another week. ARGH! all that anxiety wasted...VERY bummed out...it figures...sitting here doing nothing, could’ve had the kitty litter done...
10:02PM--so that's what I did...I'll rebuild the Lab tomorrow...I wanna completely finish NEW CARROLLTON...but there's NO HURRY...
It seems that the ACME Band Co. thinks they have a gig in early June at Lahinch, with Stoney guesting on Bass...I hope they haven't forgotten that I "retired" from playing in bands... 

still learning...the trick is in the remembering

        SATURDAY 5/16/2020 5:25PM--did some "labwork" today...Don't even ask me how it happened but the MASTER of (Untitled) the song I wrote back in the early 80s, is messed up and I don't think it can be fixed and I dunno how it happened in the first place...it's only the first Twenty seconds or so, but it still sucks as far as I'm concerned...Dunno when, but I'm gonna do it over...
 6:39PM--There are seven what *I* call "elements" to the recording, one of which (the metronome) will not make it to the final mix...I think there will ultimately be TWO tracks left unused...maybe I'll put an acoustic guitar in the "middle" bit--the E minor descending progression..never mind that "Cortez solo" thing....the more I think about the idea, the more I like it...which would leave ONE track empty...
9PM- quite a few days after I recorded the song, I did a video for BABY’S IN BLACK; Mostly I just wanted to send something to Lou; I ended up sending the video to Tish as well… Frankly, I thought she’d be more impressed than she seems to be…oh well...
10:50PM--chopped off the first 20 seconds or so of the song I'm currently calling NEW CARROLLTON...that leads to a very abrupt start, but at least I can listen to all two minutes and forty seconds of it without wincing...I AM gonna re-record it...the "chopped" version ain't half bad in my opinion...some nice guitar bits...most of the keyboard sounds sound better than when I was doing them...
SUNDAY 5/17/2020-if I’m gonna do the open mic tomorrow I need to practice and set up my performance space...Not sure if I want Dianne’s help or not...we’ll see how it goes, who knows it might be as easy as walking...
12:24 PM--the re-recording of NEW CARROLLTON is nearly finished...trying to take my time with it...might even add some more piano...there WILL be a nap after Lunch...might work in the Lab after the nap...fixing my mistakes thru editing is fairly easy, but I wish I didn't make so many in the first place...
4:48PM--I shouldn't have said anything about my editing skills...messed up a section of NEW CARROLLTON...will have to re-do more than just a couple of seconds...oh well...I HAVE GOT to work on my appearence at the open mic...I haven't done anything to prep for it yet...
7:02PM--sometimes it's a mistake to try and fix the small mistakes, it's easier to just start something over from the beginning...
7:19PM--Dan sent me an e-mail...I get two songs for sure...might have to think of a third one...
I think THANK YOU GIRL will work...twenty-four hours away and I'm pretty nervous...

might not happen

             THURSDAY 5/14/2020 11AM--talked to Litz...they don't have any Electric XII's in stock...so I ordered one...my first choice is sunburst, my second choice is white...I hope the neck is kinda thin--easy on my left hand...the bad news? I won't get more than 10% off of list...I was told Fender MIGHT say "In order to get ONE, ya have to buy nine more..." AND if Litz DOES get one, I HAVE to buy it...
          5:20 PM--well, I THINK the recording and mixing of LAVENDER DAWN is done, all I gotta do is master it...that's probably the quickest step in the whole process...it only takes about as long as the song...
8:05PM--boy did *I* jump the gun on that one...it took a LONG time to finally master the dammed thing....The lead guitar is too loud...and that's nobody's fault but mine...maybe one of the other nineteen Mastering Tool Kit patches will sound at least a bit better...the "long" version of the song is four minutes long, the short version was three minutes and fifteen seconds long...
FRIDAY 5/15/2020 8:40 AM--if/when I get to the Lab today, I gonna start on whatever that way old song is gonna be called...maybe I should start thinking about next Tuesday's virtual open mic...
11:30 AM--I went to Best Buy and got the microphone; probably won't even start rehearsing for the open mic until Monday...
2:25 PM--before I start on my next recording Project, I might remaster LAVENDER DAWN one more time, using the  MTK known as "Brighten", just to see if I can hear any difference...I probably won't, my ears have been ringing LOTS...
5:49 PM--whatever that old song is called, it's halfway finished...I think it will be the toughest mixing job I've had so far...ultimately I may have to record the synth part over, the levels are all over the place...and the guitar part might just become a synth part...
6:27 PM--I put two different mixes of LAVENDER DAWN on the Quarantine Sessions Playlist, one right after the other...I believe I can hear a difference...the various parts in the "Brighten" Mix sound "closer" together somehow...kinda like a snowball that is packed especially tight...
When I DO re-record the synth part of the old song, I'll hopefully remember to change the "touch sensitivity" settings, which I think will fix the  level inconsistencies...maybe sometime tomorrow...
SATURDAY 5/16/2020 8:35 AM--can't go to the Lab this early...or can I?
10:07 AM--so I did...the guitar part which became a synth part went back to being a guitar part...there's gonna be a lot of stuff to keep track of when it comes time to mix, which might be the next step...

not every idea is a good one

        MONDAY 5/11/2020 6:21 PM--wanted to make some additions to LAVENDER DAWN, the idea didn't sound in reality as good as it did in my head...triple acoustic guitar harmonies...oh well, I gave it a shot...
   It may not be true, but I feel as though I can't work in the 1180 Lab while the guys are working on the deck...THE MAIL has a lead vocal, but I haven't started on that one yet...
TUESDAY 5/12/2020 10:53 AM--last week I dropped out of the Dan Mack open mic...he had one last night...I watched it, which is to say I skimmed thru it...I'm thinking about signing up for it next Monday...I've got one song I could do, and that's MR.QUARANTINE MAN...I imagine I'll need to do more than one, but there's always LMYR...I dunno what I could do besides those two, but I've got time to decide...and I bought a condenser mic from Best Buy...I THINK I'll have it by next Monday...
5:09 PM--learn sumthin' new everyday...I just learned how to add certain effects to specific tracks on the BR-1180 as opposed to those effects being on all the tracks..I started working on LAVENDER DAWN...I put a buncha chorus on the acoustic and I put some electric piano on it, but I'm not sure that it's absolutely essential...I currently got three tracks not being used...I'm thinking two (?) tracks for flutes and one for lead guitar...
  The flutes will be easy once I transpose the keyboard-I keep forgetting I can do that...I think it will be easy to play in the key of C instead of D...
 WEDNESDAY 5/13/2020 11:20 AM--my planned contact with Litz, IF it happens at all, will be after my nap, or more likely tomorrow...I really don't wanna lose another electric 12-string...unless I already have...sent a CD to Lou...after Lunch, I'm gonna try for a nap...
6:15 PM--I'm still making mistakes in the 1180 Lab, but I'm getting better at fixing them...did some real good punch-ins on DAWN today...and I thought "just because I HAVE 8 tracks doesn't mean I need to use them all..."
7:16 PM--I think the recording aspect of LAVENDER DAWN is done, unless I put in some more lead guitar...I'll work on it tomorrow, I just dunno when...I have to keep in mind that once a recording is mixed and mastered, ya can't change it...again, it's all account of my lack of patience...I really need to NOT hurry when I'm mixing, etc. 
8:46 PM-gotta start thinking about what I’m gonna work on next... I’ve been thinking about doing THE MAIL, but now I’m not so sure about that...
THURSDAY 5/14/2020 9AM--it belatedly occcurred to me that I've never recorded that instrumental I wrote way WAY back in the mid/late 80s or early 90s...I was in the Deserters/Substitute at the time...I sat down at the green (?) piano in the basement of Susan Judge's parent's house and came up with an instrumental piece that, even after more than THIRTY-FIVE years, doesn't yet have a title...gonna wait until the guys are one before I go to the Lab...they might be able to hear whatever is coming out of the speakers, and I don't want them to...I get self conscious and nervous enough as it is...

what's next?

      SATURDAY 5/9/2020 12:10 PM--BABY'S IN BLACK is finished...I'm not planning on putting it on youTube--I can't think of a reason to share it with anybody...to me, it's borderline "keepable"...after I load it into iTunes--which should be any minute now...then maybe I'll start thinking about SOLITUDE...
       It took a couple of "any minutes" but BiB (the 1st attempt) is in my iTunes Library..I think when I mix, I should add a teeny bit more to any tracks that sound good to me...for instance *I* thought the Bass was loud enough in the mix...now I think I was wrong...any kind of "how to" regarding "production" would help a bunch, I'm sure...Maybe after my attempted nap, I'll start on SOLITUDE...
9:00PM--got a bit of a nap...went to work in the 1180 Lab...All the song needs is a sax part and a lead guitar and the recording is done...I have belatedly discovered the advantages of "doubling" a part--it kinda thickens a part (if you keep the pan straight up) or spreads it to make it sound like it's been recorded on two tracks, if you pan it to the 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock position...I THINK I've doubled the Bass, Drums, Kb, and the flutes...didn't double the electric rhythm guitar--yet...I plan on adding a sax part to compliment the flutes...dunno if I'm gonna double that...and then there is the issue of the (electric?) LEAD guitar...another option--somehow work an acoustic guitar into the mix...
 9:49 PM--just made a quick visit to the Lab...I guess for whatever reason, I'm really excited to be working on SOLITUDE...the parts with the flutes I call the "verses" the parts w/o 'em I call the choruses...I just had a brain storm--I can put guitar solos there...acoustic, electric, clean, dirty, whatever...I'm almost happy...
SUNDAY 5/10/2020 1:26AM-I just quit all the bands I’ve been playing with/for...after about thirty consecutive years of playing, and roughly fifteen more before that... I think I’m done with playing in public...
  SUNDAY 5/10/2020 6:09 AM--the only reason to keep doing it would be for the money and there never was much of that...were I still a member of the FHB, I could have grit my teeth or knuckled down, ignore the things I was unhappy about...but with the other bands, their apparent incompetence drove me crazy...either the other members of the bands didn't hear the mistakes or they did and didn't care...
5:19 PM--so I've told all the bands goodbye...I won't tell certain people that the main reason it hasn't been fun for a long time is because the bands suck--except for the FHB...they were far from perfect--and *I* was OK with that...
8:01PM-trying to decide what to record next...my first thought was “How about LAVENDER DAWN?” but the song feels unfinished...hopefully I can work on it tomorrow, although there’s a fair amount of stuff going on around here...maybe I can do THE MAIL at some point...
MONDAY 5/11/2020 5:30PM-I think the Fender Electric XII, the vintage series or whatever that thing is called, is a limited edition guitar, so I think I’m going to go to Litz and put one on layaway…my first choice is Sunburst, not sure if I would except any other alternatives…

overreaching again?

         FRIDAY 5/8/2020 1:44 PM--I'm gonna try ONE MORE TIME to get the reggae style rhythm track CD into the 1180 before I give up...Allegedly I can play it on a portable player and feed that signal into the 1180...my question is: where does it go? to the selected (individual) track? or all eight at once? or 9/10 ? I won't know until later--I NEED a nap...
6:16 PM--gave up on the reggae version of BABY'S IN BLACK...I decided to rock it up a bit...all I've gotta do now is the vocals and the mixing/mastering...I was even able to drop a "dirty" sounding solo in the middle eight where the chorused rhythm guitar was...and smoothly get back out of the track...it all happened in less than two hours...
    I'm pretty sure I'm no longer a member of the FHB...it hurts, quite a bit, but I'll get over it...NOT overnight, but eventually...I can keep busy; I won't make any money, but I'll have some fun...screwing up ISN'T fun, but maybe someday I can record a song from start to finish without screwing up too much...gotta use that checklist...
     Maybe it's because of stress and/or depression, but my Brain hasn't been firing on all cylinders lately, and not just in the 1180 Lab...I haven't done a video for SUGAR MTN. yet and I don't know if I'm gonna bother...yet again, I'm wondering if I'm not nearly as talented as I think I am, which is fairly talented...
       I'm gonna cross my fingers and send the SUGAR MTN. video to Lou--maybe...but I've gotta shoot it first...Got another e-mail from Butch...if the FHB wants me back, ok...if not, that's OK too...my guess is they don't...like I’ve said, it hurts but I’ll get over it...might start thinking about the next recording project...maybe I’ll work on SOLITUDE some more...I imagine no one is ever gonna hear it but me...
                  SATURDAY 5/9/2020 9:15 AM--suddenly I've become uncertain as to how to arrange SOLITUDE...depending on how I arrange it, I think I'll be able to play the duel flutes with one hand...there are a few possibilities, mostly I just need to pick a tempo...my current choice is the tempo of my arrangement of CLOWN, more or less...but first I gotta finish BABY'S IN BLACK...might wait until at least 10:30, *I* feel as though I need to warm up vocally in the car before I try to put the vocals down...  

which one is which?

    TUESDAY 5/5/2020 5:PM--of the four other members of the FHB, one of them wants me out, one of them wants me in and two could go either way...aside from being kinda curious as to which one is which, mostly it hurts--WAY LOTS...I should mention that although the FHB was probably the band I was least embarrassed to be in, I wasn't as happy as I wanted to be, or thought I should be...the band that I had the most fun playing in was the one led by Stu Judd...*I* think our political differences affected him more than they affected me...I never hear from him, but then I never hear from anyone...
7:43 PM--I think the FHB is considering kicking me out...I'm OK with that...If the quarantine ended tomorrow, I wouldn't care...I guess my Musical future will be lived in the basement...there won't be any money in it...
8:00 PM-I keep coming back to the idea that maybe I’m not as talented as I think I am... On a scale of 1 to 10, I think I give myself a six maybe a seven… I think I can still play drums, I can play bass and I can sing and I can play guitar I can even play a little bit of keyboards… Doesn’t that ad up to “moderately talented” ?
11PM--a few parts of SUGAR MTN needed fixing...just finished doing some of that, but I accidently moved the snare drum...gonna try to work around that screw=up tomorrow...
WEDNESDAY 5/6/2020 NOON--SUGAR MTN is as finished as I can make it...I tried to do three different mixes, but two of them died--*I* dunno why...the mix that has survived sound OK in the car...next up? a reggae version of BABY'S IN BLACK, maybe....
5:12 PM--five minutes of Reggae drum patterns are in my itunes library...I got it from youTube...I THINK I can play it on my portable CD player and feed that signal into the BR-1180...THAT would be a technological advancement for me, if I can pull it off...or I can study the patterns and hope for the best...in other news, I haven't heard from the members of the FHB lately...*I* think my tenure in the Band has ended--and I'm not crying...
9:14 PM--I think I can, if I have to, use a song by David Lindley as a rhythmic template...we'll see...
THURSDAY 5/7/2020 11:20 AM--I created a 30 second reggae drum track...IF I can do it I will have to manually loop it about 12 times and then (hopefully) build my arrangement of BABY'S IN BLACK around it...if it doesn't work, I'll have to come up with an alternative method for creating a reggae rhythm track...I think what I'm gonna try to is record the kick drum and hi-hat (and percussion) SEPARATELY , mix those tracks down, make a CD outta THAT and feed the CD back into one (or two?) of the remaining tracks--if THAT doesn't work, I'll give up on the reggae idea...
5:35 PM--unbelieveably my idea worked...the hi-hat and kick take up two tracks, the vocals will take up three, the keyboard takes one, which leaves two tracks...one for Bass and one for guitar...I think this means maybe I can mix everything down to 9/10, burn a CD, and import THAT back into the BR1180, which could give me a couple more tracks to play with...that would be great...I'll try to work on it sometime tomorrow hopefully...I did some scratch vocals that I don't intend to keep, just to hear what the harmonies will sound like...

I changed my Mind

      MONDAY 5/4/2020  8:35 AM--I cancelled my appearences at the Monday Night open mic, hosted by Dan Mack...I was getting scared anyway...and I cancelled the Wednesday open mic as well...
8:50 AM--listened to my Lab recordings...so far I think RISING SUN BLUES is the best sounding of the bunch...
5:42 PM--after saving a raw abbreviated copy onto CD, I deleted SOLITUDE...If I so desire, I can come back to it in the future...I think it needs to be a bit faster...
TUESDAY 5/5/2020 9:12 AM--I think I'm gonna try SUGAR MTN.with a "band", and thee part harmonies starting this morning...I'll hopefully start in a few minutes...gonna try to take my time, there's no reason to hurry as far as *I* know...hoping to use my harmonica on it...that makes me nervous...
12:24 PM--the harmonica playing went better than I thought it would...the acoustics are done, the vocals are done, even the drums MIGHT be half done...the cymbals? no...and not the Bass yet either...I think having the checklist might be making a difference...will probably work on the Bass part after my proposed nap...
5PM--I THINK the recording of Sugar Mtn is finished...the miing is gonna be difficult, but not impossible...

never a dull moment

        FRIDAY 5/1/2020 10:37 PM--I put my re-interpretation of YESTERDAY in to my iTunes Library...the first of two guitar solos was missing--don't EVEN ask me why, cause I dunno...suddenly I found with the first guitar solo IN it--I got it off of youTube...dunno what's going on tomorrow, but I hope to work on electric CLOWN...
SATURDAY 5/2/2020 11:20 AM-- it took probably 200 takes and two or three days but I FINALLY got the keyboard part to (electric) CLOWN done...I put down the Bass track almost instantly, although made a ONE-NOTE mistake...I was miraoulusly able to seamlessly punch-in the correct note...kinda makes up for the torture that was laying down the keyboard part...what's next? the drums (ugh)...might try to work on 'em after my nap--if I get a nap...and I MUST remember to be especially careful with the 1180s switchs buttons and knobs--I really REALLY REALLY REALLY don't wanna have to play that keyboard part again...
5:33 PM--now I can't remember if I DID have to play it one more time...but I absolutely NEED to make a checklist...I keep forgetting to [fill in the blank] before I record anything, vocals, bass parts, guitar parts...electric Clown is finished, but for the mixing/mastering...but I'm taking a break from CLOWN for now...it's not like it has to be absolutely totally finished by Noon tomorrow..and if I'm gonna do the open mic, I GOTTA rehearse at least a little...
7:46 PM--it's that impatience thing again...I really wanna mix/master Clown now, create a CD and somehow maybe do a video...it will have to wait until tomorrow...damn...
10:22 PM--I plan to play MR. QUARANTINE MAN at the Monday open mic and LMYR at the Wednesday open mic...
SUNDAY 5/3/2020 9:08 AM--been having trouble sleeping lately...can't seem to shut my Mind off sometimes...for instance, I added two more verses to MR. QUARENTINE MAN...they just sorta fell outta my head while I was staring at the ceiling...on April  28 I sent an apology to the FHB...I haven't heard back from them yet...
11:37 AM--electric CLOWN (the CD) is as done as *I* can make it...for ME. recording is HARD work...I MIGHT get the video done today, but I don't have to...
127 PM--I listened to the two different mixes thru iTues--*I* don't hear much of a difference, if there is one...
4:34 PM--I did a video and after some effort it's on youTube...if the roomie wasn't napping on the couch, I'd possibly go to the Lab and work on stuff...but I'm tired, because I didn't get a nap...oh well...
7:05 PM--I just cancelled my appearence at the Monday Night open mic, hosted by Dan Mack...I was getting scared anyway...
8:50 PM--so far I think RISING SUN BLUES is the best sounding of Lab recordings...