Potholes...

OK, so the meeting still hasn't happened yet. Coincidentally, everyone double booked themselves. But this is a small pothole in the long road to rock. We will be rescheduling for a weekend in the near future to sit down, pound back a few pints and manifest the genesis of a sound that's pure and honest.

In the meantime I'm making the best of my day to day work commute by writing words and melodies. With my trusty composition book and digital voice recorder at my side I have no doubt that I look completely nuts singing softly to myself on the subway in order to get the songs in my head onto paper. I call it guerrilla song writing. I honestly could care less what my fellow commuters think as long as I get shit done. You can check the link on the sidebar to read the lyrics I've been coming up with. Hopefully I'll end up with dozens of songs and I can pick the best ones to present to the new band when we start jamming in January. Feel free to leave me with feedback, eventually I plan to post raw tracks there too.

I've also dragged out my old Applause acoustic/electric. It's an Ovation knock off. It sounds decent enough. It's a round back and really lightweight but I've been neglecting it for years. I took it to Capsule music on Queen st. to get it all cleaned up and set-up. I get to pick it up tomorrow night.
As for the cover band audition, no word yet. Looks like they have one more singer to audition before they make their decision. No worries, I'm in no hurry.

Yeah, I may encounter potholes and obstacles on my journey, but I plan to stay positive and keep moving forward on... the long road to rock.

Moving on...

Getting together to jam is always the best protocol towards finding like minded musicians. Unfortunately it requires a substantial block of time and may only simply delay the inevitable. One of two things are bound to happen: A) you gel and move forward or B) it doesn't gel and you part ways putting you right back at square one.

Although Mr. Jeff Logan is one extremely talented young lad, my jam with him about a week ago led to the latter. It was certainly nice meeting with Jeff and exchanging ideas, riffs and melodies however even after our coffee shop meeting of the minds, it seems we were both on completely different pages when it came down to playing.

Whereas I was hoping to create something basic, catchy and timeless, Jeff was hoping to create something basic, catchy, timeless and in the southern fried rock genre. It seems like a small difference, but it's not. In the past I may have just gone with the flow, but as the saying goes, I've been there and done that and quite frankly, I wore out the Tshirt and have no desire to pull it out of the bottom of my drawer to wear it again.

Well I wish Jeff all the luck in the world in his search for musicians that share his mind set and I have no doubt in my mind that he will find success. For me though, back to the ol' drawing board.

I already have a meeting lined up that I'm confident will lead to a fruitful musical future. On Saturday October 18th I will be meeting with 2 former band mates from the Urban Street Scandal: Bassist extraordinaire Al Branton and Guitar guru Cam Clark. We'll meet exchange our thoughts on sound, style and commitment but, alas, schedules dictate that we won't actually get down to the nitty gritty until January. Colour me excited, though, because it looks like this reunion will lead to some new tunes everyone can groove on.

Mr. Cameron Clark

Mr. Al Branton

In the mean time, I've decided to audition for one more cover band to help line my beat up skull laden wallet with some extra dough. An interesting take on the cover band, only B level hits. Whereas the average band might do Santana's Oye Como Va, this band will be doing Evil Ways. Whereas another band might do Road House Blues, this band would do Peace Frog. You get the drift. The audition was last night, it went quite well and I'm hoping for a call back sometime soon.

In the mean time, things are still looking up on... the long road to rock!