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!