Skip to main content

Day Three Hundred Fifty Three

Okay, so, no setlist posted yet. At least not anywhere I can find. It'll be posted here at some point, though, you can believe that.

First of all, The Slowdown in Omaha is a great little club! I'd see another show there in a heartbeat. The stage area is surrounded by a ring where most of the patrons can stand, and the bar is back behind that. They've got a balcony up above the ring, and barstools around the edge of the ring. Great little venue. Nice & LOUD for a punk show!

The Smoking Popes opened for 'Trio, and while I had heard of them before, I had never actually heard any of their songs. I came away impressed. Same sort of punk as Alkaline, but done in a happier context, I think. The lyrics were a bit hard to find in the mix for the opening band, but what I heard, I liked. I will definitely be picking up some of their records.

Trio opened with "In Vein," and then announced that they were going to play a lot of old stuff. Which they did. "Snake Oil Tanker," "Cooking Wine," and "'97" were among the older highlights. They also played "Trouble Breathing," which made me very happy. There was an acoustic set in the middle, the highlight of which was a cool version of "Radio."

Other highlights were "Old School Reasons," "Fine," and "Lead Poisoning," the latter of which included the horn part from the record!

Also, they were selling the new record before it was officially released, so I got that (vinyl & CD together for $15), and I scored an autographed poster (one of twenty to be sold at my show! All in all, a great gig, and some awesome merch. The new record is amazing, by the way, acoustic re-imaginings of 12 classic tracks, and 3 new songs. It truly adds something unique to their cannon.

I've got the next couple days off, and I'm really excited to get back to the writing process for the band. Hopefully it's as productive as I'd like it to be.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day Two Hundred Six (Year Four)

Today was the first official day of the second half of my "album-in-a-month" challenge. As for today's goals, I wanted to see what I could get done in regards to track order, and get at least a little bit of a start on the lyric writing process. I spent more time working on the track order question than I did on the lyrics today, but as a result of that, I ended up with something that I think will work in terms of order. I did sit with the notebook for a few minutes at the very end of the day, and got a solid starting line of lyric and some other ideas that I hope will be jumping off points for lyrics. What I'm thinking I might do, however, is switch my focus from the lyric writing part of the process directly to the recording part of the process.  That way, if I can get the music recorded and burned onto a CD, I can take the music with me in the car, and listen and try to see what images and thoughts the music brings up.  It's a tactic that has worked for...
Post a Comment
Read more

Day Two Hundred Ninety Two (Year Five)

Today was the last seminary village cookout of the year. While we were all sitting around the picnic tables eating dinner, I got a chance to talk with a few of the Mrs.'s classmates about guitar related stuff. As it turns out, more than one of them wants to be more proficient on guitar. I'm not saying that this will lead to more teaching opportunities, but I told one of them that I would throw a folder together for them. Essentially, anytime I get a chance to talk shop is a great chance for me to reinforce some of the things I have been focusing on. If nothing else, it gets me thinking ahead to tomorrow's day off and a chance to get into the studio for a decent amount of time.
Post a Comment
Read more

Day Three Hundred Forty Two (Year Four)

Tonight was a slightly unfocused night in the studio. It was a night of acoustic stuff, but most of what I got accomplished involved tinkering with different songs by Jackie Greene and Johnny Cash.  If nothing else, I set up the next list of songs I want to figure out. Tomorrow night I need to start getting back to the Acoustic Goldmine book, as well.  Every time I sit down with the acoustic for an extended period of time, I reconnect with the emotional side of that instrument.  There's so much to learn still in that book, so much information designed to improve my playing.  I need to take better advantage of it. I know it's crazy, but I'm already looking forward to Friday.  I really need to spend a lot of the day in the studio.  Getting a weekday off of work is such a rare commodity.  I need to do a good job of using my time wisely. 
Post a Comment
Read more