Anticipatiion

I can't wait...playing tonight at The Oasis...sold out in 3 days...standing room only for drinks, no more dinners...so many people asking to come for the music after they sold out...should be mayhem tonight!

We now have a drummer worked in and I am 90% comfortable with the material.

Before the drummer and I joined, Yella and Rich were playing "one man band" music.

This is a particular music developed for the bar industry over the last 30 years.

Previously, music was played by bands...before the computerized keyboard.

Squashed by the influence of Disco and budget constraints, bars went to the ubiquitous "one man band."

This music was shaped and molded by the industry to be a washed out, wall-of-sound, calliope sweet, milk toast sound.

Worked for dancing but not listening. Worked for bars but not concerts.

Working musicians had no choice about the sound. If they wanted to work, they had to do the "one man band" thing with that specific sound.

When I originally tried to play with Rich, there was no room in the music for another instrument. Every possible part was already being played by the computer.

So I told him he needed a lead guitar player and I am not that, so I didn't play with them for months.

I started to learn how to play lead guitar and he started to thin out his computer parts, so I joined the band and things continued to change to a more organic sound.

And we worked in a drummer to replace the drum machine.

So much better.

Now we have NO computer generated music at all!

Yay! I sounds so much better.

We're trying it out for the first time to a live audience tonight...to a sold out, standing room only house.

Wow, can't wait!

Ya, ya...I know about anticipation. It could be a disaster tonight. Could be great. That is the thing about anticipation. It has nothing to do with what will happen.

But as I get older, I enjoy the anticipation.

I'll let you know how it went tomorrow.