Quote from: Gordo;155153A wise man once told me that your state of mind at a show is often more important than the state of the music. It\'s hard to be brought to your feet by anything at all after a few days of brain-fry.Over the years I have realized how little attention people pay to sound quality (in general) and their position in the crowd which drastically changes their \'filter\' for the music. There are times I\'m content staying in one spot, but most often I\'m relentless in finding that glorious window where your ears feel hooked up with every member in the band. It\'s like listening to a shitty recording of Over Exposure in a Chevy Tracker when BAM! you\'re suddenly in the middle of a Bose showroom with Moxie Epoxy\'s version pumping from every felt covered box of magic. That moment when all is heard is like Campbell\'s Soup for an 8-year old on a frozen February evening.I\'m licking my chops for their Chicago arrival.i\'d like to nominate for post of the year
A wise man once told me that your state of mind at a show is often more important than the state of the music. It\'s hard to be brought to your feet by anything at all after a few days of brain-fry.Over the years I have realized how little attention people pay to sound quality (in general) and their position in the crowd which drastically changes their \'filter\' for the music. There are times I\'m content staying in one spot, but most often I\'m relentless in finding that glorious window where your ears feel hooked up with every member in the band. It\'s like listening to a shitty recording of Over Exposure in a Chevy Tracker when BAM! you\'re suddenly in the middle of a Bose showroom with Moxie Epoxy\'s version pumping from every felt covered box of magic. That moment when all is heard is like Campbell\'s Soup for an 8-year old on a frozen February evening.I\'m licking my chops for their Chicago arrival.
This first show was a whirlwind for me. keyboards that I never played before at awkward heights, getting used to playing standing up, realizing that these guys do alot of spontaneous stuff on stage. Basically, I had no idea what i was doing. I got alot of learning to do. Got some new gear (Hammond XK organ, Yamaha Motif). I\'m gonna end up with 5 or 6 keyboards up there. Maybe some other kinds of toys also(punching bags, newspapers, radios, video games, etc). In the first press photo for the band I am kinda hanging back. This is because in the first (about 6) months I will be learning the tunes and basically try to keep up with these guys. After that I will start bringing more of my tunes and vocals and general craziness in the mix. Lots of new sounds/stories in the works. So (I)we may sound a little sloppy in the beginning but soon enough well have lots of ambience, intense jams, video stuff, new tunes, sit-ins, more unexpected stuff, and who knows what else. It was so great to see everybody there on the beach. I am really looking forward to connecting with everybody musically and otherwise. I am so lucky to have stumbled into this incredible band and community! Ok, I better get back to practicing the Bisco set. P.S. we had a little jam in Brooklyn last night at Studio B for the after party of the Disco Biscuits and Umphrey\'s show. I got to jam with the drummer from the Disco Biscuits and the keyboardist from U-Melt. They were great! I also played with a group called BioDiesel(live electronica/ drum n bass stuff). They were quite amazing. so much music to check out! see you at Bisco!
Quote from: Whathefunk;155183Quote from: Gordo;155153A wise man once told me that your state of mind at a show is often more important than the state of the music. It\'s hard to be brought to your feet by anything at all after a few days of brain-fry.Over the years I have realized how little attention people pay to sound quality (in general) and their position in the crowd which drastically changes their \'filter\' for the music. There are times I\'m content staying in one spot, but most often I\'m relentless in finding that glorious window where your ears feel hooked up with every member in the band. It\'s like listening to a shitty recording of Over Exposure in a Chevy Tracker when BAM! you\'re suddenly in the middle of a Bose showroom with Moxie Epoxy\'s version pumping from every felt covered box of magic. That moment when all is heard is like Campbell\'s Soup for an 8-year old on a frozen February evening.I\'m licking my chops for their Chicago arrival.i\'d like to nominate for post of the year:lol: I\'d like to nominate for best thread derailment of the year!
oooh, video games!For those who were there.... and for those who missed it:Bob Weir + Ratdog\'s GOTV show on archive..http://www.archive.org/details/ratdog2007-08-11.ratdogvibes2007-08-11
Quote from: bdfreetuna;155571oooh, video games!For those who were there.... and for those who missed it:Bob Weir + Ratdog\'s GOTV show on archive..http://www.archive.org/details/ratdog2007-08-11.ratdogvibes2007-08-11For some reason I didn\'t think Ratdog was on the archive. Now I can grab the set they played at GG Park a few months ago.
This first show was a whirlwind for me. keyboards that I never played before at awkward heights, getting used to playing standing up, realizing that these guys do alot of spontaneous stuff on stage. Basically, I had no idea what i was doing. I got alot of learning to do. Got some new gear (Hammond XK organ, Yamaha Motif). I\'m gonna end up with 5 or 6 keyboards up there. Maybe some other kinds of toys also(punching bags, newspapers, radios, video games, etc). In the first press photo for the band I am kinda hanging back. This is because in the first (about 6) months I will be learning the tunes and basically try to keep up with these guys. After that I will start bringing more of my tunes and vocals and general craziness in the mix. Lots of new sounds/stories in the works. So (I)we may sound a little sloppy in the beginning but soon enough well have lots of ambience, intense jams, video stuff, new tunes, sit-ins, more unexpected stuff, and who knows what else. It was so great to see everybody there on the beach. I am really looking forward to connecting with everybody musically and otherwise. I am so lucky to have stumbled into this incredible band and community! Ok, I better get back to practicing the Bisco set.
Awesome!
