Hey so far so good. Lot of stuff happened in the last few months and I've been busy with all that and haven't had as much opportunity to hang out here as I should and would.
Had a housing dilemma last fall; the people we rented from for the last 5 years decided they needed to sell their house. No way were we going to buy it because A: it needed so much more fixing than it was worth, B: we already paid for half of it in Rent anyway so why would we buy it at 1 plus one half of the selling price? So we had to really scramble to find somewhere else to live and fast. Would've been nice if they had told us early in the year so we had time for this shit, but noooo.....
Long story short, we were just sick and tired of moving whenever the owners needed us to move so we took the leap and bought our own damn house in the next town over!
And it's damn nice. We'll pay for it for the rest of our lives, but nobody gets to tell us to pack our shit and beat it. (unless there's a foreclosure of course)
I actually have a room now
just for all my Home Studio, Music, and Electronics Stuff! Super stoked!
And the band. Well, we had to sack the drummer. This fuggin guy..... You'd think that a musician who wants to continue being a "musician" would actually learn the material and play consistently within 2 years and not insist on just bullshitting his way through it all like it's Improv Hour. You'd think he could stay behind the kit and be ready to play instead of getting out after every song to roll a cigarette, drink a beer, and hit a pipe. You'd think that someone insisting on doing backing vocals would actually be able to sing and stop messing with the board at the beginning of every practice to do a 10 minute soundcheck just for his backing vocals. You'd think that he would not blow off scheduled rehearsals to go to parties or go jam with some other band. Bah. Myself and the bassist/vocalist just kept trying to get him to come around and see the light but it just wasn't gonna happen with this guy and we simply could not be bothered to spend another minute trying with him. Fired and Done.
The very next day (honest!) we met another local drummer who was very excited for the chance to join us. Did an interview, seemed like a cool guy, showed us some of his chops, and gave him cds of our material to learn. Less than a month later, he is ready for the real audition (tonight!)
Fingers crossed that he did what he said he would, is as confidant about it as he says he is, and is already ready to go. I'll keep you posted.
So. My first Rants and Raves in 2018.