Once More Unto the Breach

Morning earworm: There's a Spy (In the House of Love), Animal Logic. One of the strangest and least-heralded supergroups of the Eighties - an unlikely trio of country singer /songwriter Deborah Holland, jazz / fusion bass pioneer Stanley Clarke, and ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland; this track ups the ante even further with guest guitarist Steve Howe of Yes, arguably the only guy around who can play country, jazz, and rock simultaneously - lol.

It turns out that yesterday's disruption via political ranting was less intrusive than anticipated. Once I finally made it down to the Bunker, I began working on a bass part for the heavier song (working title Shape of the World) - with all of that anger and aggression simmering, it really sounds like Tool now - lol. Guess I need to fire up the Marshall next week and redo the guitar parts.

I've spent some time over the last few days organizing and gathering up some of the more recent demo files and tapes floating around here, and am quite surprised to find than I have nearly an album's worth of material already, at least conceptually - the surprise stemming from the fact that prior to last month, I've only written 2½ songs since leaving Indiana, and one of those was a keyboard improv that I had completely forgotten about until I found it yesterday. Granted, only a couple of these are anywhere near fully realized, but it is still quite a bit to work with. That said, it is going to be a pretty strange record, given the vast amount of ground covered by this material; but I would expect no less of me :D

Somewhere amid all of that, I even took a few minutes out to learn one of the songs we were supposed to have ready for rehearsal last month, which was the last time we rehearsed. Nothing again last night, including being told there would be nothing. I don't mind, since I have better other things to do right now, but we do need to get back to it one of these days. It is the money gig, after all. Tonight should be interesting, to say the least.

Finally, a word on the links. Grooveshark is a cool site, but it takes forever to load, so a bit of patience is needed. Maybe one of these days I will figure out some way to embed the songs here, but in the meantime it is still a step in the right direction. Have a great weekend :)

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