what is going on in your musical life

Damn, man alive, that's great! Do you do Soldier's Joy or Devil's Dream?

(That's about as far as I got before getting frustrated and going off to chase some other goal)

Thanks! I did in fact learn and record a clip of solider's joy a couple months back, could probably do it better today.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUOkpjDDVJJ/

Haven't learned Devil's Dream yet but maybe that's a good one to do next. I think I'm up to about 35 fiddle tunes now.

Rock on man alive

Band has rehearsal booked for early December. Not wanting to count my chickens, but … I’m stoked! Haven’t played together since the before times.

Nice

I got replaced in the band I was playing in :( the drummer's lament. i don't want to type out the whole story but the timing was very poor. my dad went into the hospital and 4 days later i got booted. their first show w new drummer is tonight.

i am less bummed about being replaced than i am about being the last to know i had been replaced.

Oh man fuck that >:[

Aw, that sucks, LL.

hey it means i am free to pursue other things, i guess. i have been working with my looper/synth a lot and recorded something i like. it's here https://soundcloud.com/marshmallowy/11-5-21-it-never-stops

i'm sorry, LL. that is really, really crappy. it sounds cowardly on their part, to me. i understand the tendency to be conflict-averse, but the worst part about that is when the conflict ends up getting completely offloaded onto you, at a distance, for you to deal with later, without them having to say anything. it makes me a little fed up, for you. i'm sorry. <3

I agree. But not much I can do about it. I don’t understand how informing me of a personnel change = conflict and something to be avoided. Just tell me!

More than that though, I’m excited about making music by myself that I think sounds cool and is different and interesting. I certainly haven’t heard anything like it bc no one else is me 🤗

hell yeah!

Scoring a short film and mixing a friend’s record. Not exactly the most creatively fulfilling but I’m having a good time.

I made a little live deep house jam with a bunch of hardware synths:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcbpT8Y02OI

Got the masters back from Mr. Saff on Black Friday for my new band's single. Should be starting to show up on streaming sites in the next few days.

Anyone that does any blogging on stoner rock, hard rock etc etc.. drop me a line and I will shoot you the 7 inch cover and the single.

Pretty cool, first thing I have had actually come to completion and be released upon the world since 2017. Already working on a 4 song EP to follow up with that band in Louisville and also practiced for the first time on Tuesday night with a potential band in Lex - so hopefully my personal musical drought is starting to abide.

best of luck to you LL, EvanP, DJI, and earlnash.

me, in the alleged post-vaccine paradise of the summer I played out quite a lot - but may have overextended a bit. I feel like I have more to offer as a sideperson than as a solo act. I pretty much hate my voice right now, so I'm trying to find situations where I can just play drums or mandolin.

The best situation for me appears to be as house drummer, playing with anyone who asks. Overall a pretty good joy-to-effort ratio on that activity.

That’s sounds delightful & super fun — I wish there were a house that needed me!! What kind of place are you serving in this role?

YMP - where do you live?

This is for open mics in Northern Va./DC/MD environs. A lot of venues are not drum-friendly, but some are! (At least, friendly to having someone play quietly and unobtrusively on small compact drums.)

I'd been around this scene for a while as a multi-instrumentalist, and I just approached the hosts / venues to make sure they were okay with it.

As people come up to play, they have the option of having drums (and sometimes bass) behind them. Some don't want support and that's fine, I just chill out and listen and drink.

For those that do want support, it might be anything from ABBA to ZZ Top, plus originals or whatever. I've gotten decently good at just getting a tempo and watching for changes.

Like, sometimes it's a mess but sometimes something fun and unplanned happens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjhMXHIXqo

I love it!

that sounds like SO much fun

Yes, it is super fun when the stars align. In that case, I'd never played that song, I'd never met those people, it was completely unrehearsed, and it came out fine. Not every encounter on every night is perfect. But the stakes are low, so no one holds it against you if things don't work out. Hereabouts, the scene is thriving and I could play every night if I wanted to.

We've had some discussion ITT on open mics and their attendant cliches (ahem "Wagon Wheel"), but for me it is fine. Also, note: a big part of my musician ethic is reserving paid gigs for people who need them. I usually turn down weddings and parties for the simple reason that I have a day job and don't need musical income. I don't want to take away a paying gig from someone who needs it, nor do I want to work for free in ways that undermine the economy that supports working musicians.

Despite all the justifiable slagging they get, open mics are a way for folks like me to get out there and play just for the joy of it.

My new band's single should be on 666MRDOOM's Youtube site on Monday, which is a pretty popular stoner/doom channel. He put up our last album on his channel and it got a few thousand plays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5OkHaJqZeM

I did a Messiah recital as part of a quartet at my church gig today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ODX50bNQY

Is that you around the 15m mark?

Recieved a copy in the post of my friend Ivan's new album coming out next month, which I contributed vocals to a track on. Quite chuffed! The cd artwork is lovely and its weird seeing my name on Proper Music, I feel weirdly proud.

Yes, that’s me

Just listened to the whole thing; it sounded great. Can't have been easy to sing with a mask.

Thanks! We’re all pretty used to the masks by now, been doing it since September; obviously it would be much much better to do it without them but honestly I’m just glad to be performing in public again.

this is from last year but I never got around to trimming the source video.

a few tracks from Shakespeare's Reservoir Dogs, where I played Key William and sang the songs from the movie on a ukulele.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17XTGFt6Dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UqJNfp4EI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fASeOc-bvkk

warning: codpiece

huzzah

verily

forsooth

nice codpiece

Haha wow that's awesome

I've been practicing cello every day and neglecting the smaller boxes. Bf said "hey can you still play the violin all right after months of this?" I picked up the violin and said "oh of course!" in a Liza voice and hacked out Day-O

Got a grant to write a piece to be performed and recorded by a v good local guitarist.

^Excellent!

thx

Finished scoring an impromptu that mostly came out of a spur-of-the-moment improvisation a week ago. I shut off the critical part of my brain that would say things like "too sweet" or "too flashy" and just kind of let it happen.

Prepping a new audition song on the off chance I ever do musical theatre again. This is "How Can I Call This Home?" from Parade.

Needs some work but it'll get there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-NcMk0954

I wrote a setting of Agnus Dei that is going to be sung by my choir this Sunday

Man Neanderthal that is a very political audition song choice, I like it

Congrats DJP! Is there going to be video available?

(And thanks!)

It’s going to be live-streamed, the replay will live on the King’s Chapel YouTube channel

Wow v cool DJP

just got home from band practice and feeling like playing drums every day for the past two years has paid off majorly