what is going on in your musical life

hell yeah

xpost thank you so much djp, love facs

that's awesome ivy!!!

I'm collaborating with a vocalist that I have massive respect for and it's going well I think, just trying to generate lots of material and then pan for gold. Definitely have to quiet a little bit of imposter syndrome but all I can do is keep making things. Thinking about how I wouldn't have been ready for this until now, I learned my lesson years ago when I felt too precious about 'wasting' 'good' ideas/time and was super stressed about the end result. Now I feel much better about throwing as much at the wall as possible, and if *any* of it ends up coming out as a record I will be stoked.

that's the attitude to have
who is the singer?

xpost Christine I got (I think your first?) synth EP on Bandcamp and have really enjoyed it

i am performing solo at camp for an audience of my peers and a big bunch of 8-16 year olds in a school gym. tough room! i am prepared though and i dress-rehearsed my set last night. exactly 30 min!

tomorrow

nice, my daughter will be there, as you know

eazy i was listening to your old album a few weeks ago after accidentally figuring out one of your songs, it holds up

i'm in a bit of a creative malaise as we're waiting on external factors that will impact scheduling of our album release and trying to figure out how much promotion to bother doing. thinking about spending a lot of money on new gear to spark creativity

I saw her yesterday but didn’t embarrass her by saying hi. She was busy w friends tootling down the hallway.

good luck ll!!! sounds like a fun gig

by mostly happy accident we had like three photographers at the album release show, so now i suddenly have more pictures of myself drumming than i ever have before

https://i.imgur.com/EPMY5gH.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/vPBkV0a.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/vm0JtEZ.jpeg

Great pics! I didn't know ddrum made acoustic kits (yours?).

ums, I don't really want to say publicly (mostly for jinxing reasons) but can email you if you're curious.

not my drums, the venue's backline!

god bless you for using the venue's kit

love,
band members the world over

God bless that venue for having a backline kit

it seems like that would have to be just about mandatory in NYC, though i don't really understand how bands work in NYC (in terms of having practice space, getting gear to shows, etc.)

i have played venues without a backline kit, it always sucks ass. i am still very lucky in that one member of the band owns a car

my neighborhood has a devoted music practice space, ton of rooms full of gear, also feel very lucky that that exists even though it can't possibly make money and must be a front for something

It does suck ass! I’ll do it but you have to be some kind of nuts to want to tote your own kit somewhere you do not need to tote it.

The drummer's dilemma, haul your own kit (sucks and increases changeover time, but you're comfortable) vs use the backline kit (which usually has beat up heads, stripped stands and throne that you can barely adjust, feels weird).

Backline is extremely rare here, reserved for festivals (to get that trademark Festival Tom Sound (TM)) and a couple jazz clubs. I think for rock shows there's that weird negotiation where one of the drummers need to volunteer to let everyone else use their kit.

best are the bands that show up without a kit or bass amp and just assume they can use yours