Dave and I carried Julia's suitcases across a snow-strewn Hyde Park Boulevard late on Tuesday night, never to see her again. Well, at least not for a long time. We will miss her dearly. I can only speak for myself, but I would venture to say that we were all still riding the excitement from the home-show on Saturday that actually took place in the early hours of Sunday. By the time Dave got back from the Super Furry Animals concert I was nearly tearing my hair out with anticipation. Getting my hands on the bass to open with a Velvet Underground cover, What Goes On. I didn't even care that most of the party had left. Gnashing my teeth and punching that D-note on the bass was all that mattered. Occasionally my attention would wander long enough to hear the sweet sounds of a double-trumpet section from the couch--I could barely keep from laughing with joy.
The next morning we beat it down to Brian's studio to put down a cut of the Instrumental Song, clean up the trumpet parts for Unfamiliar, and even find time to lay down a few trumpet harmonies (props to Dave, of course). Tearing us away from his place was hard that night. We had a lot of momentum, so we can't wait to go back in.
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We might be there as soon as this week, though, to prepare some tracks for submission to an event called Art in Action, which pays bands $400 to perform. That's a lot of money to buy lots of things, some of which we need, some of which we don't. Either way, it'll be fun.
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The most exciting news is the offer we received (and accepted) to write and perform the score for a hybrid Shakespeare play being produced by University Theater. They're going to reimburse us for time we spend with Brian, so I'm definitely looking forward to getting through that script...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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