another one bites the dust...
Well sports fans, if you haven't been in a state of coma like me, you know that tonight we saw the passing of superbowl XL (40 in laymen's terms). Of course in the recent years, we've been bombarded with the clever, witty and some sometimes outright dumb commercials. There were some good ones, some we've come to expect and some that were just wasted money. but commercials and the "stuporbowl" as one friend called it (love that one, Anissa!) is not my purpose for writing.
My weekend has been unbelievable.
Every day has been filled to the brim with musical excitement. Friday, i played two shows on two different instruments and both were utterly ridiculous. I also had an outrageous hang with a relatively new but fascinating friend. Saturday was slightly bizzare.
After a super late hang, (4:30am is pretty late for me.) i was prepared to sleep all day then go to a rehearsal for a singer with whom i just started working. during that rehearsal i got the call for a pick up session at Master Arranger Larry Gold's Studio. Gear wise, the place is tricked out. There are at least two huge Solid State Logic consoles (that a brand of studio mixer that can easily coerce a buyer to shell out $200,000. yeah it's like that.) mics from every make, tons of great gear except the one thing that mattered to me... the drums. Let it suffice to say they sucked majorly. there's no reason for drums in a studio of this caliber to have the original factory drum heads! that was my first clue. it went down hill from there. Some how I got them to sound like drums and away we went. By Now it's like 10:45 and i'm waiting on the engineer to get me patched in and test levels. The mood in the studio was shady at best and resembled that stuff you see in a rap video: A huge entourage all there because of one dude. His managaer type dude cut his hair with a disposable razor in the control room. His lady filmed this process for the website. Long Story short, the simple 2 hour session stretched into a marathon of 8 HOURS!!! I was walking back to my truck with sun coming up from the east around 6:45... like i said, bizzare.
Today was pretty simple. I did some recording with Kevin for the Patrick Willis demo. This was cool because it happened at my place so i could rock the chill out gear and not have to get pretty. ;)
I have to publically thank erik johnson. In the past few months, we have been talking a lot about being an effective, efficient session player in our lessons. Erik, who's had tons of experience, has been giving me pointers, tips, tricks and other suggestions to make my time in the studio as painless as possible. I have come to realize being a session player is a very tough and demanding job. In yesterday's session, for example, we learned a tune by ear, worked out the form, and then were expected to play it like we've known it for years, all in a matter of an hour or two. My real satisfaction comes from knowing i was able to accomplish this feat three times over, in the face of exahaustion. Same thing today.
On Tuesday, Will Brock, is playing at the world cafe live here in philly. if you're in philly and you know what's good for you, you better be there. you ears and hearts will thank you. thanks for reading.
-truth, bringing you the funk on tape in 2006!
My weekend has been unbelievable.
Every day has been filled to the brim with musical excitement. Friday, i played two shows on two different instruments and both were utterly ridiculous. I also had an outrageous hang with a relatively new but fascinating friend. Saturday was slightly bizzare.
After a super late hang, (4:30am is pretty late for me.) i was prepared to sleep all day then go to a rehearsal for a singer with whom i just started working. during that rehearsal i got the call for a pick up session at Master Arranger Larry Gold's Studio. Gear wise, the place is tricked out. There are at least two huge Solid State Logic consoles (that a brand of studio mixer that can easily coerce a buyer to shell out $200,000. yeah it's like that.) mics from every make, tons of great gear except the one thing that mattered to me... the drums. Let it suffice to say they sucked majorly. there's no reason for drums in a studio of this caliber to have the original factory drum heads! that was my first clue. it went down hill from there. Some how I got them to sound like drums and away we went. By Now it's like 10:45 and i'm waiting on the engineer to get me patched in and test levels. The mood in the studio was shady at best and resembled that stuff you see in a rap video: A huge entourage all there because of one dude. His managaer type dude cut his hair with a disposable razor in the control room. His lady filmed this process for the website. Long Story short, the simple 2 hour session stretched into a marathon of 8 HOURS!!! I was walking back to my truck with sun coming up from the east around 6:45... like i said, bizzare.
Today was pretty simple. I did some recording with Kevin for the Patrick Willis demo. This was cool because it happened at my place so i could rock the chill out gear and not have to get pretty. ;)
I have to publically thank erik johnson. In the past few months, we have been talking a lot about being an effective, efficient session player in our lessons. Erik, who's had tons of experience, has been giving me pointers, tips, tricks and other suggestions to make my time in the studio as painless as possible. I have come to realize being a session player is a very tough and demanding job. In yesterday's session, for example, we learned a tune by ear, worked out the form, and then were expected to play it like we've known it for years, all in a matter of an hour or two. My real satisfaction comes from knowing i was able to accomplish this feat three times over, in the face of exahaustion. Same thing today.
On Tuesday, Will Brock, is playing at the world cafe live here in philly. if you're in philly and you know what's good for you, you better be there. you ears and hearts will thank you. thanks for reading.
-truth, bringing you the funk on tape in 2006!
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