April 22, 2023
Studio
- Purchased my own ebow.
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- First show! Went really well. Crowd went nuts per usual.
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April 8, 2023
Hatchford Hotel
- Lots of writing.
- Just finished Act I, Scene 6 (minus a few verses here and there)
- Re-wrote “What Do I Want?” from Abortion: The Musical into “All That I Want” for Hatchford Hotel
Hot Neon Magic
- A few band practices. Starting to come together
- We’ve passed from “Oh, shit. This is never going to happen” to “I wish we had just a few more practices before our first show.”
March 21, 2023
Hatchford Hotel
- Woke up to receive Greg’s verses for Chester for the opening number.
- I had a pass at them. He had a pass at my pass. All before my second cup of coffee.
- Nailed it.
- I also marked up the story summary and script with an idea to lose a cumbersome plot point.
- We’ll discuss it later.
Elephants of Scotland
- Got Lyle’s backing vocals for “How To Do Nothing” last night
- Sounds awesome
- Did a first mix/master of the song. Holy crap, it’s good.
- Meanwhile, Greg was working on the words for “As Whale Song.”
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- Five-person band practice
March 18, 2023
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- Drum practice
- More drum practice
Adam Rabin
- Cleaned up and re-sequenced “The Ones You Chose” album over the last two days
- Was originally recorded and released as I went so it needed some unification.
Hatchford Hotel
- Spent last 10 days writing and rewriting the opening number “Here, Right Here”
- Had an epic Zoom session with Greg to iron out Chester’s voice and personality so we knew exactly how to write for him
March 6, 2023
Hot Neon Magic
- Practice with just Lefty and Jeff
- Worked out techie stuff and finer details
February 28, 2023
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- First 5-person full band practice
- Some shaky spots but the pieces are there.
February 25, 2023
Hot Neon Magic
- Lots of drum practice
- Definitely loosened up and building stamina
- Worth noting: playing loosely helps maintain your strength
- Got frustrated with constantly dropping sticks so…
February 22, 2023
Hatchford Hotel
- Meeting with Ian and Mike
- Discussed the new four-page treatment, general approval of it
- We banged and kicked and mangled the plot to see what it actually needs (and what it might not need)
- Later that night after I got home and should’ve been sleeping, I had a brainstorm session inspired by all the kicking we just did, wrote a lot of ideas down until I couldn’t think anymore.
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- Have spent a LOT of the last week just drumming.