So, it's a lovely Friday evening and I am a big ball of boring here. Sneezing, coughing and grumpy faced. Yes, grumpy faced. In reality I'm expressionless.
I started feeling a bit rough on Wednesday afternoon. "Oh No!" I thought to myself,"I can't fall ill now we have a show tonight at the Tin Angel!" I cleared up enough and got through the show clear voiced. It was a great evening with support from some of our best and oldest friends.
It was extra nice because we played to some fresh faces and they were quite in to the music. How lovely!
I really love playing full band shows but, something about a duo or trio is just so...easy. The minimalism is what keeps my heart at ease. It's not that there is less to remember.No. There is less to forget. Cables. Stands.Tuners etc.
It was nice. it's just one of those things that has to be tight or else it could flop.
Landon Pigg was a perfectly nice fella.
So, I'm going to put on some tea and strum the guitar a bit. Followed by coughing,sneezing and sleeping.
Killer Friday!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
With friends like these
I have a dear dear friend. His name is RJ. Every 3 months or so he hands me a cd that is labeled "Dave's Dead Songs" These are tunes that I recorded and have basically never played live. Essentially recorded and left there. On the disc. Dead.
They were demos. Ryan Keller recorded them.
I have a funny relationship with these songs for some reason. They were kind of this...midpoint. I thought at the time I was really maturing as a writer. I feel like the material was getting better but, I was not a very good editor. You'll have this.
At the same time the tunes really reflect a very creative time when I wrote a lot. Absurd amounts. I was coming up with crazy ideas. I thought I was digging deep. Hearing it back I was just listening to lots of Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind and Bob Dylan. Hey he can have a song with 7 verses why can't I?
Really what it is is that at this time in life everyone had something going on and it was always crazy. And how would we handle it? And is it going to get better? Odd.
There was some sort of dramatic presence in the air and it was easy to grab a hold of. I can't say I miss it. I don't miss writing about a friend and his broken-hearted loneliness. I don't miss writing about feeling like I'm a failure. I don't miss the hangovers. :)
I do miss the closeness though. People are good at staying in touch but, that doesn't always mean they/we are close.
There is a tune called Mary Reese,about a man walking in on his woman - post suicide. Ryan has this accordion line that is really just chilling. And there are points where things fall in line so perfectly. We didn't know what we were doing and anything could work. Not the case any more. I'd say that Ryan has become an almost meticulous arranger but, with an ear that's exceptional.
There is another one that is actually a bit about some things Ryan - same Ryan - was going through and it could become something, needs some editing though.
Ultimately I hear these songs and I am so grateful. It always comes back to the support. Wonderful pals who want to hear, want to create, want to sing along. I love all the creative partners I've had. It's such a blessing.
I look forward to singing with the prettiest one Wed night at the Tin Angel!!
They were demos. Ryan Keller recorded them.
I have a funny relationship with these songs for some reason. They were kind of this...midpoint. I thought at the time I was really maturing as a writer. I feel like the material was getting better but, I was not a very good editor. You'll have this.
At the same time the tunes really reflect a very creative time when I wrote a lot. Absurd amounts. I was coming up with crazy ideas. I thought I was digging deep. Hearing it back I was just listening to lots of Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind and Bob Dylan. Hey he can have a song with 7 verses why can't I?
Really what it is is that at this time in life everyone had something going on and it was always crazy. And how would we handle it? And is it going to get better? Odd.
There was some sort of dramatic presence in the air and it was easy to grab a hold of. I can't say I miss it. I don't miss writing about a friend and his broken-hearted loneliness. I don't miss writing about feeling like I'm a failure. I don't miss the hangovers. :)
I do miss the closeness though. People are good at staying in touch but, that doesn't always mean they/we are close.
There is a tune called Mary Reese,about a man walking in on his woman - post suicide. Ryan has this accordion line that is really just chilling. And there are points where things fall in line so perfectly. We didn't know what we were doing and anything could work. Not the case any more. I'd say that Ryan has become an almost meticulous arranger but, with an ear that's exceptional.
There is another one that is actually a bit about some things Ryan - same Ryan - was going through and it could become something, needs some editing though.
Ultimately I hear these songs and I am so grateful. It always comes back to the support. Wonderful pals who want to hear, want to create, want to sing along. I love all the creative partners I've had. It's such a blessing.
I look forward to singing with the prettiest one Wed night at the Tin Angel!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Living in Rooms
Well, my birthday "week" is almost over. There is still a trip to Rehoboth with some friends scheduled for this weekend but, I feel that is separate.
We did so much over the last week's time. Saw and heard some amazing music and had a bit too much to drink but, hell, you only live once. (Now it's time to cool down and get healthy again)
A major highlight was last night traveling with Nate to New York to see Jim Campilongo at the Living Room. It's a fairly well known venue that hosts gigs for Norah Jones, Richard Julian, etc. Jim plays guitar in groups with the previously mentioned as well as Martha Wainwright. He has a Monday night residency at TLR. Plays every Monday night at 11.
Yes. Starts at 11. Plays until 12. Take a brake and then starts rolling again.
Needless to say I'm sort of an exhausted mess today but, getting by. I got to sleep around 4. Woke at 7. Ouch!!
Well, J.Camp delivered bigtime. Nate and I have been trying to make it up to see this gig for well over a year now I suppose. It was worth the wait. Jim's music is instrumental and it fuses the right elements of country, chicken pickin' twang, brilliant jazz and gentle hints of blues. Effortlessly combined. He has some loud rock and roll romps too. Backed by an excellent upright bassist and a killer drummer sometimes I couldn't believe it was just 3 people. We.Were.Blown.Away.
Thanks Jim for being an inspiration and a gentleman as well.
One other fine highlight was Em taking me to a restaurant called August for my BDay dinner. What a treat. It's tough competing with Em's cooking but, August was definitely adequate. Yes, the crab cake was overpriced but, it was delicious!
It's cute because our anniversary is in August and we'll be creating a new anniv in that same month this year. Except on 8-06 and not 8-24 :)
I'm surrounded by dear friends and true love for miles.
Thanks to you all!
We did so much over the last week's time. Saw and heard some amazing music and had a bit too much to drink but, hell, you only live once. (Now it's time to cool down and get healthy again)
A major highlight was last night traveling with Nate to New York to see Jim Campilongo at the Living Room. It's a fairly well known venue that hosts gigs for Norah Jones, Richard Julian, etc. Jim plays guitar in groups with the previously mentioned as well as Martha Wainwright. He has a Monday night residency at TLR. Plays every Monday night at 11.
Yes. Starts at 11. Plays until 12. Take a brake and then starts rolling again.
Needless to say I'm sort of an exhausted mess today but, getting by. I got to sleep around 4. Woke at 7. Ouch!!
Well, J.Camp delivered bigtime. Nate and I have been trying to make it up to see this gig for well over a year now I suppose. It was worth the wait. Jim's music is instrumental and it fuses the right elements of country, chicken pickin' twang, brilliant jazz and gentle hints of blues. Effortlessly combined. He has some loud rock and roll romps too. Backed by an excellent upright bassist and a killer drummer sometimes I couldn't believe it was just 3 people. We.Were.Blown.Away.
Thanks Jim for being an inspiration and a gentleman as well.
One other fine highlight was Em taking me to a restaurant called August for my BDay dinner. What a treat. It's tough competing with Em's cooking but, August was definitely adequate. Yes, the crab cake was overpriced but, it was delicious!
It's cute because our anniversary is in August and we'll be creating a new anniv in that same month this year. Except on 8-06 and not 8-24 :)
I'm surrounded by dear friends and true love for miles.
Thanks to you all!
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