Smooth operator

Well, there hasn't been a lot to report on the band front lately, because we've mostly been doing private gigs, and now we're slowing down for the holidays, but there is one super important thing that's happened this past week: the annual Johnny Goatee Shave.

Take a second to catch your breath.

You see, every October, Johnny grows a goatee. He also lets his hair grow, and he often builds his Halloween costume around his excess hair. This year he was Thor, and I was Thor's MC Hammer (can't touch this!). I'd share a picture, but I don't like the only one I have, and since I control this blog, I get to avoid posting unflattering photos of myself. It was something like this, though:

Heckling done right

Technically this post isn't band related, but I'll do my best to forge a connection so it will seem at least somewhat relevant for this blog. A few months ago, I wrote about the worst heckler we ever had. This week, I was reminded of the best heckler I ever saw. (There. I did it. I forged a connection.)

It wasn't at a music show. It was at a volleyball game I attended several years ago.

Wow, okay, not that long ago. And it wasn't guys, and it wasn't on sand. 

Is Twitter necessary?

Twitter.

Bah.

Humbug, even.

We started a Twitter page in August, not so much because we wanted to (with the blog, our Facebook page, our Reverbnation page, and, you know, making and performing music - what our band is *actually* about - we have plenty on our plates), but because we felt like we should and because it enables us to respond to folks who gave us shout-outs on their own Twitters.

We've seen a few folks give us some love in the Twittersphere over the years, but we couldn't thank them or let them know we saw their posts. So we launched our own page to make sure we were connecting with our peeps where they are.

But I have to say, I'm not feelin' the love for Twitter.

To cover or not to cover

As a working band, one of the things that often comes up when we're talking to people about our band is whether we are an "original band" or a "cover band." The answer seems to be very important to some people. Those people need to decide how to feel about you before they've heard you. Those people decide whether you are a "real" musician based solely on whether you write and perform your own music or someone else's.

I find this an interesting, and wholly unfair, judgement.

Live on-air!

We took a couple of weeks off, so I've been a little slow to post about this, but just before our vacation, we had the pleasure of participating in our first live radio in-studio appearance!

A while back, our good friend Bill Paige with KDRP asked if we'd like to join him on his "Friday Free For All" show sometime - do a little interview, play a song or two - and after thinking for a half a second (long enough to digest what he'd offered), we shouted, "We'd love to!!"

And on August 16, we did.

A Day in the Studio - Part 2

The tale of studio recording continues...

So, in Part 1 of our studio adventure, we laid down the percussion and rhythm tracks for our new single, "Ride a Rocket," and ate bug-infested snacks. After getting that foundation in place, it was time for vocals!

Yay! Singing!

A Day in the Studio - Part 1

It's been just over a year since we released our CD "Sex & Coffee," and while we're still introducing new fans to those songs, our loyal fans at our live shows have been hearing some of our new material and asking when the new stuff will be available.

"Well," we said to ourselves, "if folks are gonna ask for the new music, maybe we should start recording it!" So, this past weekend, that's what we did.

Now, in the interest of managing expectations, it takes a while to put together a full-length CD. So we probably won't start recording the full LP until January, but we do have a single that we're going to release this fall - "Ride a Rocket." That's what we're working on now. The song will be on the full release next year, but it will be available as a single in a couple of months.