frozen octopus

We have recording time set up for October and we need three more songs. If we want them to sound natural when we record, we really should be rehearsing them and playing them live for two months. So that would mean we need to get three songs written by August.

I figure might as well lean into the pressure and enjoy it.

Things that didn't exist when Biden and Trump graduated from university:

- Hip Hop
- Heavy Metal
- Punk Rock
- Arcade video games
- Home computers

This is just a short list for context. We need younger choices.

When the brain is foggy (due to medications fighting off a virus that has me stuck in a room quarentining for a stretch), small, repetitive projects are a life-saver. Getting to feel like I am getting stuff done and slowly get back into reality is part of healing from both the virus and the quarantine.

Woke up today with some wicked influenza. I was up for about thirty minutes and then slept until Noon. Decided I needed to get tested and turns out I have the virus. I got my medications and orders to stay home and quarantine for around 10 days.

That means no show on Sunday so disregard the last three posts. Such is life.

Did the first rehearsal last night playing drums on iPad and the Koala app. I had to not bring drumsticks to force myself to not quit on the digital drum pads and jump on the kit 2 meters away. 60% of the songs were smooth and we both knew right away they worked.

The other 40% were clearly the wrong approach. Not a defeated vibe but more of a signpost to take this song a different direction. Also, the direction to take each song was pretty clear but I wouldn't have found it if we hadn't tried the original idea out.

I'm also glad I know to not try to force a music idea to get it to work. Try it, move on if it isn't happening, save your mental energy for the next song, and go rework back in the mental workshop with the notes from the rehearsal studio.