life in progress…

So building a studio is a pain in the arse.. I never new so much could go into just wiring. I’m so very thankful that all the studs are exposed and all we have to do in rough in the outlets and fixtures. I can not imagine running this much wire if the drywall was already finished..I’m contracting out the drywall and carpet, I wanna get that right the first time.
Over the weekend the wife, I and another couple went out to dinner Sat. night. Killer japanese habachi(sp?) can be found at Nagoya up in Port Clinton (careful catching chicken with your mouth as I took a header backwards trying to catch it.. And yes I did ) Onwards to the Mon Ami winery which was playing host to “Rumours” (Fleetwood Mac tribute band). I’ve never been to Mon Ami, and I thought it was a great place to catch a show like this. A little on the pricey side but hey, you have to spend a little to have your own boutique bonfire pit out back. The band “Rumours” and I go way back to the late 90’s, and I have seen my share of their shows. They have a new girl up front as Stevie Nicks (later found out her name was Liz), who when pared up with Claudia Doman (from the band “New Decade” as Christine Macvie ) gave the band some well-needed energy. There were a few nervous moments I saw during their performance that made me miss those anxious times on stage. After catching a very crowd pleasing 1st set, we moved on to Lyman Harbor’s show with T.A.P.P (The Allen Parker Project). My first time seeing this act as a spectator, the first impression was; Why does Lyman Harbor start a show at 7pm? We got there at 10:45pm only to see a sparse crowd that was thinning out as they played their last 2 songs. Having a few more beers we watched the crowd roll in at 11:30pm..if you are paying for a band at least give them a chance to entertain your crowd when they need it the most.
TAPP played pretty well from what I could hear..unfortunately this leads to my other boggle with Lyman.. The acoustics in their club is beyond horrendous. Standing dead center of the venue was like listening to MTV’s 120 min. with my head in my aquarium. (hey they played 90’s Alt Rock.. What’cha expect I use for a reference?). I’d like to catch TAPP at another club sometime when the insane Lyman reverb isn’t smacking around my madulla oblongata.
This coming weekend is looking to be a busy one. Friday I have “New Decade” at i-5’s..
Sat. I start recording drums for the new band “Rhymes with Orange”.. That afternoon I meet up with Christine & Jim from the band (recently defunk) “Lucky Numbers” and Eric Nottke from MassMOCA (Mass. Museum of Contemporary Arts)we are all heading down to i-5’s where I’m recording “The Womack Bros. Family Band”. We just did a photo shoot a few weeks ago, and are getting together an EPK and this winter an album. Have fun this week guys..you know of any local acts you think I’d like to check out drop me a message.. See ya at the show.

Shawn

~ by mohawktalk on August 25, 2009.