Monday September 28th thoughts

Monday September 28th. A rainy Yom kippur and i  was a bad jew and ate a big salad. Declan Zimmerman started  the night off to an empty room(marc, jesse and me) he played catchy fun original pop tunes. as he played a bunch more people showed up. Still not enough to make the owner happy a suppose. But it was a fun night none the less. Everyone listened well and played at a reasonable volume.

When playing a lot of notes, one should play them low in volume so as to make a bit of a drone out of it . when playing loud notes, one should play them sparingly so as to create space for the lower drone to live in. With these as suggestions(not rules) I think the music should be a lot more dynamic. Another suggestion i have and mind yo it is only a suggestion, is to not play the same thing for too long. Often when youre really feeling a groove you tend to play it out til its boring and then move on.....my suggestion is that before the groove gets old, use its energy to plunge your moment into something different, it could be  anything from a completely opposite dynamic to something very similar but in a different tonal mode. or even just stop and fade yourself back in slowly. the point here is to keep it moving, dynamic and fun. With that said, I am all for complete done fests where nothing drastically changes ever. I am merely making suggestions here.

Next week Mothguts is playing a set, they play crazy free jazz mixed with crazy metal, a combo from heaven, i'm pumped for them. 

Raj made a suggestion to do an acoustic set, so next week we will start the night with a mellow acoustic set........

thank you to all who came out and played or supported, it was a blast.....special thanks to Declan, totally rocked it and brought a great vibe....til next week!