Friday

This morning was a continuation of yard month. I borrowed the neighbors shovel and G. and I dug up two huge bushes. Then, we got mulch and filled in the two holes. Next, it was edge, and mow time….It ended up being a good sense of accomplishment. Kiddo #1 and I then charged up his RC monster truck, and jumped skateboard ramps in the driveway. After lunch, it was off to band practice. We were minus the fiddle today, but the three of us got a lot done. I’m feeling more in the groove of things with pre-production. In two hours A. and I finished up the arranging of one tune. We then worked with T. on the bass part of another new tune. Once we have a skeleton song written…meaning structure, vocal melody, etc…. it’s on to the individual instruments….The bass is usually the first one. I think we finished a good part in an hour or so…After all the parts are written, we record them on A.’s computer and listen to rough tracks for a month or so. After changes are made and we’re happy with the tune, we go and record it for real. We’re toying with doing a 4 song e.p. in a couple months. A. and his wife then came over for desert. We had a lovely time….

In other news, the string endorsement we got put us on their website. I’m pretty honored….www.daddario.com/DaddarioArtistDetails.Page?ActiveID=2049&ArtistId=40409……..

No video of the day…