We pulled up to the Britt Pavilion around 12:30pm. We’ve played here many times before, usually in the summer like this, and today was hot and sleepy. I grabbed some lunch, ate with Van, our driver, and then sat with Jerry and Michael Bethancourt (instrument tech). We talked a bit about current issues, and Michael showed me the opening clip of The Newsroom with Jeff Bridges, which I’d never seen and enjoyed immensely.
Jerry and I, with Mickey Raphael (Willie’s harmonica player), headed to the shops a few streets below, a quaint little section of town. We went to a kitchen store where I wanted to buy eight of every ten things I saw, so I bought one thing and came back to the venue, still sleepy, so I got some green tea and iced it. The Tazo Zen green tea is great iced, by the way, even better with a little shot of lemonade.
Sound check was just a line check – plug in guitars, make sure they are on and sound good. Play banjo for a second. The sun was pouring himself onto the stage, so it felt like being on Venus.
I fell asleep and woke up to Jerry taking a picture of me. He has that special effects app where he can make the gigantic rock fall on you or the rocket explode you to bits.
Maldwyn, from the crew, is a whiz at Logic Pro, Apple’s recording/loop/midi software. Watching him create songs has been making me want to get it, so today I downloaded it backstage. Within minutes I had set up a groove in C and was playing the Telecaster banjo along with it. I had to ask Maldwyn for help once – I need him to give me a lesson in it. I can see several things I’ll love about this software, whether on the road or at home:
1.It’s a good practice tool for exploring tonalities and at the same time grooving with the good timing.
2.Songwriting. Put down a shaker and play along on guitar to experiment. Or mess around with loops and midi to create a song structure.
3.Recording myself with a click as a practice tool.
4.Making good song demos.
The show went well – the sun was behind the trees, and there was a little cloud cover. I was still a bit sleepy, just not myself, so I made another Tazo iced green tea for the show. That perked me up. We’ve had to shorten the show a bit, take a few things out, because we need to stick to 75 minutes.
I missed some of Willie’s set because I was writing this and then messing around with Logic Pro. I joined his medley just in time with Barry and Jerry and finished it out.
I’m really feeling the need to read more of Eugene Peterson’s book tonight. I’ll try to lay off the new software. I’m also lacking a solid sense of Chesterton, so I’ll read a chapter from Tremendous Trifles.
Jerry and I, with Mickey Raphael (Willie’s harmonica player), headed to the shops a few streets below, a quaint little section of town. We went to a kitchen store where I wanted to buy eight of every ten things I saw, so I bought one thing and came back to the venue, still sleepy, so I got some green tea and iced it. The Tazo Zen green tea is great iced, by the way, even better with a little shot of lemonade.
Sound check was just a line check – plug in guitars, make sure they are on and sound good. Play banjo for a second. The sun was pouring himself onto the stage, so it felt like being on Venus.
I fell asleep and woke up to Jerry taking a picture of me. He has that special effects app where he can make the gigantic rock fall on you or the rocket explode you to bits.
Maldwyn, from the crew, is a whiz at Logic Pro, Apple’s recording/loop/midi software. Watching him create songs has been making me want to get it, so today I downloaded it backstage. Within minutes I had set up a groove in C and was playing the Telecaster banjo along with it. I had to ask Maldwyn for help once – I need him to give me a lesson in it. I can see several things I’ll love about this software, whether on the road or at home:
1.It’s a good practice tool for exploring tonalities and at the same time grooving with the good timing.
2.Songwriting. Put down a shaker and play along on guitar to experiment. Or mess around with loops and midi to create a song structure.
3.Recording myself with a click as a practice tool.
4.Making good song demos.
The show went well – the sun was behind the trees, and there was a little cloud cover. I was still a bit sleepy, just not myself, so I made another Tazo iced green tea for the show. That perked me up. We’ve had to shorten the show a bit, take a few things out, because we need to stick to 75 minutes.
I missed some of Willie’s set because I was writing this and then messing around with Logic Pro. I joined his medley just in time with Barry and Jerry and finished it out.
I’m really feeling the need to read more of Eugene Peterson’s book tonight. I’ll try to lay off the new software. I’m also lacking a solid sense of Chesterton, so I’ll read a chapter from Tremendous Trifles.