"If Ziggy were a Texan..."

Just got home from the Bowie Concert! PHENOMENAL...Too tired to do a complete write up now, but here is the set list:

1. Rebel, Rebel
2. New Killer Star
3. Battle of Britain (The Letter)
4. Cactus
5. Fashion
6. All the Young Dudes
7. China Girl
8. Modern Love
9. Fame
10. The loneliest Guy
11. The Man Who Sold the World
12. Hallo Spaceboy
13. Sunday
14. Heathen (The Rays)
15. Under Pressure
16. Days
17. The Supermen
18. Reality
19. Ashes to Ashes
20. Quicksand
21. White Light, White Heat
22. I'm Afraid of Americans
23. Heroes

Encore

24. Slip Away (With the Polyphonic Spree)
25. Suffragette City
26. Ziggy Stardust

I also played auto-mechanic today...more words tomorrow.
I'm off to bed...

Widescreen TV

Well, after much thought and advice seeking, we went to Best Buy to purchase a replacement TV that went on the fritz. Our other TV was possessed and started power cycling during the night and wouldn't work during the day. Took the TV in for an estimate and it was going to be $165 + tax. My original thought was to buy a new one. But then I started second guessing myself. Then I was back on board with buying a new TV. Well, we ended up with a new 30" widescreen. Nothing extremely special. We are avid movie watchers and felt that our DVD collection would best be viewed on a widescreen TV. So we thought plasma 50"...yeah right. well, that would be the ideal machine...but we settled for a 30" widescreen.

I'm a Best Buy Reward member so I'll be getting about $35 worth reward money back. This will nearly buy me a new progressive scan DVD player. I really wanted an HD ready TV, but that'll have to wait till the prices come down. Oh to wish...plasma....

TV woes and a New Born Baby

Our one and only TV is on the fritz. Looks like I'll be in the market for a new one. Should I go plasma?!? I wish i could...but that's not gonna happen. I'll be looking at something either similar to what i have now, or slightly upgraded. Best Buy is having a promotion...2 years no interest for TVs over $399. Oh well...it is a pain not being able to watch tv.

On a happier note:

Please welcome into the world Lucas Robert Green!
He was born April 20th: 9 pounds 7 ounces and 20.5 inches long.

Wizard of Oz

We just got back from tonight's Astros game. The wizard, Roy Oswalt, threw a stellar complete game shutout against the Brewers. He allowed 3 hits, struck out 10 and walked no one. This is what the Astros have needed for quite some time now; starting pitching deep into the game. This is going to be a good season for the Astros! Stay tuned for more!
I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from the night:

Roy Oswalt at bat.


The final score! Astros Win!!

Finding progress

Finding Reason is making progress. This past weekend Ben and I recorded two songs (well, partial recordings anyway). Greg put down a simple bass line for a basis. Ben also recorded some lyrics to the second song. Recording is quite fun; time consuming and demanding, but fun. Maybe I'll resurrect some of my old lyrics to incorporate in a yet unwritten song. I'm nearly out of webspace, so I can't post the new works, but hopefully soon, we'll have the works up on our garageband.com website.
Well, i'm feeling a bit under the weather, so i'm off to bed early tonight.
See you soon...

Progress...

Tonight Finding Reason had another jam session. We honed our skills on the first song. And we started a completely new song. The plan is to do some preliminary recording on the second song on Saturday morning, although ben might lay down some tracks tomorrow. This song writing is some fun stuff...don't know why we didn't do this sooner. At any rate, we'll try to bring these songs to you as soon as they are completed. The website is up and running, although there isn't much there yet. Here's the link: Finding Reason This is where we'll be putting up our music for you to enjoy. There will be some bio stuff and other information once we update it. For now it's just a shell to get us started.

Anyway...it was a good night. We should have some more recording done on Saturday. Stay tuned...

Finding Reason

It is done! The name has been selected. Over 100 names were suggested! Some of those names were good, some were bad, and some were already taken. So, here we are 'Finding Reason'. Now that a name has been selected we can start a webpage at garageband.com. On this page you can learn more about us, hear our music, and maybe one day, see where we will be playing live. We still have a long way to go before we make it to that point. I'm not gonna quit my day job yet! I'll post a link of the webpage when it's up and running.

So, some of you have heard the "unfinished piece"? I want to thank you for your warm reception. There is much work to be done on that piece though. We have added a tentative bass line (greg wants to perfect it a bit). The bass runs a little hot on this mix; subsequent mixes will turn down the bass a bit. So, here is the latest mix.


Tomorrow we are scheduled to go back into the studio to hopefully put some texture and depth to the song. Greg has reworked the bass a bit and Ben has worked on some solo work. Should be a really catchy tune when all is said and done. Stay tuned for the latest installment of Finding Reason!

Play Ball...

Tis that season again for some righteous baseball. This season promises to be one of the Astros best opportunities for a world series pennant. It has been 18 years since the last great opportunity in '86. This is the Astros season! Opening day didn't turn out so well. The San Francisco Giants edged the Astros 5-4, thanks in part to Barry Bonds who hit a 3 run homer to tie it in the eight inning. It's just game one. The Astros were doing all the right things. Stay tuned for more Astros updates... Go Astros!!!

Studio Sessions

Last night was the first group studio session. We added the bass to our previous work. Greg wants to change up the bass line a bit, so he'll be working on his changes. I'll be working on my parts and maybe working on some fills to give the song some more texture. A name has still not been selected, but we might be close. Hopefully in the next week we can settle on a name. After that is done, we can start building our website on garageband.com for you to hear more of our tunes. Working in Ben's studio was a lot of fun. I'm sure there will many more opportunities to lay down some tracks. Well, I'm off to practice some music...Have you practiced your needs today??