ADCOs hang the plaque. There is a tradition in the space business where several teams are selected to hang the mission plaques and hold the ladders for the climb. Hanging the plaque is the "award" for doing an outstanding job. "Second place" is holding the ladder for the plaque hanger. However, each and every person associated with this mission should be recognized. Unfortunately, you, the public, will never know the work and dedication that went into making this mission a success. The easiest way to describe what went on is to liken it to Apollo 13. The only difference is that we weren't trying to save a stranded crew...we were trying to save a "stranded" vehicle and the program that supports it.
A little celebration took place following the plaque hanging at one of the favorite hangouts -- Boondoggles. Here's mike's write up on the plaque hanging with a few pictures.
The fun times moved into the night.
Today, Finding Reason had a 4.5 hour jam session. We worked with our potential new drummer. Jason, the new drummer, brought all his gear and we set up in greg's living room. Jason seemed to know quite a bit and had a pretty good personality (at least compatible with ours). He hasn't had much time with the material we already have, but he did well. This little audition session actually went better than i thought it would. One draw back is that Jason lives on the northwest side of H-town. It's a long drive for him (or us) to do regular practices. There are still a few logistical things we'd need to work out, but things did look positive.
We played through the two songs that we've done live (Delusion and Love-Hate) and we played through Blue Devils. Things went really well. Greg actually mentioned that he feels comfortable playing Blue Devils in a live setting. Greg is a good barometer when it comes to things like that. It did sound pretty good...despite playing through my not so great amp. It'll be nice to go through a PA system.
On another note, the MOTU traveler (the guitar interface for my studio) came in handy at the jam session. We used it as a microphone pre-amp, so that we could hear Ben sing. Then we used it to record some scratch tracks of some new ideas. I feel that my purchase of that device will pay off in the long run. The only draw back is that it's a little bit of a pain to disconnect everything in my studio. Oh well.
I declare the last two days a success. Making Progress!!!
I'm very tired though...so i'm going to turn in early tonight.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment