Same Old Story

Tonight Finding Reason got together for a jam session...our first in a very long time. Tonight was merely a brainstorming session. We tried to work on new material...didn't even play through our usual finished stuff. As mentioned in a previous post, Ron came into the studio and did some drum work for us. From what Ben told me, he really enjoys playing our stuff...which is good news for us. He is officially no longer playing with LTS. So, he'll have time to work for us if we ask nicely. And we welcome that. He won't be our official drummer (not at this time anyway), but i think we'll see more of him.

I brought to the band the material that i've been working on...but i'm not sure we got very far...especially since we figured out that it sounds very similar to a song by one of my favorite bands. It happens to be a similar chord progression, but i use a different rhythm. So, we will continue to work with it. Interestingly enough, we decided on a cover song to add to our list of music to work on...and that song is the very song by the very band that i just described. I'm both happy and disappointed that the material i came up with sounds like this band...happy because i was able to construct something that would be worthy of this band...disappointed because this band has already come up with what i developed...but most music is regurgitated these days anyway.

So, i need to figure out a way to manufacture time. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

This morning as i was searching out my next guitar i think i stumbled across the awesomest of awesome guitars. You see, i need several guitars to express my music. Each guitar has a different sound, a different mood, and usually different tunings. I work with at least 3 different tunings in the songs we do. Which means i need to re-tune one of my guitars to play out. I could solve the problem by having another guitar, each guitar with a different tuning for a particular song. Tuning and re-tuning a guitar, while fairly easy, can be cumbersome and a pain. The guitar i found today is a robot. That is what Gibson is calling it anyway. This guitar has computer controlled tuners and a computer on board to tune your guitar for you...to several different tunings even. (how ingenious, why didn't i think of that?). Unfortunately, it way too expensive for me right now. Conceivably, i could use this guitar for all my needs...however it would produce the same sound...which isn't necessarily a good thing. Anyway...here's the pretty guitar and it's specs.

I'm disappointed that i haven't made faster progress. I'm sure the guys in the band are disappointed too...and i know you are too. I promise we are working on it. Hang in there...we'll make it, eventually...