Thursday, April 17, 2014

Going for day 3 in a row rehearsing with 3rd different band..sort of

I rehearsed with the 1969s on Tue, April Samuels and Neil Brincks on Wed, and tonight I will rehearse with the band yet-to-be-named, featuring Chad Litersky and Neil Brincks.

The songs I'm playing with April and Neil are some of the same songs I'm playing with Chad and Neil, so Neil and I should have these down pretty soon.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Central Market crab cakes. 99 flavors but crab ain't one. #CentralMarket

Central Market has some really good stuff, but be ready to pay out the a$$ for it. That being said, many times it does feel like it's a good value, because some of their stuff is that good, and when I have the cash I'm willing to spend more to get more.

I had their crab cakes yesterday. They were pretty damn pricey, as is everything else, but the bigger problem was that I didn't taste any crab in them. They were a minced up mush of lots of flavors, but crab really wasn't one of them. I had to pick an dig to find something that looked like crab, and even though I think I may have spotted a piece, I didn't really taste any.

To be fair, I bought some pork eggs rolls, and some jalapeno poppers that were both excellent. 

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Working on Bertolf covers. 2 versions. 1 close to original, and another my own style. Fun stuff. #Bertolf

Check out Bertolf on Spotify. He's a songsmith of the highest order. I decided to try and record a cover and mimic him as best I can. I just about have the copy version done. In my head it sounds pretty close, but I'm guessing if he ever hears it he will not think so, but hopefully he is flattered and appreciates the effort.

I will record a second version and mix it up a bit.

There's a lot of YouTube stuff on him, but I can't find much info in English. When I translate pages they just don't make that much sense to me. Something is definitely lost in the translation. I've heard him speak English on one video, and he seems to speak very good English, but all the live stuff and interviews are in Dutch.