Aliens Ate My Blog

Last week's blog is gone. "Poof" disappeared. It may return as I have learned Blogger.com (blogspot.com) had file corruption problems earlier this week and they are "working to restore all blogs and comments" I have a copy of the blog in Open Office but many of my corrections and the addition of photos exist only in the final posting so I'm going to hope that they can restore it before I go to a lot of effort.

With that in mind I'm going to make a simple post this week less it also evaporate into the ether.

At least that's the excuse I'm giving (and sticking to).

Honestly, I have been struggling with coming up with blogs that I think are interesting. I have two posts I have started and put aside because... I don't know they just weren't doing it for me.

So lets just start with a progress report and see where it goes.

I am all settle back in at home after my Canada trip. There are rumors, or "rumours" as the Canadians and Fleetwood Mac spell it, that they may tape some more shows in the the not too distant future but we'll take it as it comes.

With Jeopardy on hiatus until July and Tennis Channel still a part-time gig, time is one thing I have a good amount of. Lets see if i can make some good use of it.

I have been writing some new song ideas using my looper. There's an idea for a blog: a video demonstration of my using a looper. For now enjoy this video of my friend Jim Schreck making great use of a looper. His looper and it controls are on the floor so you can't actually see him using it but it's not hard to tell what's going on.



I mentioned that I had found a place to rehearse on a regular basis. My friend Lou Castro, a true professional bassist, has a rehearsal space I am moving into where he rehearses with his band "Oui' 3" in the Cahuenga pass (North Hollywood). It's going to be a significant expense but it's really important that I have a place where I can rehearse. The apartment with a persnickety downstairs neighbor is not cutting it to practice and record and though I have the unlimited use of my in-laws' pool house, I can't drive 75 miles every time I want to practice or lay down a loud track. This something I should have done years ago.

You can hear some samples Lou's jazz rock band Oui' 3 here.

I have been using electronic media less and--hold on to your socks--READING instead.  My presence on Facebook is going to be diminished in the coming weeks. My wife has a liver cleanse planned for the near future so I may not be good electronic company anyway, always whining about how I am missing my precious cereal.

The blog posts will be a bit shorter too.

Like this one.