blainblain

My gig at Free Times was not very well attended but in my heart I know that
even if I had postered College Street and sent out all kinds of internet gig
announcements I wouldn't have done much better. I decided to cast fate to
the wind and have Joel join me with his arsenal of electronics. I just sit
there and play guitar and he grabs a MIDI signal from my guitar and
processes and loops the sound - sometimes on separate strings. I have a MIDI
pedalboard that I can use to set the tempo and trigger loops.

It didn't all work out in this gig but I think we have a "proof of concept"
Watch for more gigs from "blainblain"

It's 1am and Joel is cooking fajitas. I am making a blog entry instead of
working on the newsletter that is now a rush job. Wanted to skip out tonight
and hear Jesse Barksdale Trio. Next time! Tomorrow night, for sure I'm going
to see Mansa Sisoko at Hughs.

Take Me Home

I should be rehearsing right now but in a classic move, I spot something in
the CD shelf - a DVD still in the shrink wrap and I see that it's some kind
of compilation of Quebec bands. I just put it on and the first band was punk
- Lel Vulgaires Machins and it was recorded in the Granada Theatre in
Sherbrooke - my home town and the theatre where I had my first date, taking
Gloria Davey to see "Around The World in 80 days" (I think...if you're out
there Gloria you could conifrm that...)