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solarbird found me a table in the cafe, ideal for parking Winnowill, and it was surprisingly productive to edit while surrounded by cheering people and with musicians in front of me. I did, however, get my ass up for "March of Cambreadth". Which was pretty much required.
The Tricky Pixie show was fun. Spotted several familiar faces there, of course:cflute and technoshaman were in attendance, as was kendaer and a few other old friends of mine and Dara's that we hadn't seen in a while. I'd never been to Soul Food Books before, but it has a neat stage in the corner, ideally sized for the trio of s00j and stealthcello and Alec. The place was thoroughly packed, though, which was extra special impressive given that there had been maybe two days' advance warning of this show. If that.
Best moments for me during the show were listening to the "Chickies in the House/Napoleon's Rant/Duncan's Dance" set and thinking "HAH we've been playing that in Jam!"--though not nearly so fast and not even remotely in one coherent whole yet. I have my ambitions about this now. D minor will be mine, oh yes. Also, the ninja song, which was very giggleworthy in the wake of the commentary last Jam about how we ought to do an all-ninja Jam to go with the pirate one. Now there exists an actual ninja song for us to do! ;)
After the show was a drum circle. Dara wanted to stay for that, so while she happily banged away on her little bodhran with the rest of the folks making thumpy noises, I wandered around the store to check the place out. I wound up getting another Skinny White Chick CD--specifically, the one to go with the Catherynne Valente book I've bought. I would have gotten Alec's all-instrumental CD, but Kore, his spouse, helpfully informed me that I actually already had all those tracks. Very nice of her. I'll just have to wait a little longer to get the next Alec disc, apparently! But I also got a chance to thank Alec directly for the songbook since we're having so much fun with the songs in that in Jam, and I got to chat with Betsy, and hang out outside with the laptop enjoying the Loud from a comfortable distance while I worked on a bit more editing.
Oh, and the editing tally? All the way through Chapter 1 and into Chapter 2 of Lament of the Dove. The productivity has continued into this evening, as I've gotten a couple more queries into the air and have therefore brought the active query count back up to three.
Meanwhile, I've kept at it tuning Rags to get the new strings to settle in, and I ran through "Elf Glade" and "Goin' Up" a few times. I think if I'm singing lead on either of these songs, I do it best capoed. "Elf Glade" is starting to come along nicely, though. Now if I can just get that meshing of lyrics and strum patterns down on "Goin' Up", I'll feel like I'm getting somewhere.
Wish me luck, folks--on both counts! With a day full of music, it feels like a good day for it!
solarbird found me a table in the cafe, ideal for parking Winnowill, and it was surprisingly productive to edit while surrounded by cheering people and with musicians in front of me. I did, however, get my ass up for "March of Cambreadth". Which was pretty much required.The Tricky Pixie show was fun. Spotted several familiar faces there, of course:
cflute and technoshaman were in attendance, as was kendaer and a few other old friends of mine and Dara's that we hadn't seen in a while. I'd never been to Soul Food Books before, but it has a neat stage in the corner, ideally sized for the trio of s00j and stealthcello and Alec. The place was thoroughly packed, though, which was extra special impressive given that there had been maybe two days' advance warning of this show. If that.Best moments for me during the show were listening to the "Chickies in the House/Napoleon's Rant/Duncan's Dance" set and thinking "HAH we've been playing that in Jam!"--though not nearly so fast and not even remotely in one coherent whole yet. I have my ambitions about this now. D minor will be mine, oh yes. Also, the ninja song, which was very giggleworthy in the wake of the commentary last Jam about how we ought to do an all-ninja Jam to go with the pirate one. Now there exists an actual ninja song for us to do! ;)
After the show was a drum circle. Dara wanted to stay for that, so while she happily banged away on her little bodhran with the rest of the folks making thumpy noises, I wandered around the store to check the place out. I wound up getting another Skinny White Chick CD--specifically, the one to go with the Catherynne Valente book I've bought. I would have gotten Alec's all-instrumental CD, but Kore, his spouse, helpfully informed me that I actually already had all those tracks. Very nice of her. I'll just have to wait a little longer to get the next Alec disc, apparently! But I also got a chance to thank Alec directly for the songbook since we're having so much fun with the songs in that in Jam, and I got to chat with Betsy, and hang out outside with the laptop enjoying the Loud from a comfortable distance while I worked on a bit more editing.
Oh, and the editing tally? All the way through Chapter 1 and into Chapter 2 of Lament of the Dove. The productivity has continued into this evening, as I've gotten a couple more queries into the air and have therefore brought the active query count back up to three.
Meanwhile, I've kept at it tuning Rags to get the new strings to settle in, and I ran through "Elf Glade" and "Goin' Up" a few times. I think if I'm singing lead on either of these songs, I do it best capoed. "Elf Glade" is starting to come along nicely, though. Now if I can just get that meshing of lyrics and strum patterns down on "Goin' Up", I'll feel like I'm getting somewhere.
Wish me luck, folks--on both counts! With a day full of music, it feels like a good day for it!