Ordinary Day

In which I celebrate the hitting of a deadline by resuming Jam; in which we have a brand new Jammer and fellow GBS fan showing up to join us; in which we have a bit of an audience with my visiting friend from Norway; and in which we break in some stuff we’ve never played before, go us! Songs: “Ferryland Sealer”, “Mari-Mac”, “Cap in Hand”, “Skullcrusher Mountain”, “Goin’ Up”, “Dryad’s Promise”, “Captain Kidd”.

This was the first Jam we had in some time, although not quite as long as it’s been since my last Jam Report post–because I was a lame-o and never did post a proper report for the last one. This is me attempting to do better this time, especially since this was a particularly fine Jam!

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Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

In which we make up for not having jammed for a whole month with a vengeance; in which the fabulous mamishka rejoins us from her sojourn in the East; in which sutures1 also returns with her much-missed dulcimer; and in which new folk join us! Songs: "Elf Glade", "Thought You Knew", "Mari-Mac", "Brian Boru", "Road to Lisdoonvarna", "Staten Island", "Lukey", "Captain Kidd", "The Night Pat Murphy Died", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Trois Navires de Ble".

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Next Jam is the 10th. Look for the word from your faithful Jam Reporter then!

In which solarbird, cflute, pocketnaomi, and I hold a tiny but quite effective Jam, and in which it is an afternoon of new instruments all around, including violin and piano! Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Brian Maru", "Duncan's Dance", "Clockwork Waltz", "Cherry Tree Station", "Stars".

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The next Jam is again in three weeks by Callie and Naomi's request, since they're about to get hit with a very busy schedule. So we're aiming for March 1st. As always, any locals on my Friends list want to come by, ping me. There's always room for more. Special note for next time, though: Callie and Naomi are hosting!

In which those of us available post-Christmas have us a Jam to further break in the newer guitars; in which I break out "Old Black Rum" to do something else in D; and in which pocketnaomi gets comfier with "Elf Glade" vocals. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Old Black Rum", "Elf Glade", "Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)", "Lukey".

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Next Jam and the first of 2009 is January 11. As always, if any of y'all reading this want in on the Jam, RSVP by dropping a comment and letting me know you're coming so we know how much pie to get!

In which we have a small but surprisingly guitar-heavy Jam today; in which kendaer and pocketnaomi get a chance to practice chord changes; and in which I learn that it's hard to channel Alan Doyle slowly. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "Process Man", "Elf Glade", "When You Leave", "Artifacts You'll Never See", "Zombie Taylor".

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Next Jam's going to be in three weeks, since next week is Orycon, and the week after is the weekend after American Thanksgiving, so everybody in the jamming group is likely to be in a turkey coma. So we'll meet again on December 7th. Anybody wants in I'm not already emailing about this, sing out!

In which we again have a fairly tiny Jam, but we don't let that stop us; in which we're mostly instrumental, but that's quite okay; and in which I am not up to snuff as Emergency Backup Mimi! Songs: "Goin' Up", "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate", "Stars", "Duncan's Dance", "Napoleon's Rant", "Banish Misfortune / Lark in the Morning / Butterfly Priest", "Heather's Hound", "Elf Glade", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Captain Kidd".

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Next Jam is tentatively scheduled for 11/2, to keep the weekend before Halloween free for interesting scheduling purposes. We may have amusing Halloween-y musical news before then, though; watch this space for more.

In which astute readers will notice that I actually didn't report on the last Jam, oh well; in which there is quite a bit of piratical goodness; in which in no small part this is the All Requests Jam; and in which we have the debut of one of solarbird's new songs in Jam as well as a track off the new GBS album. Songs: "Captain Kidd", "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Mari-Mac", "Stars", "The Shanty Formerly Known as General Taylor", "Pirate Bill and Squidly", "Straight to Hell".

I completely spaced on doing a jam report for the previous session, for no real good reason. So this is me trying to make sure to get one written out today, post-jam, before I forget to do it. And, because he hasn't shown up in the icon rotation in a while, y'all get Musical Jack this time.

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Next Jam is tentatively scheduled for the 28th, since Dara actively vetoes trying to Jam on the 21st--the first Sunday after my surgery. We'll see how I hold up by the 28th. It would sit well with me to do "Straight to Hell" once more in Jam before I go to see my B'ys do it right.

In which I get back in gear with the Jam Reporting now that I have my brain back, more or less; in which we have a noticeably reduced session just because of the heat, but also because of a few conflicting plans; in which pocketnaomi joins us on some singing; and in which I break out the piccolo for the first time in ages. Songs: "The Clockwork Waltz", "The Shanty Formerly Known As General Taylor", "Captain Kidd", "Mari-Mac", "Chemical Worker's Song", "Pirate Bill and Squidly".

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This is of course Jam #77, since Jams #74, 75, and 76 went unreported. For those of you keeping track, the next Jam will be July 13th!

In which the Martian Death Cold has some of us down, but not out, and in which we do an entirely pirate-themed lineup of music, stretching several musical wings as we go. Songs: "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate", "Pirate Bill and Squidly", "Captain Kidd", "Yo-Ho".

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Next Jam is in two weeks, which will be Sunday the 13th!

In which having my brain back really helps quite a bit in playing coherently; in which Ellen brings her Big Dulcimer and a shiny new toy; in which Dara shows off a new piece; and in which we take on our second serious attempt at a GBS ditty. Songs: "Elf Glade", "Web of Love", "Leaffall", "Lukey".

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March is going to get a little challenging schedule-wise since Potlatch, Consonance, and Norwescon are all coming up. But we're tentatively pencilling in a mini-Jam for the 9th with a hopefully full Jam on the 16th. Noting these dates for the benefit of any locals on the Friends list who might want to show! Let me know if you do.