Kahlua and Roy on the Rocks

The 3 of us got together last night at Joe's and had ourselves a little acoustic practice. Joe played with kick and snare practice pads and a shaker, i played my Korean Alvarez and Mikey started by playing my half retarded sg bass and then switched to using Joe's 72 jazz bass, much better. He plugged right into one of my funny roland studio monitors. We ordered a pizza with mushrooms, sausage, and black olives on it to fuel up. The ratio of meat to not meat toppings was a wink disappointing. We also each drank a few new castles.

It's been really awesome practicing quietly. Since the age of 12 or so my vocals have been competing with drums and amps and shitty PA systems, and though I think it shaped the way I sing, I often times just push too hard and end up stuck in this one small range. Playing quietly like this is so much better for focusing on what is actually happening in each song. Trimming the fat off these fuckers has never been so easy. It's audio nudity. And we can practice for way longer when we do this too since my voice doesn't blow out.

What was also nice about last night's practice was we printed out lyrics and all had them in front of us while we played. Now the gang vocal stuff can happen on it's own terms and the guys can actually know what the hell I'm singing about before we get in the studio. As the years go on I feel less and less territorial about lyrics and songwriting. This record is going to be written and performed by 3 humans. It is going to be a piece of art. I don't care if nobody hears it. I don't care if nobody likes it. As long as it gets out into the world, the world will be a better place, like when Roy Orbison was still alive. Speaking of which, it occurred to me recently that everyone loves Roy Orbison. It should almost be a law of some kind. I'm not just talking his music, him as a person, as a being, etc.

New rule: If you don't like Roy Orbison in any capacity, fuck off. Simple enough right? I can't believe he was only 52 when he died. I suggest we were all born the day Roy Orbison died! We were all born in 1988! Sweet dreams Roy. You're a sweet heart.

Danny