06.03.06
Music update
After much frustration and many setbacks, we have finally decided to bite the bullet and pay for recording time. We met with the studio last night, mapping out plans and playing our songs for him. We’re going to start out with a simple three song demo of all originals. How do we always manage to make simple things more complicated. Here we have only three songs, but ended up needing to bring four instruments. Luckily, we each play the same instrument for two of the three songs or else we’d be bringing more. Oh well, we want it to be representative, and we do play many instruments, so I guess it makes sense to have variety on the recording. I’m a little disappointed that Dick doesn’t want to record a fiddle tune. Maybe he’ll change his mind, and we’ll add a fourth tune/song.
On Thursday, we played a freebie for the Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council. It was a picnic with clowns, face painting, pony rides, crafts, lots of food, and us. It was an opportunity for families and caregivers of disabled children with disabilities such as varying degrees of autism and spina bifida to get together for some fun. It felt like an important thing to do. We had a good time and played well, engaging the kids as much as we could. Tonight we play a benefit for the Independent Learning Center where my youngest son, RC2, will go to high school next year. June is already filling up with birthday parties and festivals, not to mention our regular gigs. It’s a good thing we’re also good jugglers.