Paul K

Unfair To Picker

No sweat. I'm not pissed at anybody or anything. Indeed, my bad for clicking on colleghumor. In fact, it was kind of funny. NSFW... OK, so know I know what it means, but I still haven't been able to figure out what it stands for.

I F'n clicked on that video at work. F'n don't do that. I only got to one F'n, but.....

OK, so today I ran 2 miles with a pair of one pound heavy hands. For those north of the border or across the pond, that's oh, about 0,45 kilogram per heavy hand. I didn't run it quick, but I ran it. Not bad for three months post-op. My wife was not pleased with this performance, as I'm not supposed to do high impact things till 6 months post-op. My opinion is that it's no more impact than mowing the lawn. And the lawn WILL BE MOWED! No pain, easy motions, and I tried to run with a soft flowing stride. On the musical front, I played a duo gig on bass with a guitar player/singer guy this past Friday night. Wow--He's a fabulous performer--- I will learn a lot from him. For example, we played "Sweet Home Alabama". Now, that's a severely tired and worn out tune. Not so the way Marty plays it; OMG it rocked. So considering the low hours of preparation involved, we were great. I will need to re-visit the vocal monitor thing, as we played at a much higher dB level than my usual solo act. I need to pull back out my Mackie personal monitor for such gigs so I can have access to the "More Me" knob. Bonus points will be awarded to me if I can keep Marty focused on calling out the tunes that I (and "we") practiced, and not going off list as often.

2 2 Tango

Ok. So I was looking in the paper for a good band to see tonight and I see my band listed. Holy crap; good thing I looked in the paper. And holy crap; good thing it was listed. I guess I'm sometimes not as smart as I look.

This and That

The whole "Wonder Monday" thing is posted here if ya'll wish to put it on your hard drive...hint hint. http://www.wondermonday.bandcamp.com/

Thanks, lug.

Alternative Rock Originals. It's the only bass gig I've got going on right now. It's mixed with the bass' upper mids rolled off; not my choice as I was sending a Jazz bass sound to the control room. http://soundcloud.com/paul-kempkes/sets/wonder-monday/

Is that "Tip The Sound Guy" or "Tip, The Sound Guy" Punctuation Matters. Which is also a good band name.

The Preexisting Conditions

The Brazil Nut Effect

The Hypotheticals

Dogfight

Nice! Zzzat you singing? Indeed, at a slower tempo, things can breathe.

Thanks. I agree. I do tend to rush things and have to constantly put the brakes on. About a quarter of the tunes in my book have bright marker at the top saying, "Slower than you think". Often after practicing a tune and playing it out a bunch of times, I'll hear the original. And oh, baby do I speed it up. Practicing with a click would be good thing for me.

http://soundcloud.com/paul-kempkes/zanzibar-2-12-12 It's a little bright on soundcloud, but wasn't so in my studio. Screw it. It is what it is. Peace Paul K

Well, what pisses me off about our indoor/outdoor thermometer is that it displays in tenths of a degree. But the instructions say that the instrument is accurate to within +/- 1 degree. It's like Mr. Spock. The poor fella never learned about significant digits.

60. It made it up to 60 today. That's like, even warmer than 10 C.

It's in the low 50's here today. For those measuring in metric, that's like, over 10 Degrees Celsius. It's like, the lawn almost needs mowing. My wife's daffodils and tulips are like, 6 inches high. That's like, over 15 centimeters tall. She is , like, concerned. Looks like I won't have to move south when I retire. Like.

4 Legs Good The Clean Tails League

The Procedures

The Ten Foot Poles