Could this actually be happening?
So, everything is sort of falling apart slowly, right? Still sort of trying to work the marriage thing out, trying to get my own business off the ground, still not sure if we can keep the house, blah blah blah. And yet, here I am, for the first time in years, fronting a full four piece band. Here I am, for the first time ever, singing in the type of band that has enough interest to have options. What I mean is, we posted some songs on myspace, then we posted an ad on craigslist calling for drummers, linking to the songs for reference. We thought it would take us forever to find the right drummer, we thought maybe we’d get a few responses. We got tons. We held auditions, and everyone didn’t suck! We actually had to choose from several drummers, we actually had to call people and turn them down. What?
Then last week we had our first practice with the new drummer (a very energetic little Cuban girl- Marisol- with mad sexy tom skills). It went crazy well. It went so well that my guitar player, Sean, sent us all this slightly off kilter manifesto style email with the band’s new “goals.” It sort of ended with some shows in NYC. What?
You know how you meet a new love, and you just can’t get over what you have in common? You say, “secretly, I love old school rap,” and they say, “shut- up! I totally secretly love old school rap!” All things seem the same between you. It’s that way with the band. It’s just more like, Sean says, “I wrote this new song, I was dreaming & I woke up, and I was playing this song in A minor.” And I say, “shut up! I was taking a shower this morning and a song started to run through my head, and it was totally in A minor!” That actually happened, and the songs matched exactly, he played it, and I started singing it, and it was as though we had written it together. That isn’t just rare, it’s like, this is where I should wake up on the bed in Bed Bath & Beyond, and realize it was just a poorly thought out movie, not my life at all.
Am I jinxing us? We all get along, we even have similar politics. We are totally collaborative. I think we are writing good music. People are actually responding to it. Is this feasible? In the middle of the storm? Is it possible that now, the one thing I never stopped wanting is truly maybe happening?
Oh, and FYI, every single member of the band is over 30, so there!
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Just went to your myspace and listened to the new stuff. You so kick ass.
I love you. Maybe I should knit you a new blanket.
I love that everyones over 30! Good for you!