After yesterday's whirlwind adventure, I welcomed the weekend with glee and took advantage of this quiet Saturday by reviewing and re-writing some of the song that I'm working on for The Spotlight.
Song writing is fun, but as I am one who leans on the self-critical side, it can also be a bit of a daunting task. I like the path that I'm on lyrically, but in our rehearsal last week, I discovered that some of the lines didn't scan quite as well when accompanied with the music. I'm thinking that an overall tempo change may be in order.
I emailed an mp3 of the song to all of our musicians to refresh their recollection - all except for the bassist, that is. Unfortunately we lost our bassist as quickly as we got him. He works for the AP and election time doesn't allow "Spotlight" time. I emailed by drummer a little reminder about his roommate who is also a bassist. Fingers crossed, this guy will come through for us!
We were only going to have one more rehearsal before the day of show, but this unforeseen hiccup has put a slight wrinkle in our plan. We'll need to throw in another rehearsal to familiarize a new bassist with our music, or just play on sans bassist which will disappoint the rest of the musicians. I want to have a new bassist in place by the end of next week so that we can plan accordingly. November 7th will be here before we know it!
Ah well, these things happen. I'm not worried...yet.
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