Laura Veirs is playing at Cafe du Nord tomorrow night- initially I was only a little bit excited, even though I love her latest cd July Flame, because I wasn't impressed with her live performances on youtube. I need to get over my miserly, judgemental nature- she just played a live set on KCRW this morning (8 months pregnant no less!) and it was great, so now I'm totally stoked! (Can I really say that? I guess so.) Plus it will be my first chance to check out Cafe du Nord and the Swedish-American Music Hall, which I hear is a great venue.
My friend T is slowly picking up the drums... and I am totally instigating. She got an electronic drum set ages ago, and is just now trying them out- I think last week was literally the first time she put the drumstick to the pad, and I went over to have a listen and try and "tune" them a little (I know only the barest amount of what to do with electronic drums). It's awesome because I'm at the same level with my electric guitar (more or less) and it would be so much fun to be a beginner rock band! With headsets on and not making too much noise though- her condo development in Emeryville is quieter than the Pineview Cemetery, by a comfortable margin. It's strange how densely inhabited urban spaces can be so eerily silent... and then a train comes through.
On a side note... if I get laid off before summer, I wonder if I could switch gears to music for a bit?
Is there a possibility you might actually get laid off? Then you would really have no excuse:)
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