Rehearsal Diary, 1

What? We’re just now getting around to rehearsing? Well, no, not really…We rehearse in small bursts, and then, leading up to shows, we run the set list…mostly for comfort.

We’re doing our live setup a bit differently this time: I’ve wanted to simply things for quite some time…mostly, I’ve wanted to get rid of the laptop. I mean, I like having a huge rig, with tons of pedals to stomp…but this isn’t the best thing to see live. We’re running the backing tracks off my ipod through my Line 6 pedals.

This is good and bad, and we haven’t quite gotten the levels dialed in yet.

The real revelation  (that’s a horrible word, but bear with me) for these rehearsals? Sarah. She’s been taking voice lessons, and she’s louder, more in tune, more aggressive, more…operatic. Just incredible. Sadly, we wrote most of these songs before her lessons started, and she revealed herself as a soprano…so most of her voice parts are really, really low.

And the set list?

Yeah, like I’m going to tell you. You’ll just have to come to Asheville. Next Thursday. Valentine Wolfe, The Omega Cell, Veterans of Future Wars, Three Brain (or Brian…I like Brain better) Robot and DJ Aksident.The Garage at Biltmore. Doors at 9.

Brand new songs, and some older favorites. And Dark Ambient Soundscapes before our full set.