Here's the Facebook announcement detailing the where and when:
https://www.facebook.com/events/176488849169065/
It will be me with some small quantity of gear - I'm deciding if I bring just my acoustic 6 string, or do I work up a little more with my electric, some outboard effects and the looper pedal plus my ultrabook to play canned rhythms with. If I can get a bit of time this weekend in to put 3-4 bits together - my own take on soundscapes but less ambient and a tad more structured - then I will do the larger set of gear and take my ESP midi guitar along. Many of the people attending are also organizing the new SeaProg festival taking place in June of this year - maybe I can swing a short set for myself in there if I do well. So yea, I'd like to get something a bit more formatted ready for this informal show :)
Family members have ailments of all sorts - I had the most wicked migraine plus a minor case of the flu on Sunday, wife is sick with the flu (4 days now), oldest son Thomas has conjunctivitis (pink eye) and has been out of school all week. The two little guys have been healthy though throughout this whole thing - but with them being really active and getting into everything, there is no rest for the wicked...
But even given this impediment, I've moved over several projects from my main DAW PC to my handy dandy Ultrabook - I only need to install Cubase 7 with the Syncrosoft software key manager, and then I'll be ready to roll. On top of the myriad other things to do this weekend, I'll spend some time editing existing projects due for remix, plus reprogram the old songs due for revision and have them prepped for recording. John has ordered his 2nd Zoom portable digital recording unit and should receive shortly - at which point I'll make the short trip down Hwy 18 to his house and we'll set up sounds on his drumkit. I've also received the 8" polycone woofers and have instructions on how to build the subkick mikes - need to get the XLR connectors and wire these bad boys up.
Tonight I'll be going down to Darren Ross' place to pick up my Garrison and Gibson Goldtop LP guitars - I really want to love the LP, so lets see how the setup improves the feel and play-ability of it. Just like with the Howard Roberts Fusion, I might have to again replace pickups to get the tone I'm expecting - it seems that I only really like the Seymour Duncan stuff, I wish I wasn't such a fanboy though...
Minor note - I filled the final f/x cymbal slot with an amazing Sabian AAX 8" Air Splash. It has this extremely bright and quick hit with short decay that fills what I think I was looking for. I will revisit some of the other items (particularly the Stagg splash) and decide if it was what I hoped I was getting...
Once I get some of the oldest material re-transcribed and programmed into Cubase 7 I'll post the demo tracks with working MIDI drums - many of the songs will get a huge upgrade with the new equipment I have so I'm very excited about the prospect. Cheers!
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