OhGr

In short, good show. :)
As usual with every time drive into the Boston area, I got my ass lost. Eventually I got to the club, with enough time to drink a beer before the opening act. American Memory Project, was really good. Much more mellow than I was expecting going into the show. They're just as much about the visuals as they are the musical portion of the show. The band themselves who are made up of Skinny Puppy live musicians, hide behind a projection screen, where some old movie clips are played, to the live sound track. Their set was fairly short, right around 30 minutes. Definitely glad I made it in time to catch them though.

Next up after a short time for break down and such, was OhGr. In typical fashion Ogre came out in costume, with multiple masks and face paint underneath. All of which were removed as the set progressed, minus the face paint, that stayed on. They proceeded to play D.I.M.D. from beginning to end, with no breaks. Unfortunately I only knew two songs from that album as I didn't have a copy of it until after the show. After, as Ogre called it, the conceptual part of the show, they played a bunch of songs from the first two OhGr albums. With a couple song encore of course. :) Ogre made good use of the stage, and air, blowing feathers into the crowd till most people up real close were covered. The bands sound was very tight, and impressive. His vocals rarely sound exactly like the record(or cd whichever you happen to have) but he actually gets pretty close. If he comes around again, I'll definitely be buying tickets, and I'd suggest you do the same.

standing up, and laying it down...not so much

Went to jam with the big boys again on Wednesday. I played horribly. :) But at least I played. I was tripping over myself from being nervous, and playing while standing up. I keep talking about it, but I really should practice that. Playing while standing is a whole new ball game for fretting, your hand meets the neck at a completely different angle. Still had fun, I just really didn't get to play some good bass.

I'm going to see OhGr tomorrow night and I'm really excited. Last time I saw him it was a great show, so I'm expecting another good one. I'll try and get a review up of the show afterwards. This blog isn't just for my playing you know. ;)

Realization

I'm starting to realize just how much I love playing music. When I'm in a bad mood, like last night, I sat down with my bass and just started playing, within 15 minutes, I was in a much better mood. I was even playing my old Peavey which clicks and clacks because the action is so bad. Even with dealing with that, I was put into a good mood. Also on the plus side I'm starting to realize I'm getting much better. I was looking at some tabs and as long as I knew the song, I was able to play most of them. Some of the phrasing was a little off, depending upon how well I knew the song, but overall I was pretty pleased with how I played. I'm still pretty sloppy, but I'm getting better.