Music Project - Second March Session

Yes, not one, but two music sessions this month, and both involving the same personnel (Sal, Jason, and I). Jason has really stepped up his playing, so the last time wasn't just one good session. As a team, I thought we were working together pretty well.

Sal still hadn't had much time to work on anything since the last session, but familiarity still helped, and we're getting better at figuring out how to coordinate things when they don't come together naturally.

"Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" remains our best song collectively, and we had a couple of fun surprises. "Hotel Yorba" from the White Stripes is back on the list and sounded especially good. "Science Fiction Double Feature" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show started as sort of a joke, but worked really well and has been officially added to the song list. Our list on the whole is a little too laid back in light of what we seem to do best together, which is corrected easily enough.

We still have some odd rhythmic issues to work out. Some of it is a lack of familiarity with each other or with the songs. When it was just Jason and I, it was easy to coordinate because there was only one other person to coordinate with. Maybe we got a little lazy about structure because if one of us messed up, all the other had to do was be alert enough to adjust accordingly. Hopefully a little more prep time going back to the source material will help.

We have a couple of other guitar players to bring in from jam sessions Jason has been having. Still no vocal help on the horizon, and I really have to figure out how to do something about that.