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Yoiks and away.

AJ has started the proper mixing on SC9. 

Track by track, the ninth album will come together over the next few months.

This will be the first time we have mixed remotely...no hang on...I forgot...Robert Rebeck mixed Push Me Away in Kansas whilst we were here in Sydney.

Ok that's the 2nd time then. Much to look forward to as we whittle away at it.

The fun of the work continues, with much to be thought about and figured out.

Mr Wizard wants to release singles. One of the tracks from the project is already out, 'Better off without you', so I guess, we've started on that.

As part of the mid west triptych, I've been wondering about how to structure the final installment.

Each album has its own flavour, and SC9 will be released as a stand alone, but it's got me thinking about its relationship to the other parts.

Releasing all three albums as one release is definitely on the cards. It tells a geographic and musical story of the places we've been, the things we've seen, the music we've heard and the people we've played with.

It's artsy as fark. 

Ok, so yeah.

However....how does it fit together? Do we adjust the order of all the tracks to Geographic/Date/thematic, leave it as the same collection of three albums or add to it or...

I am not spending sleepless nights worrying about it. I am really enjoying the idea of figuring out what we mean by this work. 

Maybe we just like to work. And that's ok too.

Somebody told me James Taylor was playing last night. I'm sure he was, somewhere, but I didn't expect it to be Sydney. I wondered where. Then it was further explained that they were attempting to pay me a compliment.

Thank you. I like James Taylor. But I rate his tone the superior.

Speaking of singing well, Hollie Matthew opened the night and sang the bejeezus out of it. I did some live streaming to faciebook. If you're on our facie thing go look it up.

Cheers Hollie, good stuff.

So welcome to 2017.

In this 10th anniversary year, we are reminded to keep on doing the things that we do.

Friday night saw new song writing at rehearsal, first new song for 2017.

What was a country rock thing mixed with Japanese melodic structure turned Salsa fusion and I lost it laughing. Don't get me wrong, my soul cries out for some Salsa vibes, but oh my. Experiment, fail, learn, repeat.

 Whilst the chaps were jamming, they hit on a new thing. great. I was testing Live Streaming, so I captured a record of the song to work on and tested my bandwidth and streaming.

So yes, Live Streaming is now a thing.

I'm meant to tell you OMG LIVE STREAMING OMG and then send a billion emails tweets and smoke signals about it.

But I am not going to.

We're into this for the time being.

Back at home base in our underground lair, I can edit vid for privacy.

Out in the Live Streaming world, well, anything can happen. Knowing when to not turn camera on is a big deal.

I was barely persuaded not to wear a head mounted camera last night. Next stop is Multi Streaming. 

Another of the 'things' was having another go at lighting and multimedia. Cheers to Tom for the light show last night, the powered heads were great.

When the full fury of the Powered head LED turned stagewards, it was a bit like doing a gig for Sauron.

I forgot lyrics and felt like presenting my passport for some reason. Anyway.

After some experimenting, they worked out brilliantly. Thanks to Tom for the late night effort and to Dion for go pro filming.

Unique T shirt, live streaming, go pro filming, robotic light heads, excellent guest act. A good start to the year.

Shout outs to Ben, Viv, David, Renata and all the folks at the townie.

Let's go do some more things.

EDIT  7 Jan 2017 - sales on this one are now closed :-) That's the whole point with this project.

If you missed it, get the next one. Life and my T-Shirt making is random and ephemeral!

It's our 10th year. It's about time we celebrated.  

For each show in 2017, custom art, custom t shirt. Thank Mr Wizards Japanese influences.

I'll only print these on demand, they'll only be available on a short time link, before the gig. That's gonna make'em pricey.

Each gig new art. New shirt.

Collect'em all or none at all or somewhere in between.

This is an art piece. Prices will vary, I don't actually expect anyone to buy them, but I am committed to the concept for my own amusement.

This is Show 542. The colours are Steel, Gold and White. The subject is Time.   

PAYPAL LINK REMOVED! When I say limited edition I mean it :-)

I did the maths. We've crossed the 500 show threshold. Imma make a tshirt. EDIT - We transferred to Google calendar in Nov 2008. I recalc-ed, after finding some listings in my archives. 541 + others. My estimate is now around 550 yikes. Gotta fix the art

We're at the Townie this Sat. Late, from 10, with Hollie Matthew. Gotta go correct art. Art now correckt.

In band parlance, we often quote the late great Jacky Orsaczy, who once famously said 'what is all this cup of tea nonsense, this isn't holiday camp for musicians!'

Our first show is this week. Oh crap better go do some art.

We started our next year last year, which makes this our April.

Time is relative. Like a cousin. Don't throw food at Time. Pipe down you two or I'm stopping the car this instant!