{"id":7678,"date":"2012-10-24T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2012-10-24T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T15:54:58","slug":"uss-titanic-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=7678","title":{"rendered":"U.S.S. Titanic Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"U.S.S.%20Titanic%20Update%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>So&#8230;.  How was your Tuesday?<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was one of those hectic days. <\/p>\n<p>Work was backed up due to Monday&#8217;s rain. I installed a heat exchanger on a heater, and that took longer than I thought it would. got home with just enough time to string the Taylor&#8230; Oh, if only I had only strung it!<\/p>\n<p>While the strings were off, I decided to polish the thing. The fret board was very dull, so I spent some time polishing it several times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Which then made me late for Acoustic highway practice! But, since the Taylor was so shiny and bright sounding, I was forgiven my tardiness.<\/p>\n<p>So we had a great band practice, including the audition of a new member. We&#8217;re moving Chris from drums to guitar and becoming a five piece once again. <\/p>\n<p>Then went to Spokeasy to join the mate for a beer, then played the Audies open mic. <\/p>\n<p>Yes, the U.S.S. Titanic launched yet again! Thankfully, the time spent on guitar, though not as much as I&#8217;d like, is paying off. The more I play these scary open mics, the more confident I have become steering my ship and the better I am at avoiding massive guitaring mistakes, i.e. icebergs!  Yeah, I still scrape the hull from time to time, but I still do that on bass, and I&#8217;ve been playing that for, what, 26 years!<\/p>\n<p>First, and apology to those who read my facebook pledge to play a new original song or two. I didn&#8217;t play the intended original songs that I had in mind because, well, I never did have the time to arrange them yesterday. But I did play a couple of new songs, Paul Carrack&#8217;s &#8220;How Long&#8221; and the Police&#8217;s &#8220;Wrapped Around Your Finger&#8221;, both of which are very new to me on guitar. Except for going outside the venue for a couple of minutes to doodle and try and remember the chords to both song, both were unrehearsed shots in the dark  Remember, no time to practice yesterday.  I also played &#8220;Blackbird&#8221;, which came out much better than the last time I tried it. &#8220;don&#8217;t Dream It&#8217;s Over&#8221; was really cool, because a sax player joined me on stage for some killer accompaniment. That was SOOOO cool!!!! And then I let some other people play my guitar. I love to hear what a more skilled player sounds like on that instrument!  <\/p>\n<p>Then when I got home, I spent another hour looking at possible songs to learn that can give the sax player an even better opportunity to jam. I ended up stumbling upon a really cool acoustic version of Phil Collins&#8217; &#8220;One More Night&#8221;, which has a tremendous sax solo at the end.   Needless to say, I was up until l too late in the morning! But it was a heck of a night.<\/p>\n<p>Is the tiredness today worth it?<\/p>\n<p>You betcha!!!!  I&#8217;m getting ever closer to being able to do a one hour show all by my lonesome! It&#8217;s my goal to be able to do that by the time March goosesteps into our lives and I turn 48. It&#8217;ll be kind of a birthday present to myself.  <\/p>\n<p>Now, for today. More work. A nap. And win the lottery&#8230; PLEASE!<\/p>\n<p>PS. Here is the version of &#8220;One More Night&#8221; I plan to learn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEGWUoe9ddk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PPS. I&#8217;ve decided that the new working title of my solo album is going to be &#8220;Jealous Rage And icebergs!&#8221;, if only because I don&#8217;t think anyone has named an album that before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"U.S.S.%20Titanic%20Update%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>So&#8230;. How was your Tuesday? Yesterday was one of those hectic days. Work was backed up due to Monday&#8217;s rain. I installed a heat exchanger on a heater, and that took longer than I thought it would. got home with just enough time to string the Taylor&#8230; Oh, if only I had only strung it! 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