Slappin Da Bass (Weekend Edition)

Okay, cue the music. It's time to get the weekend started.

"Slappin da bass mon"

I've recently noticed that my musical adventures have become a sad ritual of standing in the middle of my living room and cranking the stereo until the amp fans kick on and it's near the point of overload. This is usually mixed with air guitar/drumming and the consumption of a weeks worth of coffee.  As a former drummer in a long list of actual bands, this makes me sad. I need to PLAY music, not just playback music.

Now that I have this studio and it's full of everything I need to drive my neighbors crazy, you'd think that I'd be all over that on a daily basis. The dream, right? Well, unfortunately, most of the action my gear has seen in the last few years has involved a dust rag the occasional tuning. SAD. STORY.


Where my bros at? Where my homies at? (just before at)

How did we all* allow this to happen? (*you know who you are)


The good news? This is an easy fix. A time machine and a little practice and we'll be right back in the hunt for early 2000's music stardom. Or maybe we'll just settle for playing a few shows a year and be happy with getting out of the house for something other than a grocery or hardware store errand. Yeah, probably the second one. Okay... that too might be a stretch.

I guess that's not really a fix at all. Hmm. Anywho...

It's time to play some music. An hour here or there, maybe a day on the weekend. Let's just play something.

I'm tired of my musical adventures looking like the above but feeling more like this...

"Slappin the mon with a bass"

Happy Weekend! 

Topics of insanity...

(This is my second attempt at this post. Blogger apparently thought that my first attempt was too awesome and forgot of its existence(and previous saves) once I hit post.)

Anywho...

You totally clicked the link and you may as well stay for the "story".

I'm finding that words are easy to come by. The hard part? Finding the photos in my "library" that will aid in a greater explanation of my ramblings.

"I'll have that photo for you in jiffy, Mr. Nealis"

You see, I kind of have a problem with hoarding data. This has compounded over the years and now I'm left with a myriad of hard drives so full of unorganized data that I'd probably have better luck drilling a hole through the earth with a spork than actually being able to attain any one file at a moment's notice. The bright side? I know that I have at least three copies of everything.

"I think I've found the folder"

So what does all of that actually mean? It means the greatest stories ever told by mankind are going to be delayed a little. Why should you care? You shouldn't(and don't) and you can go about your merry way.

Future topics will include:

- You finally finished the studio!

- And... fatherhood.

- Are you going to restore that thing or what?

- I thought your wife bought you a beer brewing kit?

- Are you addicted to buying speakers?

- Sega Genesis vs SNES (I'll need some helpers for this one)

- Did I hear that you used to play in a band?

- Fun with Cheese

- Whisk(e)y

- Have you always hoarded electronics?


Excited yet? Me neither. Just smile and nod.

Empty Promises...

So about that time I created a blog and did nothing with it for three years, yada yada yada...

Here's a quick update. I'm older, I've seen a lot more of the World, I've had a few more jobs, Minecraft, and I'm a Dad. I'm probably leaving out a few details, but I'll get to those. This little corner of nowhere will now hopefully be filled with random stories and tidbits from the last few years and slowly work its way into the present.

Excited yet?

Hold on to your hats, kids. It's going to be an exciting ride through history... or not.