Now that I’m as secure as one can be in the commitment of
the core members of this yet to be named band I’ll start using their first
names in this and future entries.
Introducing the band:
On drums/vocals, Paul
On bass/vocals, Dave, AKA "Doc"
And of course Bob, AKA Me on vocals and rhythm guitar
And of course Bob, AKA Me on vocals and rhythm guitar
Our practice Thursday started with a meeting to discuss the
issues that came up during the week. Doc said he may push his surgery back to
March, but it still may be as early as Feb 5th.
I ran my idea about moving Paul to bass and bringing in
my drummer friend to fill in while Doc is recovering. He reluctantly agreed,
but would later recant saying it was not that productive a move and would place
a burden on him to have to learn the bass for the songs only to be moving back
to drums later. I agreed and we decided to just practice with me on guitar/vocals,
Doc singing his parts and Paul staying on drums.
The next order of business was to discuss changing our
practice day from Thursday to Saturday to allow for us to bring in a great
guitarist, Joe, who expressed an interest in joining our group. Joe works a
night shift job weekdays and only has Friday night or Saturday to practice
since Sunday is his family day.
Paul teaches photography class at a community college on
Monday and Wednesday nights, and has to travel sometimes from Thursday through
the weekends to photograph hot air balloon events occasionally.
We agreed on moving practice to Saturday afternoons although
this will mean Paul will be missing some practices.
Our first session with the new guitarist was supposed to be
today but yesterday his wife had a health issue that needed emergency care and Joe
needed to attend to her needs through today so we postponed until next
Saturday.