Almost Friday...

I've had an extremely busy week so far at work. Whew, can't wait till the weekend to get my mind of the office again for 48 hours.

The other day I talked to Sandy, the manager of the cleaners I use to make sure she could press the Renault shirt I picked up in Indy. It has a lot of embroidery on it making it incredibly difficult to iron by hand. It was best left to a commercial pressing operation for sure. I picked it up today and was pleased with the results. It's nice to have a friend in the cleaning business for sure!

Band practice was last night - Kevin thought it went well although I wasn't too happy with my drumming. I'm going to have to bear down and get my playing back to where it needs to be. Also on the drumming front, Kyle and I will be heading up to Nashville next week for a drum clinic by Thomas Lang, a very talented Austrian drummer. That should be good. It will also give me a boost I think. I'm in a bit of a lull at the moment and could use some inspiration to get me out of it.

Sound issues - I was kind of disappointed to find that all the drum channels were off, both on my mixer and the main mixer which pretty much tells me that all the trouble and expense I went to so that the drums could sound decent in our building was a waste. I'm going to pull the majority of my equipment and only use a kick mic, overhead mic and my IEM system. It's not like it's going to matter anyway, they're never turned up so no one will notice a difference. Again, the PA *cannot* currently get louder than the acoustic volume of the drums. You can at least turn the drums mics up to add some of the attack to the toms and sizzle of the cymbals since the shield cust most of that out. Without the added mic inputs, there is no high end on the drums making them sound dull and lifeless. I guess that's what they want to hear - so be it. That's what you're gonna get.

Shifting gears again, I'm trying to get together some photos from Indy. Hopefully I'll have some to post on here soon. But for now, it's time for bed.