last nights rehearsal... wow

We had an awesome rehearsal last night. We're really coming together as a band. We did one familiar song, and a few unfamiliar ones before working on the new single arrangement a little bit.

Here's the first song and it came out so well we're thinking of recording it on our first EP or album!

was an awesome jam!

last weeks show

Other than the fact that I acted like a total noob on stage it went pretty well. crashed 1 song (the one we were trying to video) but the rest were played well.

the second set at the very end of the night was awesome. apparently we inspired on comfortably numb. I was very pleased.

So the n ight went well over all. We got some usable footage at least, and had a good time. got pretty toasty too by the end of the night :D

Here's a sample of our first public appearance.

and some pics!

march 7 rehearsal

was great. even though we weren't fully "in form" we played well and got a lot of work done :)

Might actually be ready for the video shoot and single recording that we have coming up :)

here's a sample from last  night.

"Tired"

feeling the love

wow. had a great rehearsal last night. we are really starting to come together and this feels like it will be what i've been hoping to find for a long while. These guys are so good i have to push myself to keep up on almost every level. This might just be the band i've been waiting to find for at least the last 10 years if not longer. The groove is good, the timing is solid, the musicians are stellar, and they are genuinely nice guys too :)

New song day. (Moth to your Flame)

wrote a song about non comformity. surprise surprise lol. that's not like me at all hahahaha. Predictability aside, its' a decent song :)

Moth To Your Flame vimeo

It is far from finished but i often like to show a song in it's infancy

New song hits the radio!

http://www.radiowigwam.co.uk/  has opted to play another one of my tunes and they have chosen to feature it in their special about emerging artists this sunday!

check them out, they rock!

New Band is Official

Published the bands new facebook page this morning. Suzie Punchclock

Check it out!

Second Rehearsal

Well, the second rehearsal came and went and it was great.

I am truly fortunate to be able to play with these two guys. they are very good. :)  it is energizing to play with people that skilled.

and i'm learning tonnes... hopefully fast enough to keep up :)

here's a pic of the three of us at practice....

New Old Song Day!

I revamped an older song a few months ago but have not been happy wiht the lead or the vocals so I redid them and remixed them, and now this is a very shiny song!

Since I did not have any video footage for this one I simply put together a bit of a montage of pictures from my amateur modeling. This is one of the better things I've done so far I think.

Great Jam

Had the pleasure of rehearsing with these guys today.... Dave Thomas and Sean Rickey. Was fabulous. I look forward to the second one.

We had a neighbor tell my roomy we were sounding good, as they passed each other on the street. As well a friend said we sounded like we'd been together for a bit already rather than like we were at day 1 as we were.

I'm feeling really good about this trio. These guys are good people and they are good musicians. I'm going to have to work to keep up!

awesome jam

had an awesome jam last night. Hopefully the first of many rehearsals.

Dave Thomas on keyboards and Rory Goulding on drums and me of course....

This will most likely be the best band I've ever been in. It was truly a pleasure playing with these guys. They are both very skilled and talented and have a good sense of what is appropriate to a groove. They rock. And we soon will rock as a band :)

evening jam...

had some awesome fun going over some songs tonight with my friend Dave Thomas. we went over a few songs, some originals of mine and some covers. My roomy clapped often :)

I was a bit rusty as I hadn't jammed with anyone else in over a month, but it went pretty well aside from some forgotten lyrics :)

new video day

The song is about this girl who pretends to be happy even though she's not. Spending great amounts of time covering up her unhappiness so people dont' see how unhappy she is. The whole world is a lot like that sometimes. Many prefer to hide their sadness than let it show. Sadness is apparently weak... while joy is strong.... I don't really get it I guess. Nothing wrong with being sad in a sad world.

These are my lovely new boots for stage. Not only are they hot.... they are pretty comfortable considering the height :)

Modeling

I have been modeling for fun for several years. I have usually posted the pics along with my music, but I've decided to separate the two just a little. I now have a page on my website dedicated just to my modeling. here's a direct link....

Lyrica's Modeling


and here's one of my favourite pictures off that page...

I enjoy modeling, I enjoy being in front of the camera and I really enjoy seeing how a photographer see's me. A good photographer can show you sides of yourself you've never seen if they catch you just the right way :)

Merry Christmas, Joyous Yule and all the other holy days....

Despite the cynical nature of the song I do wish everyone a very merry Christmas, Joyous Yule, happy holy days, and peace on earth. But...

While the Christmas Spirit truly does go around during this time of year, today is really no different than yesterday. Our good cheer and goodwill toward our fellow humans, hasn't solved world hunger, it hasn't stopped war, it hasn't stopped bigotry, racism, or poverty; not even for one day. So just a little bit of a cyncal song as a reminder of what the world really looks like to a lot of people.

First Day Airing on Wigwan Radio in the UK

So for the first time without it being a contest, or local radio stations, I got some airplay on wigwam radio... here...


Radio Wigwam

It was cool to hear my name and hear my song come on. of course i tuned the song out as i've uhm, heard it many times before lol.

Regardless it was nice to be heard :)

another new song demo

Well, they are coming pretty fast now. Hopefully I"ll get a break soon hahaha. I need to work on my vocals lessons.....

it's difficult being this prolific. they come so fast that i don't have time to properly rehearse them before recording. This one was finished at about 11am, at 4pm it was recorded in both video and audio. and now it's posted. a bluesy rock tune...

Not that I'm complaing,but a couple of days to do my vocal lessons would be nice instead of working on yet more material. I have enough demo's recorded to release a 100 song album hahahaha. I don't think it's ever been done. Not that it should be necessarily hahahah

anyway, sorry about the rushed nature of this one. They come in, and they gotta go out before the next one knocks on the door :)

How to and How NOT to change....

the strings on a Les Paul Goddess :D

Changing the string in preparation for yet another video in a few days.... and I sort of demonstrate things not to do as well as things TO do hahaha

As mentioned in the write up on youtube its' important to have a good place to work. I don't so I usually end up working on my guitars on the couch or on a chair in my lap :)

I found that I need a little practice speaking. Oh well, I'm sure I'll get it  :)

enjoy if you are so inclined :)

rock on!

new song day

I guess it's no wonder some people call me a machine. Just wrote this tune last night after realizing that shit is even more screwed up than I previously thought. but it's a happy/groovy song so if lyrics aren't your thing don't worry about them they have a good rhythm. :)

So as usual a quick solo acoustic take in my studio.... the electric version should be coming shortly... just need to tweak the arrangement a bit.

I think I need to change the strings on my les paul tonight so that I can use it in a couple of days to get the electric demo of this song down.

In January as has been previously mentioned, I will be jamming with a couple of friends, and if all goes well we'll form a band. So at that point I plan on rerecording a lot of this stuff, but do it to the best of my ability instead of doing one offs and throw-togethers. I guess right now I'm just marking time, not taking anything too seriously as playing solo isn't nearly as much fun as playing with a band.

Rock on