Heya, kidz....the Life On Loan demo EP is finally done and has been posted on the myspace page for the world to hear (check the "what's happening with LIFE ON LOAN?" link to your left there in the sidebar). Gavin met with Cliff to finalize some niggling issues that we had with the pre-masters, and we had the finished product in our hot little hands by the end of the day on Saturday. We're pretty proud of it now, and so we'd love for you to head on over to the official LOL page and take a listen and leave some comments if you're so inclined. I think things came out great for a demo package where days weren't spent on recording a single song. There are always things that I think that I personally could have done better or played differently, but overall it's a great recording and representative of where Life On Loan is now as a band. Our next step is to get some photos taken and a press kit put together so that we can start sending stuff out to venues around Austin.
Speaking of which, LOL has been asked to open up a show at GHBC for a band coming into Austin on September 13 called Remedy Drive. The show is going to be open to the public, so we're pretty excited about the opportunity to play with an up and coming band like Remedy Drive. Hopefully this will give us a good jumping-off point for the live LOL experience to help generate a fan base that will come see us out and about in Austin - it certainly can't hurt to be able to tell a prospective venue that we can bring in X number of fans to pay covers... Big things are a-happenin' in the music world for us, and hopefully this is the start of something good.
In the "what's new" department (aside from Mario Kart Wii - w00t!), thanks to the aiding and abetting by GMoney and 9AM, I have picked up a Savoy humidor and some CAO stogies (Italias and Brasilias) to go with the spiffy new lighter and cutter that I got for my birthday. I will occasionally indulge in a little of the gentlemanly pastime and I figure that it's time to stop mooching off of my buddies and pony up for some cigars of my own. There's just something so pretentious about the whole thing, though...kind of like going to wine & cheese parties. I'm not sure if it's the imagery of the powerful yet shady boy's club powermongers making plans for world domination in dark mahogany-paneled rooms while sitting in high-backed leather chairs, taking sips from their snifters of brandy, or whether it's the romanticized vision of the mob boss pronouncing judgement on those who had failed him from under a pall of smoke. Maybe it's just the fact that it seems to be something which someone could become an afficionado of, and that right there just seems to shout "PRETENSE!" But, for better or worse, I am now a member of that pretentious club, and I think I like it.
That should about sum it up for this weekend. If you're still with me, take some time to head over to myspace and check out our tunes and friend us if you have a myspace account to help us get the word out. We'd surely appreciate it.
I just took a little listen and I have to say....NICE drummin' dude!! I am very impressed with your skills.
congratulations on all your success....you smell terrific!
Thanks, I think. It's still just personal success at this point, though - once places start paying us to play (or will at least let us play there without us having to beg or bring in a certain number of patrons) then we'll be cookin' with gas and smellin' terrific.
Thanks for the positivity...I appreciate it. Glad you like the tunes.
Oh, and Amanda - I owe most of my skills these days to Cliff's instruction, so you should let him know that he's had some good impact the next time you see him. :)