The Musical Schizo

I had a gig this past weekend with Roman Holiday’s former drummer Greg’s band Capital Suspects. Just singing. No guitar. No bass. Nothing but my chubby, aging ass and a mic stand. I had no idea what to do with myself! My entire career as a singer and performer has involved me holding some sort of guitar. It felt so strange, but honestly it was exhilarating to really be able to belt out the songs and just worry about singing for once. It was a fun time, and I enjoy those guys a lot. I’d be happy to fill in with them again…maybe next time I’ll play a little guitar, too.

An especially fun part of the night involved Ned (Roman Holiday guitarist) getting up and playing with Greg and me (I grabbed Capital Suspects bassist Kevin’s 5-string). It was a nice little reunion, and we played two songs – our ripping verison of “Always Something There To Remind Me” and “It’s Tricky”.

All in all, it was great.

On to Musical Schizo stuff – it’s confirmed: I have failed. No album in 2011.

I don’t see me getting into the studio any time soon and finishing anything. I have too much to do for work and then I’m headed on vacation for a week. It’s okay, though, I haven’t felt all that inspired lately…hopefully a new year will inspire me to create. I really need to clean and organize my studio so the creative process goes more smoothly, and I think that will be #1 on my list of new year’s resolutions (along with getting my lard ass on the elliptical at least 30 minutes a day).

Thanks for reading, and see you in 2012!
TMS