hehehe, a few days ago i mentioned that a band of mine (rock covers, now ain’t that inventive?) will do two gigs in august. one of them is this coming saturday. it’s no big deal, i would guess about 300-400 people. p.a. and lights will be there, so we won’t need to lift any heavy stuff around, except the bassplayers cabinet ;-) . the whole thing will last about 4 hours and yesterday we had our first rehearsal in 8 months and it was….well…..kind of interesting. the most amazing thing was that we could remember (and play) the more complex songs without even the slightest flaw but the easy zz-topesque numbers went all terribly wrong. i always have troubles memorizing lyrics of such easy songs where each line is almost the same – i always get them mixed up and get myself into trouble. but throw a complicated, story-telling, two pages long text at me and i know it inside out within two singthroughs. that’s because it’s about something or it tells something or it somehow makes sense, those things are quite easy to remember, no matter how long they are…

anyway, we’re thrilled to hit the stage again after eight months. it’s gonna be lots of fun, even if it’s just covers. i doubt there will be a recording though, my minidisc device broke down recently and i haven’t decided about what to get now. and because i don’t know who’s mixing the gig, i have no idea what will be going on… i might bring one of my students along. not because we’re such a great band but because we’re masters in damage control, and that always comes in handy :-)

p.s. our website’s last update was about 2 years ago and i don’t even know if it’s still online at all. if there will be some presentation that i don’t need to be ashamed about, i’ll be glad to post a link. by the way, this website story should have been part of my if you want something done entry :-)