i can't hear my snare drum

i have lots to catch up on, but i guess that's what always keeps me from finishing any blogs whatsoever (the blog b4 was sitting in draft for a month.. go figure, the longest month of my life :P).. lemme tell you about my uber weekend first =)




[scribbles on a letter]


we were at IV lounge on dundas for our 'talent nite' at delta this past friday... i was involved with a couple of other acts, but mainly to back ppl up (mostly on drums).. so for my solo stuff (tomlin ended up backing me up), i was thinking of doing a bunch of ballads in a medley (see above for a couple of the tracks i was thinking about amongst the 100s of ballads that i luv :P)... i slowly ended up picking Savage Garden's "2 Beds and a Coffee Machine" (i literally didn't know what i was going to play days, even hrs b4 getting there)... here are the lyrics:

And she takes another step
Slowly she opens the door
Check that he is sleeping
Pick up all the broken glass
And furniture on the floor
Been up half the night screaming
Now it's time to get away
Pack up the kids in the car
Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write

Another ditch in the road You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

And there are children to think of
Baby's asleep in the back seat
Wonder how they'll ever make it
Through this living nightmare
But the mind is an amazing thing
Full of candy dreams and new toys
And another cheap hotel
Two beds and a coffee machine
But there are groceries to buy
And she knows she'll have to go home

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write
Another lonely highway in the black of the night
There's hope in the darkness
You know you're going to make it
Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Silent fortress built to last
Wonder how I ever made it

i guess i wanted to do this song, cuz i'm feeling the need to take responsibility.. "for what?" you might ask.. to know more about what's going on around us, to open ourselves as a community (delta, etc) to the needs of others.. i find that we're not equipped to support/encourage ppl in really difficult times, cuz we're not really honest about what really happens in the first place... and i guess to most of us cbc church-goers, divorce/abuse/etc are rare (or at least that's my perception)...

the other song in my shortened playlist was "cannonball" by damien rice.. lyrics here.. i kept seeing "damien rice - o" on hangkit's msn... but in vancouver, that's where i got to hear it while chilling.. so it's sorta grown on me.. and funny enough, it's the right song for where i'm at right now.

ok, enough preamble..

i got to iv around 6:40ish? it was a lot smaller than i expected, and the setup for the performance area was right beside the door.. literally:




[leeanne at the mic, euge stretching to adjust the gain and matt in deep thot]


so there wasn't much room in the front.. yikes.. anyhoo, had to blitz the set up and get everything ready, cuz we were behind schedule quite a bit :) no monitors, no toms for the drums.. euge had to mix from behind the band area.. crazy :)

part 2 tmr hopefully =)