...and then we were THREE!

I can’t even being to say how exciting of a place I am in my musical life right now. First off, not having to start at this alone was a great plus. My former Shades of Winter band mate Elana Scheiner really showed an interest in joining me for this new adventure so to have a partner going into this made it less scary. I placed an ad in Craig’s List for bassists and thus the adventure began. I got about 10 replies and by the time I weeded them all down to those that had their own car, place to live, a job, and even a bass/amp, I was down to four that really sounded promising.

I auditioned them all, one a week. All of them were good, one was great and one was absolutely what we were looking for! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Ira Poplar-Jeffers! Ira is a great bassist and his personality and musical tastes are a perfect compliment to this group! When Ira came back for his 2nd audition w/ Elana and I, he had learned a set of four songs and played them with the enthusiasm and emotion that I really was hoping to hear out of a bassist. Lady E and Ira just locked in together and played together beautifully. I can’t even begin to explain the goosebumps I got hearing them play and watching them occasionally look over at each other and me and all of us just smiling as we were playing! This was a pretty magical feeling and that’s when I knew I’d found our man!

So what next? Well, we keep working on songs and tightening up the rhythm section and then the search for a guitarist will begin. Baby steps here. I just don’t want to make any mistakes here. I want to make sure we take our time and find the right people and build a nice, solid foundation. Then we’ll look for a tasteful yet sane and responsible drummer. I haven’t had the best of luck with drummers in my life but hey, so far I’ve done well so there’s gotta be one out there!

Rehearsals w/ Elana, Ira and I will begin next week so I’ll be sure to post an update! And for the many that have asked… NO! We don’t have a band name yet. This “band” is just really staring to formulate. I want to make sure the name we pick will compliment us as a full band and compliment the sound and the songs. While we are doing mainly songs I’ve already written, we will be doing new material so why date it ya know? And no James, the band WILL NOT be called "BOHICA".

More to come soon folks!