Pissing in the sink

Well there's a nice space between posts...

nothing much new, I've been driving, playing songs for the new album and had to reinstall everything on my laptop for the last 2 weeks cause of crappy hard drives and my own stupidity...

I've got some new energy for Piano... though rather it's not materialised into anything physical yet past some small sessions.

Bad tooth ache these last few days too... I think I damaged something on a particularly crispy bacon sandwich, so I'm hitting ibuprofen like it's going out of fashion.

Rocking and the Rolling

Things have been both good and bad in the band,

Good being that I have got the album up on places like Spotify and iTunes. There's also the fact more and more songs are coming together, I even put forth some lyrics I had come up with.

Bad being that our drummer has bailed but I knew that'd happen anyhow, I'm happy to use backing drums for a good while anyway, as the guitarist says "Drums are a fucking pain"... And not so much progress has been had my way, I've learned some nice bits, a bit of Jane Wirman stuff but not enough of the old two hands at the same time stuff so...

I have started recording some piano parts for the new demo tracks though so I guess that'll give me something to do and get me learning stuff even if it's easy stuff I should already know by now.

Living in the Cage

Forgot it seems to post anything,

I started making a damn sofa for myself to act more as a bed to be honest as I've been sleeping on the floor for well over a month or two now...

A while ago I decided to learn the intro solo to The Cage by Sonata Arctica, the solo itself was written by Jens Johansson and I've always thought it was fantastic! Either way I can play it now, not nearly perfect but I'm not good enough yet to worry about that, it'll come with time and has been a nice form of practice.

On to other things now though, trying to go over some nicer melodies or rather chords as it's no use going fast if the song doesn't sound good.

Been a while

Things have been a bit spaced out since Mowm went away. You float along and feel bad about getting on with everything...

I won a Doepfer LMK+1 Midi keyboard today for wayyy under the asking price and got those keyboard stand arms so I can have my keys angled forwards and down, all pretentious and showy like that...

Piano and Keys have been a bit slow, going over solos that I think are beyond my speed at the moment so it's time to move on and learn some other things then come back to them later.

Built a nice book shelf out of floor boards and stained it with wax, It looks rather nice though I made a few mistakes in the process but hey it was much more rewarding than anything I do at work.

Brief is the Light

Well sadly the inevitable happened, My cat ended up in the shitty situation where if he ate and drank the water on his lungs would build up and if he didn't eat or drink then he'd starve, for the last few days we sat with him, fed him some milk through a syringe and he did even drink some water by himself but it was no easy deal for him...

We took him in today and at 12:15 he went to sleep. It didn't feel real and I don't think it has settled in yet, I did look back at him when we left and the sight of the cat I love laying there still, completely still... Well that just kicked me hard. I hate the idea he's not going to be around but I am so thankful for the times he was there with me, he helped get me through a whole lot.

I will have to get back to piano and keyboards again soon, to do him justice.

Introvenus drips and debit cards

Well things have stalled, I've not touched my piano or anything recently, My cat is ill, it looks bad but I know things have to end at some point, you just never see it coming and it's not nice having it brought out, why can't cats live forever and go away with you when you go?

Either way I've taken him to a new vet because the last one was a twat, cost over £200 for the consultations, blood test and overnight IV, there is a chance he'll be ok and we can give him a diet that will do him good but I don't want to watch him fade away, it's not nice having to wait with the end on your mind.

I did feel that 2014 would be the year everything is made or broke, maybe Mowm is pushing me along?

Pulmonary Edemas

Well Friday was odd, heavy traffic for all, band practice was good but nothing too exciting yet.

I noticed my cat was breathing funny so we took him to the vets, turns out he has water around the lungs so we got some medication and I'll take him in on friday for blood tests and an xray, no doubt this'll cost a fuckin bomb but I gotta do it for him. He's seemed to be doing ok now, still heavy breathing but the medication has done something,  he's vanished in the house though so hopefully he'll turn up, not quite ready for him to leave just yet.