Weekending

Result: great weekend. The show at Landet on Friday went good simply because I made it through my all-new set without any major screw-ups. Well, I did nearly eat it after tripping on a bass guitar and then some drums on the tiny, full of equipment stage I was playing on. But that's not the point. Instead of just singing to a backtrack, which I've been doing for the past half year, I loaded up 5 songs into one of the most fabulous programs I've ever come across, Ableton Live. Anyone out there making music that uses samples, loops, keyboards and stuff of the like, do yourself a favor and check it out. My songs were no longer locked into a linear form as they had been before, but were ready to be tweaked and rearranged on the fly on stage. I truly see this as a new beginning to my performing career. I'm also hoping to bring it into my DJ sets as well.

Speaking of, DJing at Pang Musik! was amazing. Thanks to everyone who stuck around inbewteen bands and after the show to prance around the floor. And thank you to the two nice guys that caught me completely off guard by asking me if I had any songs by The Eleventh Hour. For those of you who aren't familiar, The Eleventh Hour was a short-lived side project of one of my favorite Chicago bands Number One Cup. The Eleventh Hour only released one 7" about 10 or so years ago. I'm used to people asking if I have anything by Hot Chip or New Order, but The Eleventh Hour? I love how unexpected and random stuff like this can happen and happily surpise you. I, of course, had some Eleventh Hour songs with me and was more than happy to play one. I already posted both of the songs from the afore-mentioned 7" on this blog months ago. If anyone out there didn't get them and wants them shoot me an email and I can make it happen.

The opening band at Pang was a solo act by a guy who calls himself Juvelen. He was perfect. Follow the link to his Myspace page and let the first song "Watch Your Step" load up; highly recommended.