Why am I so short? I was just looking at all the pictures from the show, and I'm SHORT! Why didn't anybody tell me?! I mean I know I used to be short, but apparently I'm tiny and I didn't even realize. Huh.
Last night. Hm... We had a SOUND CHECK! A real, honest to god, all to ourselves SOUND CHECK! Crazy! Frankie and I were there first- he's such a cutie. He was all ready to go, outfit on, hair done, drum bags unpacked. I pulled around the corner with my hair all frizzy, in my jeans and t-shirt, sans make-up, looking clean, but mildly disheveled. Exit the Ordinary showed up and I thought they were John. "I bet that's John!" But then it was them. They're from Detroit and I really liked their set.
Saysha arrived in her yoga pants and John showed up straight from work. I don't know what happened because at the end of our sound check I was so happy because it sounded so good, but then we went on and it's as if we were all deaf suddenly because we couldn't hear anything. And I do mean anything. I guess I could hear my vocals, but other than that, we couldn't hear anything. Poor John was going off of instincts alone. :) And I apologize if my guitar went out of tune, I really couldn't tell, cause as I said, couldn't hear it at all. But everyone who saw the show seemed to think it sounded great, so I'm still sticking by my "sound checks are a good thing" philosophy. Seriously. I like sound checks. *grin*
Frankie and I ate. John and Romeo hung out. Saysha went home to change. It was such a chill night. I felt like we were on tour, even though we were home. Just because we had so much time to putz around with nothing to do. It was nice I thought. I may be alone in thinking that, but I like taking my time and doing nothing. It makes me calm and happy. And a happy Andrea is a good thing, believe me. Ask the band- I've been in a foul mood lately and the poor things have all been very supportive, even in my crankiness. GR! Cranky! :)
We did some new songs, including the ever popular "That Girl" which... I have to say, is probably the best song I've ever written. And I didn't think it was going to go over that well, because it's so mean and angry, but I'm glad everyone seems to be finding the humor in it. I mean it's supposed to be funny, but it's also just so angry it's hard sometimes to know if people are going to be able to see that as funny. But how can you not like a song where you get to say, "Yay whores" ?
We had to wait for the Laborers to finish up with my amp so we had a little impromptu party in our rehearsal space. (Sorry Geoffrey! That's why I disappeared... ) It's right around the corner. I went in to put some stuff away and it turned into this whole hanging out and taking pictures and drinking 40s thing. That's not true, we were joined by the Strictly Platonic crew (minus Imogen unfortunately) and they were drinking 40s. I kind-of think of Strictly Platonic as our little brother who's always getting himself into trouble, but is so cute. :)
You wanna know what the best part of the whole night was though? It was John running on the big cable wheel in the street. I actually SCREAMED it was so cool!
For anyone who doesn't know, John's from Arkansas and is one of the coolest people I know. He was walking down the street and saw this huge metal wheel that they wrap cable around (I think) and jumped on it and started running! Sick! People in the buildings next door were cheering him on and clapping and telling him to keep going. I tell ya- it was pretty amazing. I wish I grew up in Arkansas.
That's it I guess. (Happy now Joe?! I had class and a quiz today and I was good and went to bed last night when I got home instead of writing about this nonsense. *grin*) We had fun, but that's pretty typical. I hope you guys did too. It's always nice to see you and I really really really do appreciate all your love and support. It really means the world to me, you have no idea. :)
Until next time...
Set List:
-Try So Hard
-Don't Look Back (Ice Scream Song)
-This Happens
-Princess
-That Girl
-Guiltless
-Longest Time
-Stuck In My Head
Last night. Hm... We had a SOUND CHECK! A real, honest to god, all to ourselves SOUND CHECK! Crazy! Frankie and I were there first- he's such a cutie. He was all ready to go, outfit on, hair done, drum bags unpacked. I pulled around the corner with my hair all frizzy, in my jeans and t-shirt, sans make-up, looking clean, but mildly disheveled. Exit the Ordinary showed up and I thought they were John. "I bet that's John!" But then it was them. They're from Detroit and I really liked their set.
Saysha arrived in her yoga pants and John showed up straight from work. I don't know what happened because at the end of our sound check I was so happy because it sounded so good, but then we went on and it's as if we were all deaf suddenly because we couldn't hear anything. And I do mean anything. I guess I could hear my vocals, but other than that, we couldn't hear anything. Poor John was going off of instincts alone. :) And I apologize if my guitar went out of tune, I really couldn't tell, cause as I said, couldn't hear it at all. But everyone who saw the show seemed to think it sounded great, so I'm still sticking by my "sound checks are a good thing" philosophy. Seriously. I like sound checks. *grin*
Frankie and I ate. John and Romeo hung out. Saysha went home to change. It was such a chill night. I felt like we were on tour, even though we were home. Just because we had so much time to putz around with nothing to do. It was nice I thought. I may be alone in thinking that, but I like taking my time and doing nothing. It makes me calm and happy. And a happy Andrea is a good thing, believe me. Ask the band- I've been in a foul mood lately and the poor things have all been very supportive, even in my crankiness. GR! Cranky! :)
We did some new songs, including the ever popular "That Girl" which... I have to say, is probably the best song I've ever written. And I didn't think it was going to go over that well, because it's so mean and angry, but I'm glad everyone seems to be finding the humor in it. I mean it's supposed to be funny, but it's also just so angry it's hard sometimes to know if people are going to be able to see that as funny. But how can you not like a song where you get to say, "Yay whores" ?
We had to wait for the Laborers to finish up with my amp so we had a little impromptu party in our rehearsal space. (Sorry Geoffrey! That's why I disappeared... ) It's right around the corner. I went in to put some stuff away and it turned into this whole hanging out and taking pictures and drinking 40s thing. That's not true, we were joined by the Strictly Platonic crew (minus Imogen unfortunately) and they were drinking 40s. I kind-of think of Strictly Platonic as our little brother who's always getting himself into trouble, but is so cute. :)
You wanna know what the best part of the whole night was though? It was John running on the big cable wheel in the street. I actually SCREAMED it was so cool!
For anyone who doesn't know, John's from Arkansas and is one of the coolest people I know. He was walking down the street and saw this huge metal wheel that they wrap cable around (I think) and jumped on it and started running! Sick! People in the buildings next door were cheering him on and clapping and telling him to keep going. I tell ya- it was pretty amazing. I wish I grew up in Arkansas.
That's it I guess. (Happy now Joe?! I had class and a quiz today and I was good and went to bed last night when I got home instead of writing about this nonsense. *grin*) We had fun, but that's pretty typical. I hope you guys did too. It's always nice to see you and I really really really do appreciate all your love and support. It really means the world to me, you have no idea. :)
Until next time...
Set List:
-Try So Hard
-Don't Look Back (Ice Scream Song)
-This Happens
-Princess
-That Girl
-Guiltless
-Longest Time
-Stuck In My Head
