Evolution

Yeah, I'm a career man. Spamalot has pretty much taken over my life: traveling on the bus or plane for most of the day, show at night, sometimes twice a day, sometimes a 5 show weekend, rinse lather repeat.

But, the dream is still alive. I picked up some new gear to add to the collection. I was kind of excited, this was last set of purchases I needed to make things complete!

This clip on mic (which I cashed in from a Christmas gift) will help with more hands free, and mic stand-free playing. I always wanted one of these, and now that I'm getting regular pay checks, I thought I'd splurge for one. Of course, I learned the hard lesson of how condenser mics need power of their own, so I had to buy a phantom power box to make this work.

I had been walking around aimlessly in Cerritos, California, and found a music store with guitar stuff. It was there where I saw pedal I had never seen before, the Boss PS-6 Harmonist. Of course, the fear factor has set in. It stayed in the box for an entire day before building up the courage to try it out.....how does it work? I have to learn how to make this thing work?! Will it work with trombone?!! Why can't I just be in a normal band? I'll keep you posted on it, but with an afternoon of toying around I think there are some good possibilities with this doohickie.

Anyway, I leave you with a youtube clip I found the other day. I'm still gonna give the busking go, but I don't wanna be a caricature. Though Dick Van Dyke puts on a good show....

Still alive!

OK,
So I got really lazy over the past 6 months and haven't blogged. In that time, here's what's happened:

-I took a gig being the trombonist of the National Tour of Spamalot
-I moved out of my apartment in NYC, and put everything in storage
-OBVIOUSLY, the busking thing is on hold for now
-In 5 something months, we've traveled 30-something states, and have done 125 shows (so far)

But I DID bring my looping equipment with me. I FINALLY had an opportunity to use it in public with a company cabaret in New Orleans, Louisiana. We used it as a fund raiser for Beacon of Hope. Most of the performers were our cast members performing show tunes.

I was pretty nervous about the whole thing. All I had done in the past 5 months was play this show, so to get out of the norm can throw your psyche for a loop. I tripped down the stairs holding my trombone trying to get to the stage, I had the sound man give me shit for not having a cable (I just thought there were extras). Did I mention this was on Bourbon Street?!

Anyway, here's how things went. Luckily, my friend Wayne filmed it!



I hope you're all well. Peace out.

~Bone.