This Week from The Vortex: Debuts and that ol' Electric Dope
This week saw some interesting developments. Not only were we
unwittingly exposed to the unsuspecting public, but we got to give our
buds from Becoming Dead a hand.
Scheduled Practice: Mon 3\8\2005
Duration: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Attendance: Full + Harley, Amanda, Bob, Jeff, the two Emilies, Crystal, Rich, Big Rich, Rob, Buddy, Valerie, Kacie, Tina, plus a bunch of other people we didn't know.....
Material Practiced: Misfits - Scream
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Lynyrd Skynard - Simple Man
vgZero - Methadone
vgZero - Children in Fire
Original Projects
Jam Session
Comments: Just as I predicted, the cat is now out of the bag. We were going over our originals and showing 'em off to a couple friends, a COUPLE OF FRIENDS mind you, who hadn't heard us yet when, before we knew it, there was a 15 to 20 person crowd littered about Kenny's back and front yards - beer and all. A quote from my February 19 log states, "I've spent the last year circulating hype about us and getting the word out, and I think we're arriving at a place of natural progression where eventually this thing may yet wildly explode out of our hands if we don't lock down a single plan of action soon." Looks like I was right....big surprise. The best part is that since that log, we've gotten quite objective with our plans, and have since decided on making our gig debut in mid to late April, thus we were not caught totally unawares. The crowd kinda took us off guard at first, but not being ones to shy away from an audience, we decided to rock 'em out anyway. Though we were in a bit of a bind, tonight made several things crystal fucking clear to us: *our adlib and musical rapport are now at a performance level - we came up with a new song idea and played it, vocals and everything, on the spot in front of a live audience, *our songs have appeal - we rocked everyone's effin socks off, *we are at the end of our preparation....one way or another - if we don't go public soon, the public may literally start show up on our doorstep. If any of you who showed up tonight are reading this, don't think for a second that we're sore about it. You may have helped give us the definate sign, not to mention a little kick in the pants, that we needed. Thank you VERY much for the kind words everyone, and special thanks to Rob for hanging out and talking shop with us afterward. I think tonight was The Vortex's way of letting us know that we're ready to go. -mad
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Scheduled Practice: Tues 3\9\2005
Duration: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Attendance: Full
Material Practiced: Misfits - Scream
vgZero - Methadone
vgZero - Children in Fire
Jam Session
Comments: I think everyone caught the hint after last night and stayed away this time. The powers which reside over Kenny's place weren't too particularly pleased with yestarday's debacle, but we've managed to placate ourselves fairly well. Tonight we concentrated on locking down final versions of Meth and Children. While aaalllmost finished, they still have a little fat that needs to be trimmed here and there, but we get closer to the mark everytime we play 'em. We managed to spawn yet another song idea during the jam session today. The way things are moving, we should have at least three originals come next month. With three originals to start with, we'll be gigging in time for summer. Rock on. -mad
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Becoming Vortex All-Stars Jam Session: Fri 3\11\2005
Duration: 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Attendence: Becoming Dead + Mike and Jake (vgZero)
Material Practiced: Becoming Dead - Superman
Becoming Dead - End of the Line
Becoming Dead - Hopeless Romantica
Type O Negative - Black No.1
The Deadlines - Vampires in Love
Becoming Vortex All-Stars - How Can I Say 'I Love You'.....etc...
Original Projects
Comments: It's hella great to see our brother band, Becoming Dead hone their craft. For those of you who aren't yet in the know, Becoming Dead is an local, experimental psychobilly project consisting of long time Vortex friends, Harley Pruett on vocals and bass, Bob Broadway on guitar, and Richard Broadway on drums. While having excellent musician rapport, the Dead haven't really had the opportunity to hone themselves like Vortex has...which is an inequitty all of us at Vortex are pretty set on rectifiying. Special thanks to the makeshift mic stand we made out of cheap tape and a mop handle! -mad
Scheduled Practice: Mon 3\8\2005
Duration: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Attendance: Full + Harley, Amanda, Bob, Jeff, the two Emilies, Crystal, Rich, Big Rich, Rob, Buddy, Valerie, Kacie, Tina, plus a bunch of other people we didn't know.....
Material Practiced: Misfits - Scream
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Lynyrd Skynard - Simple Man
vgZero - Methadone
vgZero - Children in Fire
Original Projects
Jam Session
Comments: Just as I predicted, the cat is now out of the bag. We were going over our originals and showing 'em off to a couple friends, a COUPLE OF FRIENDS mind you, who hadn't heard us yet when, before we knew it, there was a 15 to 20 person crowd littered about Kenny's back and front yards - beer and all. A quote from my February 19 log states, "I've spent the last year circulating hype about us and getting the word out, and I think we're arriving at a place of natural progression where eventually this thing may yet wildly explode out of our hands if we don't lock down a single plan of action soon." Looks like I was right....big surprise. The best part is that since that log, we've gotten quite objective with our plans, and have since decided on making our gig debut in mid to late April, thus we were not caught totally unawares. The crowd kinda took us off guard at first, but not being ones to shy away from an audience, we decided to rock 'em out anyway. Though we were in a bit of a bind, tonight made several things crystal fucking clear to us: *our adlib and musical rapport are now at a performance level - we came up with a new song idea and played it, vocals and everything, on the spot in front of a live audience, *our songs have appeal - we rocked everyone's effin socks off, *we are at the end of our preparation....one way or another - if we don't go public soon, the public may literally start show up on our doorstep. If any of you who showed up tonight are reading this, don't think for a second that we're sore about it. You may have helped give us the definate sign, not to mention a little kick in the pants, that we needed. Thank you VERY much for the kind words everyone, and special thanks to Rob for hanging out and talking shop with us afterward. I think tonight was The Vortex's way of letting us know that we're ready to go. -mad
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Scheduled Practice: Tues 3\9\2005
Duration: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Attendance: Full
Material Practiced: Misfits - Scream
vgZero - Methadone
vgZero - Children in Fire
Jam Session
Comments: I think everyone caught the hint after last night and stayed away this time. The powers which reside over Kenny's place weren't too particularly pleased with yestarday's debacle, but we've managed to placate ourselves fairly well. Tonight we concentrated on locking down final versions of Meth and Children. While aaalllmost finished, they still have a little fat that needs to be trimmed here and there, but we get closer to the mark everytime we play 'em. We managed to spawn yet another song idea during the jam session today. The way things are moving, we should have at least three originals come next month. With three originals to start with, we'll be gigging in time for summer. Rock on. -mad
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Becoming Vortex All-Stars Jam Session: Fri 3\11\2005
Duration: 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Attendence: Becoming Dead + Mike and Jake (vgZero)
Material Practiced: Becoming Dead - Superman
Becoming Dead - End of the Line
Becoming Dead - Hopeless Romantica
Type O Negative - Black No.1
The Deadlines - Vampires in Love
Becoming Vortex All-Stars - How Can I Say 'I Love You'.....etc...
Original Projects
Comments: It's hella great to see our brother band, Becoming Dead hone their craft. For those of you who aren't yet in the know, Becoming Dead is an local, experimental psychobilly project consisting of long time Vortex friends, Harley Pruett on vocals and bass, Bob Broadway on guitar, and Richard Broadway on drums. While having excellent musician rapport, the Dead haven't really had the opportunity to hone themselves like Vortex has...which is an inequitty all of us at Vortex are pretty set on rectifiying. Special thanks to the makeshift mic stand we made out of cheap tape and a mop handle! -mad