Songs played:
"It's Not So Easy For Everyone"
"Interstate 80"
"Maybe Michelle"
(all Borneman/Fedak)
Long band practice tonight. Long and enjoyable, no rickness in sight. I think it went over an hour and a half, but I didn't pay much attention to when exactly it started. A very long practice to only get around to playing three songs, eh? Well, I'll try to break it down for you...
Far and away the star of the evening was the Casiotone MT-68 (see previous post). We started with "Not So Easy", for which the keyboard very able-ly (sp?) provided the rhythm track... massively through the bass amp, of course. I thought it was sounding great overall, though Shari's still having trouble with the phrasing (she only sang on that one, no keyboards attempted). We attempted to iron out the biggest wrinkle, the "remember those you left with and those left behind" line a few times, then ever forward.
Next up, we worked on "Interstate 80". Much rickness has been experienced in the past with regards to coming up with a keyboard part for this song, so Shari wanted to try out her new best friend, the MT-68, on this one and see if some new inspiration could be manifested. One cheap distortion pedal later, and we had a 20-minute version of "I-80" that sounded like an outtake from Radiohead's "Kid A" record. Nothing really set in stone as for the key part, mind you, but new sounds and ideas abounded, and it sure did sound good while it was going on. Something to build on, to be sure. The MT-68 strikes again...
What better song to end on, for "struggling rock band" Diefenbaker, than "Maybe Michelle"? We ran though it twice, MT-68 in tow, and it sounded great. As always. Cised.
The one piece of bad news for the evening (for me, at any rate) is that, apparently, all of the covers that we were previously working on have been vetoed. While, as Diefenbaker's sole songwriter, it's certainly flattering that the singer is so into the originals that she finds the covers boring, I, personally, will miss Lush's "Kiss Chase" and Love Spit Love's "Am I Wrong?" at band practice. Not to mention Aimee Mann's "Guys Like Me", Metric's "Gimme Sympathy" and ol' Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" from the I'm Busy demos that never even made it into the current incarnation of The Dief. Farewell, dear friends, I shall always remember your chord progressions ;____;
Keep on rockin' in the free world, Rickies
Jonathan Diefenbaker
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