Midweek Space Funk A-Z

A – is for Aliang, the lovely person booking bands at Sappho. Will be there later to deliver posters and go over some details.
A – is also for Ariel Hyatt. You’re being a great help. Thanks.
A – is also for Alice’s Tears, the excellent band that will share the stage with us on June 20, Sappho.

B – is for beer in the bass amp – an habitual trick of one of our members.
B – is also for Bliss. I think I’ll swing by tonight for the open jam after the visit to Sappho.
B – is also for Bubble Bomb Records.

C – is for Claire, the girl behind the mic and Craig (Ferguson) the man behind the lens. You can check out his excellent work at www.craigfergusonimages.com/
C – is also for coffee. Does this count as a vice?

D – is for dynamics; not only musically but also personalities.

E – is for Electronica, which sits suitably next to..
F – Funk.
F – is also for festivals, fans, friends, and fun. The more the merrier.

G – is for gigs. Bliss, Sappho, Tone 56, Light Lounge coming up.
G – is also for Gary O’Connor of UK beat fame.
G – is also for Greggo (say no more).
G – is also for Gary (Bryne) who is often found at the mixing desk.

H - is for hard work; it is taking plenty of that.
H – is also for human rights, the primary cause we support.

I – is for I’m Still Here, a personal favorite and many others by the looks of things.
I – is for internet, which is making it a lot easier to be in a band than 20 years ago.

J – is for Jessica who gives incredible support.

K – is for kinship with all the other musicians on the scene.
K – is also for Korg – as in the X50.

L – is for love – the more the merrier.

M – is for management, mayhem and madness, Moshe and Moshang.
M – is for Mac and Danielle who have to circumnavigate schedules with us.
M – is also for midi controllers. Mainly, the BCF Behringer.

N – is for the NX-T sampler

O – if for obstacles- one by one.

P – is for Production
P – is also for practice at Player.
P – is also for Perpetual Motion.

Q – is for quirkiness.

R – is for Reason, Subtractor, Combinator, Spiders, and crew.
R- is also for rhythm.

S – is for studio and the plans we are making for our first recordings this Saturday.
S – is also for silence, those important gaps between notes.

T – is for Taiwan and its good people.

U –is for Underworld, the band and the venue.

V –is for the coveted V-synth XT. Where art thou?
V – is also for video, which should happen some time in the summer.

W –is for The Wall. It’s about time we played there.

X –is for xylophone – not.

Y –is for Youtube.

Z - is for zzzzzz. All this business needs plenty of rest.

(pics: Craig Ferguson)