brooklynfall
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Man, this hasn't happened to me since ... I don't even know when!
A couple weeks ago I reconnected with this band I hadn't played with since college (5 years or so). The band was a three piece - bass, keyboards and drums - playing mostly improvised live house/techno/breakbeat/jungle music - basically covering all the electronica/dance bases. If you've heard of bands like the New Deal and Lake Trout, you probably know something about what we sounded like.
Anyway, we got together to play this private party at a bar in NYC. I'm up there playing my Stingray through enormous blisters on my right middle finger, which is a rare occurance for me - usually I use a pick when playing loud, but a pick is not an option with this band. The music is loud and fast, and the basslines are necessarily busy, with lots of ghost notes and repetitive motion. So I'm playing and I notice a sudden pain in the blistered finger.
Of course, they've all popped.
The gig still has 40 minutes to go, so I'm in monstrous pain, trying to favor that finger. I make it through the gig, pack my stuff and don't take out my SR again for a couple days. When I do, I check it out and I find that all the strings, the pickup and the PG are all covered in dried blood.
Needless to say, I was amazed and shocked that I didn't notice earlier. I spent yesterday cleaning it though and it looks good as new (same goes for my finger, thank goodness).
Man, I definitely felt like Sid Vicious or something. Made me feel ten years younger. Definitely gotta work on those callouses though ...
A couple weeks ago I reconnected with this band I hadn't played with since college (5 years or so). The band was a three piece - bass, keyboards and drums - playing mostly improvised live house/techno/breakbeat/jungle music - basically covering all the electronica/dance bases. If you've heard of bands like the New Deal and Lake Trout, you probably know something about what we sounded like.
Anyway, we got together to play this private party at a bar in NYC. I'm up there playing my Stingray through enormous blisters on my right middle finger, which is a rare occurance for me - usually I use a pick when playing loud, but a pick is not an option with this band. The music is loud and fast, and the basslines are necessarily busy, with lots of ghost notes and repetitive motion. So I'm playing and I notice a sudden pain in the blistered finger.
Of course, they've all popped.
The gig still has 40 minutes to go, so I'm in monstrous pain, trying to favor that finger. I make it through the gig, pack my stuff and don't take out my SR again for a couple days. When I do, I check it out and I find that all the strings, the pickup and the PG are all covered in dried blood.
Needless to say, I was amazed and shocked that I didn't notice earlier. I spent yesterday cleaning it though and it looks good as new (same goes for my finger, thank goodness).
Man, I definitely felt like Sid Vicious or something. Made me feel ten years younger. Definitely gotta work on those callouses though ...
