We had an excellent jam, a power trio backing up a kickass female vocalist. She packs an awesome Chrissy Hynde voice, and cuts completely loose. Great Aerosmith, Led Zep and Hendrix delivery, too.

They made me turn my bass amp up to 6, a feat seldom attempted and even less often encouraged (I felt like Scotty on Star Trek: “She canna take any more, Captain!”). Dude, I totally left my body for awhile there. The guitarist floated the Hendrix like petals on a pond. We were in the zone, or at least I was.

When it was time to go I knew they’d have to try out some others & then take time to decide whether to use me or someone else. I consider it a one-shot deal: if they don’t choose me, at least I had my chance to get loud with some solid players one time, so good enough there. I had a blast.

If they choose me for their bassist to do this one gig (upcoming early August), good enough there as well. We’ll practice for a couple weeks and do the gig. Whether their regular bassist will return to normalcy, none can tell. He’s the father of an eight-month-old infant right now, and has more important stuff on his mind than music. Good enough there, too. He deserves every courtesy, as the guy whose band I’m “babysitting.” Respect, mon.

Worst case scenario: I played some great jams in a rehearsal hall, no charge. Best case: I met some new faces, maybe it’ll amount to some future exposure.

BTW, I posted your canoe story to the riversports forum. CUL8R,BV.

-p9

I could use some help mit mein Deutsch-sprechen. Ich habe nur zwei jahre im hochschule gelernt, aber viele jahre (have since passed). Then I met a sweet Quebecois girl and made the mistake of studying (Franzuzische?) also. Duh.

Now I mix & match the two, conjugating French verbs into my German subjects, etc., thereby rendering my broken elocution unfathomable to speakers of either tongue. :sad: To exacerbate matters, I’m trying to pick up some Espanol also because it’s the de facto lingua franca here in California. Quelle salade! :oops:

“Pulling for someone” can be thought of simply as how one might pull a little harder on the oars to help speed up the lifeboat when a friend is drowning nearby, or pulling up the rope to retrieve your friend who’s fallen over a cliff. In this case, a sort of team effort was my intended meaning. I knew you’d protest, being the stalwart individualist you’ve always proven to be– hence my comment regarding consistency. Don’t be so predictable. :smile: You make it way too easy! OK, just kidding.

Think of “effervescence” whenever you drop an Alka-Seltzer tablet, Emergen-C (or any product that fizzes) into a glass of water. They’re designed to effervesce, releasing gas bubbles that speed up the process of dissolving. In the social sense, it means someone whose personality can be described as “bubbly.”

-p9

didn’t find “to pull for so.” though, only “to pull so.”

dude, i like your posts. in almost every one is at least one word i got to look up. so, that’s cool, expanding my vocabulary and all. though i doubt i’ll remember “effervescence”.:)

I love it when everybody is hitting it right, and its sounding good, and you KNOW that it is sounding good…Great Feeling :mrgreen: