Commshow went incredibly well! Considering the amount of people we had to organize, complexity of the show, and terrible weather; commshow went off without a hitch! I have a few pictures here of us hanging out before the show.

Everyone enjoying the jitter patch made by Robert Alexander.

Ryan Black during soundcheck.

This is Airport, one of the bands I am in. Well, really, it is only half of Airport. Early on we made the executive decision that the band would never meet quorum.

Airport’s stuff.
…half of it.

I will upload clips from the show as soon as I have them edited, as well as pictures of the percussion set up I used.

Yesterday, Commshow opened at the Duderstadt Video Studio. Things ran surprisingly well, except fo the massive winter storm that dumped ten inches of snow on Ann Arbor. After our recording session, Nate and I had to go from North Campus to the dance studio on central campus.  What is typically a 15 minute round trip, on this occasion, took more than two hours. At one point, we were on an icy hill behind an Ann Arbor bus that could not gain traction and was slowly fishtailing down the hill towards us. Jimmy Johns made and NPR made the danger of the trip more bearable.

Yesterday, I played more music than I have all year! Nate May asked me to recored some percussion parts for him, in exchange for him composing a piece for my Triolin. Under the wing of producer John Bell, we recorded in U of M’s world class multi million dollar recording facility. It was the best space I have ever recorded, and I will post the tracks as soon as John mixes them down.