Gig?

Given that Byron's - https://www.byrons-bar.com/ and Pomeroy is ~3 hours away from my house, what is the feasibility of Bad Rumor playing a gig there?

Unlikely... but it'd be a true opportunity to expand from "eastern Iowa" to "western Iowa" - it'd be pretty cool.

60 Days of Drumming

So, yes, the first Bad Rumor gig was on Friday, 10-28, at Checkers in Cedar Rapids, IA. Since I didn't write any posts on this blog over the weekend or yesterday, I feel like I ought to share my thoughts.

1. I used my secondary cell phone to record "drummer cam" videos during the first set. In the second and third sets, I used my primary cell phone to record "non-drummer cam" videos.
2. We played "Wipeout" three times.
3. We played "Ain't No Sunshine" twice, once in the first set and once in the third set. It's my second favorite tune on the setlist.

I have added a YouTube playlist as well as pictures from the gig on my drumming videos page in a section called "2022-10-28 Checkers Gig.

I walked out of the gig with the realization that I need to practice drums each of the 60 days between October 30, 2022, and the day before our next gig on December 29, 2022. I played drums at 11 AM Mass on Sunday, October 30, 2022. I didn't have the opportunity to play drums yesterday (Halloween) so I got up this morning and played along to a video on YouTube.

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Tonight's Setlist

This is the Facebook page for Koop and Company.

The band I'm in.

I'm the drummer in Koop and Company.

All of the posts on this blog after August 2014 with the Ideal Band label have been about wanting to be a drummer in a band.

That's why I'm really excited about tonight. I'm taking the Yamaha electronic set to Pitcher's in Cedar Rapids to join the "Koop" in Koop and Company. It's been confirmed that everyone will be present:
Aaron (guitar)
Chase (steel guitar)
Koop (vocals & guitar)
Tommy (bass)

Koop hosts an open mic night each Thursday night.

Tonight will be the second time (ever!) that I play with them. It makes me chuckle a bit because Uncle Rico the Band rehearsed 15 times x 3 hours and played one gig before disbanding* so it is the opposite of what I have done in the past.

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These are my handwritten notes about the tunes:

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Editor's Note: Gee, how many times must those statistics be quoted on this blog?!?!?