Won't You Be My Baby?

So, part of the fallout of starting a band that is destined to go somewhere (in my humble opinion) is that I have started to take a really serious look at the kind of equipment I'm using. Thanks to my patron saint of Bass-Playing (Mike P -- you know I love you man), I have a beautiful Fender American Deluxe V (5-String) Jazz Bass. It sounds great, but isn't really built for cutting through a heavy-rock mix, for whatever reason. Not that it isn't workable.. it most definately is, but I've been really thinking about eventually getting something that is really built for the style of music we're playing.
After having done a little research into what my sort of iconic hard-rock bass players, I have found my new axe -- ala Jon Cooper of Skillet. The Traben Phoenix Custo, 5-String. They sound great, look great, and aren't very expensive, compared to other instruments of their calibre. Check 'er out..

Yeah baby!

Oh Hell Yes!

At last, The Black Orchid Rebellion has found what it was looking for -- a drummer! And a damn good one, at that. In fact it just so happens I was able to get back in touch with my old drummer from Pure Silver, who I've been wanting to playing with again for a long time. Today, Spencer and I went over to his house and jammed the ever-loving crap out of his tiny jamming-room.

Anyway, to make a long story short, we have a drummer now: Welcome to the band, Steve Hawkes!

Coldblood!

The frantic writing buzz of the NaNoWriMo has begun, and my novel is off to a good start, at 5,003 words in the past 2 and a half days! I've started a new blog to post my novel as I go along, you can check it out at http://coldbloodnovel.blogspot.com

In other new, The Black Orchid Rebellion is coming along.. we still need a dang drummer though, so that we actually get our sound solidified and start gigging. Expect to hear more about both ventures very soon!