So, much has happened since I last posted a blog. On July 6th Wicked Louder played a gig at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, VT. The night featured a band called Runningback, whose whole extended families came out, saw them play, and then left with the band. That left Wicked Louder and the headliner The Y Lie to play to a small but friendly crowd. I was unhappy with my set, but I have to remind myself that I've only played four shows under the Wicked Louder moniker and that my technological ambitions do not have all the bugs worked out. The Y Lie have a good thing going and I am just waiting for their quirky synth and electric ukulele mash up to catch on. They also have a very interesting visual element that they clearly put a lot of work into. We are all becoming friends and putting together an electronic driven show at Randolph, Vt's Underground has been discussed. Stay tuned for deets.
As mentioned above, the live set needs work. I had just gotten the cheap, large vehicle I recently purchased fixed up and ready for the road. The plan was to start booking gigs in every little hole-in-the-wall that would take me and beat the set into submission. Fate then intervened when a very large deer stepped in front of the newly fixed up, cheap, and large vehicle at 4:30am. I don't know what happened to the deer, but the insurance company totaled the car thus rendering my gigging aspirations, at least for the time being, null and void. I am reorganizing my calendar for the foreseeable future. I have several irons in the fire to keep me busy while I figure out how to replace the wheels.
One of those irons is ready to come out of the fire and be made available for your listening pleasure. As some of you may know, I have an all-instrumental project called Pro-Grammar. This project will be releasing a full-length album, titled Hot Case Variations, very soon. Stay tuned for more deets on that as well.
Before the year is over the next Wicked Louder album will go into production. I am involved in two collaborative projects that promise interesting results. A third one will be kicking off soon. I can't really say more about all of this right now, but I am burning the midnight oil because this art must simply be brought to fruition.
And before I forget, What Doth Life will be presenting and evening of music on August 24th at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, VT featuring Dutch Experts. BB Dozer and Wicked Louder will be the supporting acts. This is going to be a great show and I would love to see all of you there.