Gettin ready for NY Uke Fest
It’s 2:30am here in Boston and I’m packing my stuff to go down to NYC for the NY UKE FEST. Abe flew up yesterday and is already there with Michelle. I guess I’m pretty excited, I’m looking forward to playing again with Abe and Yohei (Nakamura, our guitarist), and also to seeing some friends in the city that I haven’t seen in a long time. I am also picking up my newly-ordered CzechEase bass, which is an upright bass that’s been specially designed for traveling. I guess you can say that I’ve been growing weary of playing electric bass, even as much as I’ve been trying to get my chops up. It just doesn’t have the same feel to it (duh), and I can’t seem to feel the same about playing it. But at the same time, I loathe having to take my 19th century German bass into rowdy bars, clubs, and other compromising situations (like the Commuter Rail!!) . I’m hoping that having a bass specifically for those kinds of gigs will help to ease things a bit, and also allow me to take gigs that I’d otherwise have to turn down. Don’t worry, I’ll still be doing all my practicing and classical work on "George." I guess I need another name for this dude, hmm…
Another VERY exciting aspect of this trip is that Helen will be making her Carnegie Hall recital debut on Saturday! It’s with a quartet that she’s been working with, the NY Amadeus String Quartet. I guess they only play Mozart, but hey, if you play it well… ! I’m bringing down one of my nicer suits to wear to her performance. I want to impress her folks as well as my favorite young lady 
Anyways, hope to see some of you who read this (well, all ONE of you) at my gigs this weekend. We’re playing on the 28th and 30th, but tickets are $35 (!!) and I don’t get any comps, so I understand if you can’t make it.
ALOHA!
so awesome! go ABC! can’t wait to see all you guys and to hang out. wish me luck at carnegie hall! and don’t worry randy, you always impress me
Comment by Helen — 29 April 2006 @ 2:18 am