#1688, Wednesday, July 13. Return of the Daily Comment

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Post 1688, Day 195 of 2016
- 2,021 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Since I'm playing for an audience of one, these days, I've decided to go back to talking about what I want to talk about here, which usually is little more than what's going on. I'm interested, so I choose to think about it as audience demanded.

I've been working with Frank Stepanek, guitarist for Black Uhuru, talented multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, nut case deluxe. It's been fun. Frank has taken a drummer, Dan, under his wings, and the three of us have had two rehearsals, played six original Frank songs, and have a gig Saturday.

The first rehearsal was at Dan's house, where he has dedicated his living room to making music - with a PA, drum kit, amplifiers for bass and guitar (which he plays, too).

The second rehearsal was at the Wailing Trailer Studio (where Frank lives, and where i am Fool's first CD was made, with Frank as engineer and producer).

We cut a track of one of the songs Frank wrote that we had rehearsed. While the time would have been better served going over the six tracks we learned the day before, I admit it was fun - and I think the track - recorded live-to-2-track (pre-mixed), no overdubs, no punch-ins - was a lot of fun.

After the rehearsal, Dan left and Frank and I laid down a bass and drums reggae dub track. You might think it is easy playing the same ten-notes-in-two-bars bass riff over and over for three-and-a-half minutes, but it isn't, not if you want to do it with consistency. The mind tends to wander.

But I was pleased with my performance. Frank was drumming, and, in studio, it didn't sound like much, but I know better: Once he started layering keyboards over it, it took on weight and shape, and the track (Frank called it Dub Town) started to really shine.

After a while, listening to Frank add on to our basic bass-and-drums track got boring after an hour, and I left, happy. What a good night's work.

What fun.

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                      198.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/12):              200.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -   1.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

A surprising loss, given the ice cream treat at breakfast and the high-salt content bag of pork rinds I ate for dinner, before bed. Not complaining, just surprised.

Food Log 

Breakfast
2:15pm:  Green protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, extra-large organic egg, chia gel, kale, whey powder (36g protein), almond butter, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, celery, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
6:30pm: Salmon salad and spinach, kale, chard, cabbage and balsamic vinaigrette. A Quest bar.

Dinner
1:45am:  Melted cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 'Flax' sprouted grain bread, and kimchee. Almond butter.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee:  22 oz.;  Water: 74+ oz.

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