David Freeman Music

photo courtesy of Julia Wallace As I write this, I can still feel the boat moving, even though I'm at home.  Here's everything I can remember… Thursday:  we got on the boat later than we usually do.  I think, in fact, that most people were already on there--we went straight through registration and hopped aboard.  A late morning flight and a stop for lunch got us there just in time for the lifeboat drill. The rooms were bigger than usual.  We even had room for a couch!   The bathroom had a countertop, which I like a lot better than the usual glass shelf above the sink. We played pretty early on in the cruise--something like 8 PM--on the stage in the Criterion Lounge.  Much bigger stage than the Candlelight, and they gave us an hour to set up and and hour to soundcheck.  I like that.  Sometimes it's a real "throw and go" thing, and there's no time to hear what things sound like until you're into the gig....

We made it!  Another big show has come and gone.  There were some rough spots, but we all got through it.  Thanks to the crowd for the great turn out, and thanks to Farrell for making it look so good. Not much for me to do on this gig…I played on about two thirds of the first set (things like cowbell on the outro of one song), two minor things on the middle set, and most of the last set.  At least it made loading out quick and easy.  I also ate half a bag of Cheetos on stage and drank enough of a martini to make my lips numb. I got up and did my two church gigs (with a big nap in between).  I've got nothing to say about either one.  Actually, I will say that my soprano sound was good tonight--I have a reed in just the perfect point in its life.  Also, my flute is still in the shop from the beer spill incident , so I used a different flute with much better results.  It really shows how messed up my instrument was.  Not cool,...

Yacht Rock played a show at The Ivy in Buckhead last night.  Where's that?  It used to be Carbo's, and then it burned.  Now it looks like a two story Buckhead bar, complete with asshole parking attendant. It was a strange gig.  I can't really say why we were there.  It was the beginning of their "Thursday Night Concert Series" (what the hell is that?), which is obviously so huge and important and worth the money that they failed to mention it on their EVENTS PAGE on their website.  I guess they made up for it with multiple Facebook posts. I think we played alright.  The place was packed in spite of the aforementioned ineptitude.  We tested out a few of the songs from our upcoming Dazed and Confused show , which gave me a chance to sit back and do nothing. Anyway, no big deal… Friday was an all day mega rehearsal for the Variety Playhouse show .  A week ago, I thought we were screwed and it wouldn't come together in a ...