David Freeman Music

The touring continues! Here's what happened in May. Thursday, May 12: We flew to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the vans picked us up, and we headed to Destin for our show. off to a weird start This place we played in Destin was sort of a community amphitheater kind of place, with a big sandy field in front of it and way too much direct sunlight. It was pretty nice once the sun went down and the people began creeping closer to the stage.  After the show, we drove back to Fort Walton Beach (some lady after the show was trying the "So what are y'all doing after this?" bullshit, and I shut her down with the details of the following day's travel. There would be no hanging out in some bar with the band). The drive took, I don't know, forty-five minutes? We slept for four or five hours (I want to say there was a 5 AM lobby call), and headed to the airport. We caught the 7 AM flight back to Atlanta, had a two hour layover (ugh), and then flew at 11 AM to Miami. Ouch. M...

Damnit! I once again failed to keep the blog up to date. My musical life jumped into hyperspeed, and I've just been trying to keep up. Here's a recap: Thursday, April 21: Night one of a two night stand at Venkman's. This one was pretty good for me. We added Whenever I Call You Friend  (as seen in the picture below), and it went pretty well. It's a relief that the sax solo was pretty easy to get into my head (unlike Cool Change, which I can never quite nail at the gig); the string part is pretty simple, too, but it's fun to play. I guess it doesn't take much brain power for me to make it happen, so it's almost like having a song off in the middle of the gig. Friday, April 22: Night two at Venkman's. Cody Madlock subbed on guitar for Monkeyboy and did a good job. It's fun to have subs on this gig--they hear the music differently than the main guy does, so you hear some little cool part that you usually don't get. Other times, it's just that t...