no talking day
- June 27th, 2013
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Overdid it a bit singing last night at rehearsal, so today is NO TALKING DAY. Well, not much talking day. I’m okay, really, and will be fine for shows this weekend, but it just shows how much you just have to be careful with songs at the very bottom of your range.
Talking of, I’m really excited that we get to do King of Elfland’s Daughter. We’ve worked out how we’re going to make it work with me having to drop out on rhythm in order to do the bridge solo (on flute, rather than fiddle) then come back in; Wednesday will be echoing me on guitar throughout and will just step it up for that section.
Anybody have advice on what to take for a series of shows where you’re camping instead of crashing with people? There’ll be water but no electrics. I’ll be loading up on batteries and chemical cold-packs because it’s supposed to be nearly 40 for all of these shows. Uh. Nearly 100F. Ish. I am going to die. Dead dead dead. Just bring back the recordings, will you? And put them on Bandcamp. 😀
Tent.
Air Mattress & Pump.
Bedding (which in that heat may simply be a pillow and a sheet between you and the mattress).
Some sort of quick, portable snack food – like granola bars – just in case.
Drinking vessel(s) for water (mug and/or bottle as suits you).
If you have somewhere to stash dirty laundry (like under the passenger seat of your car) extra shirts and bras (as applicable) so you don’t have to stay stuck in sweat-soaked ones.
@Geri: We’re all trundling there in Mickey the Guitarist’s van. So there will be at least the van! I have an eggcrate pad for my sleeping bag that I’ve used before, but yeah, I kind of forgot all about the air mattress thing. I even have one! I hope I can find the pump…
Air mattress is INFINITELY more comfortable than egg-crate foam. But if it hasn’t been used in a while, absolutely do a test inflation at home to make sure it doesn’t have any leaks, because deflated mattress < foam.
@Geri: Thank you for reminding me about air mattresses. I totally forgot I had one, and yes, it was tremendously better.