Yeah, January was a bit of a washout with Pat doing her ankle in on NY day and all. Last week features her birthday, an EMOM and a surprise visit from Dawn with prezzies. The MPC is also supposed to be here next week, they're just a bit busy packing boxes at Andertons to sort right away. I dunno if I'll be walking on thursday as that's the day of Pat's birthday.
Started going through Liminal Entity and finding it dull. May either totally rewrite it or leave it and write the book that could have come between it and Beer, the one that properly fills the gap. Can I be arsed though given nobody will read it? Might be better to write the final lizard book, even though nobody will read that either. Or make 2026 the year I finally do some decent painting rather than the random burst of splashing paint around aimlessly that I've been indulging in for no reason I can recall.
Ah well.
Monday still no comms from Andertons about the MPC which is disappointing. Had a lovely ambient afternoon mostly playing the Osmose (practising the pressure glide technique which I know I can improve on) but adding System 8, Reface CS and Odyssey into a lovely looping mulch not unlike the long track from Clouseau all those years ago. With a simple repeating bell from the Digitone I reckon I could have recorded something but just enjoyed playing instead. Tomorrow is EMOM day so will setup the Cric for an initial sound that's good to start from but otherwise good to go.
Andertons finally got in touch to say MPC coming.. not tomorrow but Thursday.
EMOM was... trying. Tim's mixer batteries weren't enough to get us through the gig. Indeed, they crapped out the first time he tried the record option. We ended up putting my synth through his TR-8 Ext input which then also went through his DJ FX and then direct to the PA. So what it did to my sound I have no idea - and Tim hadn't either as he was monitoring only his drum machine, as far as I could tell. I remain convinced that headphones are not the way for live music cos you're basically in a different space to everyone else - including the audience. Anyway, we did our thing but it didn't have the cohesion of the Saturday jam. I still don't know if the L6 is any good as a live mixer/recorder but I think I'm more inclined to get either the L6 Max or the L12. A screen would perhaps tell you stuff like battery status, recording capacity and so on. John came and took some fab photos, which I shall add here when I get them. Life's rich tapestry etc. ;)
Friday and the MPC arrived yesterday but all I did was update it and download the latest manual. I shall resist getting stoned today. Actually I might have to anyway cos Margaret seems unwell and I fear we could be entering another death spiral. Booked to see Yann Tiersen in Manchester with John next week. Oh, installed the Bode shifter but have yet to try that either. Woke feeling a bit nauseous myself so hope that clears up and I can learn some MPC today, just starting with the basics of following the manual's tutorial. It looks nice, is quite large and heavy but should be a cool thing if it handles as it should. Was Pat's birthday yesterday and I felt bad for not getting her owt so went out this morning to get flowers, may have overdone it.
Right, pix then publish I think. Next entry should be my MPC thoughts - just hope it's not also the start of another bout of hospital visits and doom.
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