9.07.2004
I want to increase the number of cowbells on my drum kit. I've been using this big ole loud thing (the "Ridge Rider") that I got for free when I bought my drums. It sounds kind of dumb and doesn't really add anything to the songs when I use it. I'd like to get two or three smaller ones and add them on a little rack above my kick drum so I can do cool little ostinatos during verses. Primary influences for this impulse: !!!, the Rapture, Xiu Xiu, Blue Oyster Cult. Unfortunately, I cracked my ride cymbal a couple weeks ago, and the replacement is quite pricey.

I've become a little self-conscious about the demo that we recorded earlier this year. Listening to this recording it is sort of like finding a journal that you wrote in in high school; you are embarassed to read your own thoughts, primative and immature. However, I love it and indulge myself by listening to it in my regular rotation. Not that I am embarassed, but the little mistakes that I hear over and over again, along with the abyssmal recording quality and lack of vocals makes me reluctant to actually distribute it to anyone. We can do much better.
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heh.

all that is running through my head is christopher walken on saturday night screaming "i've got a fever! and the only cure is more cowbell!!"

sorry...haven't had any coffee yet...

~Molly
# posted by Anonymous : 9/07/2004 12:43 PM
 
All I keep hearing is, "Quit being so selfish, Trey. Tone down on the cowbells..."

Maybe they are right. Maybe I am being selfish. But the last time I checked, the Trashies don't have a whole hell of a lot of songs that feature the cowbell.

I'm getting the cowbells, and I'm going to play the hell out of them.
# posted by Trey : 9/08/2004 5:20 PM