So, after spending an hour or so at the mall, bored as hell since my entire family is in another state, I went on to a more familiar place. Guitar Center. After spending about fifteen minutes silent playing a Fender Telecaster, I look around for the keyboards. Where are they? They must have hidden them all the way in the back. I look around for a bit, and finally I spy them all the way in the back beyond the pro audio recording equipment.
As I'm making my way through the pro audio section, a worker asks me if he can help me find anything in particular, I say 'no, thank you, just heading to the keys', and keep moving to the back. Once in the keyboard section, I see the same worker had followed me to this section. Wow, he must really need a sale.
'Are you in a band?' he asks. I chuckle a little and respond in the negative. He continues, 'Are you looking for a band?' I chuckle some more and respond, 'Not really, why do you need someone for your band?' He explains that he is starting a band and I dress like everyone else, so I'd fit in with their image. Once again, I laugh. So, I entertain this guy for just a minute.
'What style of music?' The first thing he mentions, no lie, is Bush and Sixteen Stone. Wow, bringing it back to junior high. Those were the days. He goes on to mention 'Kings of Leon' and 'The Rolling Stones'. Now, at this point I mention that those are some quite diverse bands. He agrees, but mentions alternative with a little hard rock as being the focus.
So this guy tells me he's got a phenom lead guitarist and bass player lined up. He's a Marine (served in Iraq) who almost got kicked out for writing protest music. His names Tyler Jay, look it up. He has his own recording studio here in town and a lot of gear. I'm intrigued.
Long story short, I am meeting him and the other band members for an impromptu jam session/hangout late tonight at his place.
UPDATE: Tonight, we're meeting at a sports bar for drinks, tomorrow it's jam session at his house during the day.
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