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Update on State of the State of the Cat
May. 9th, 2012 07:49 amSome of the work I was planning to do on the CD this week I can't do because I don't actually have the files I thought I did, but this is okay because there's plenty of other stuff I *can* do; I just need to re-order my schedule. However the process of discovering this took some time so I didn't actually get much done on the album yesterday.
The chicken came out lovely and brown and moist (as usual for this method of cooking). Keeping it in its cooking dish and wrapping it in a towel kept it warm the appropriate length of time. And while it was cooking I succeeded in finishing the day's allotment of proofreading.
The LWV meeting was not as well-attended as we expected, but we still had I guess about fifteen or twenty people. We agreed to keep our current streamlined organization and announced plans to hold a candidate's forum in June and monitor the November election for people having problems with the voter ID law.
Then came the concert! The Methodist Church where we hold our annual meeting kindly provided a sound system and a very pleasant person to run it, whom we insisted come to the potluck with us, and whom I made a point of sitting next to, because I figured we had at least one interest in common. it turned out, as we chatted that she is a flat water kayaker who lives just up the road from me, so we exchanged phone numbers and maybe I have someone to go canoeing with!
The church is in fact (as most churches are) a pretty dismal space sound-wise. It's remarkable how few public buildings are designed with their sound space in mind: the Unitarian Church in Knoxville is even worse. But this church made up for it with plenty of mics and mic stands. I should have given more thought to mic placement, though--because of where the monitor speaker was and how I set up I ended up pointing the instrument mic at a part of the instrument that didn't give good sound, especially as regards the octave mandolin, which sounded positively thumpy. Next time I will take more care with that.
I had practiced fairly diligently in the ten days or so before the concert, but it didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. I had been practicing the instrumental pieces particularly intensively but fell off the tune several times. People were very nice and clapped anyway, but it was a disappointment. I suppose I just need more practice, but squeezing extra time out of the day is difficult.
They liked my song about Seneca Falls, and the two library songs, and I finished with That Kind Of Mouse, which they enjoyed very much.
If I perform there again, I may see if it's possible to display the lyrics on the screen they have near the stage. L. (the woman who ran the sound board) said she puts videos up there in conjunction with performances as part of their contemporary worship service so it may be possible, and might add to the enjoyment of our older members who probably had particular trouble making out the words.
So over all I'm pretty happy with how it went, but glad today will be less overcrowded.
The chicken came out lovely and brown and moist (as usual for this method of cooking). Keeping it in its cooking dish and wrapping it in a towel kept it warm the appropriate length of time. And while it was cooking I succeeded in finishing the day's allotment of proofreading.
The LWV meeting was not as well-attended as we expected, but we still had I guess about fifteen or twenty people. We agreed to keep our current streamlined organization and announced plans to hold a candidate's forum in June and monitor the November election for people having problems with the voter ID law.
Then came the concert! The Methodist Church where we hold our annual meeting kindly provided a sound system and a very pleasant person to run it, whom we insisted come to the potluck with us, and whom I made a point of sitting next to, because I figured we had at least one interest in common. it turned out, as we chatted that she is a flat water kayaker who lives just up the road from me, so we exchanged phone numbers and maybe I have someone to go canoeing with!
The church is in fact (as most churches are) a pretty dismal space sound-wise. It's remarkable how few public buildings are designed with their sound space in mind: the Unitarian Church in Knoxville is even worse. But this church made up for it with plenty of mics and mic stands. I should have given more thought to mic placement, though--because of where the monitor speaker was and how I set up I ended up pointing the instrument mic at a part of the instrument that didn't give good sound, especially as regards the octave mandolin, which sounded positively thumpy. Next time I will take more care with that.
I had practiced fairly diligently in the ten days or so before the concert, but it didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. I had been practicing the instrumental pieces particularly intensively but fell off the tune several times. People were very nice and clapped anyway, but it was a disappointment. I suppose I just need more practice, but squeezing extra time out of the day is difficult.
They liked my song about Seneca Falls, and the two library songs, and I finished with That Kind Of Mouse, which they enjoyed very much.
If I perform there again, I may see if it's possible to display the lyrics on the screen they have near the stage. L. (the woman who ran the sound board) said she puts videos up there in conjunction with performances as part of their contemporary worship service so it may be possible, and might add to the enjoyment of our older members who probably had particular trouble making out the words.
So over all I'm pretty happy with how it went, but glad today will be less overcrowded.
