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It's been a high-octane couple of workdays with the Connexions conference and the PLS conference both coming up next week. I even had to go to a meeting today, to determine what bits of that I could help with. It's kind of a big deal to be pulled off what I'm doing to go to a meeting, too, since I'm fixing the last edits for the NonMajors Biology book, which is past its deadline (I think).
Dan showed me a couple drafts of a new little video for marketing or promotion or just spreading the word that we exist, and I have to admit, it's pretty good. Though I pointed out some comma splicing and some SV disagreement. But the concept and the execution are admirable, and the little I-V-vi-IV ostinato it reels through with changing texture and dynamic is quite catchy and inspiring. I like it a lot.
For the first time in awhile tonight, I got to go to Reggie's to record. He has a new tiny cat given (rather inappropriately and awkwardly) to him by a guy who really wants to be his boyfriend. The cat's adorable, can't be over 6 weeks, and a hyper little ball of interference and destruction. His name is Freddie. He does have a last name, but in the interest of retaining some semblance of dignity, I will not divulge it here.
So, we thought earlier that our band name might be Houston, following in the grand tradition of bands like Boston, Chicago, Kansas, The United States of America, and Europe. But we aren’t sure it gives the right impression, and it makes us sound full of ourselves. And we like Vivat & Hail better. While not everyone may be able to pronounce it or know what it means, that doesn’t seem like much of a deterrence for a band name, and it sounds cooler and reflects our musical lineage rather than just our initial location.
Or Hail & Vivat. We’re still not sure. I like it with the V first, because V is less common and I like the prosody. Well, I like them both. Reggie likes Hail & Vivat better maybe. We’ll see.
What I was going to say was that we now have the entire piano track down for a song that identifies us as Houstonian (to a point), as the title of the song is “Houston Heat”. It is a good song, guys. This one is going to rock hard.
Dan showed me a couple drafts of a new little video for marketing or promotion or just spreading the word that we exist, and I have to admit, it's pretty good. Though I pointed out some comma splicing and some SV disagreement. But the concept and the execution are admirable, and the little I-V-vi-IV ostinato it reels through with changing texture and dynamic is quite catchy and inspiring. I like it a lot.
For the first time in awhile tonight, I got to go to Reggie's to record. He has a new tiny cat given (rather inappropriately and awkwardly) to him by a guy who really wants to be his boyfriend. The cat's adorable, can't be over 6 weeks, and a hyper little ball of interference and destruction. His name is Freddie. He does have a last name, but in the interest of retaining some semblance of dignity, I will not divulge it here.
So, we thought earlier that our band name might be Houston, following in the grand tradition of bands like Boston, Chicago, Kansas, The United States of America, and Europe. But we aren’t sure it gives the right impression, and it makes us sound full of ourselves. And we like Vivat & Hail better. While not everyone may be able to pronounce it or know what it means, that doesn’t seem like much of a deterrence for a band name, and it sounds cooler and reflects our musical lineage rather than just our initial location.
Or Hail & Vivat. We’re still not sure. I like it with the V first, because V is less common and I like the prosody. Well, I like them both. Reggie likes Hail & Vivat better maybe. We’ll see.
What I was going to say was that we now have the entire piano track down for a song that identifies us as Houstonian (to a point), as the title of the song is “Houston Heat”. It is a good song, guys. This one is going to rock hard.
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