Jack's Roommate

As previously mentioned, I am back in the music business, or at least the business of making music.  Ok, so not really making music per say, but at least duplicating music that has already been made.  I'm doing this with two other local musicians in the Boise area.  Together, the three of us are a group called "Jack's Roommate".

When I joined the band and I heard the name, I was a bit puzzled as to the title and tried to figure it out.  There are so many Jacks out there.  Initially I thought Jack in the Box, maybe someone was his college roommate? (I could go for a couple tacos right now)  Jack Frost?  Jack Black? Jack Nicholson? Jackie Chan? The Jack that no one knows....from "You don't know Jack"?  As it turns out, our guitar player Roc does know Jack.  Last December the band had a "Naming Party".  Basically, it was a house party, where everyone put a potential band name in a hat, and then the band later went through the list and picked one.  Since this part was at Jack's house, and Roc is Jack's roommate, well, I think you can figure out the rest.

Because Jack's Roommate was an existing band, the initial playlist was already in order, so of course I have some catching up to do.  The list contains mostly Classic Rock, including artists such as Jimi, Tom, Lenny, Eric, the other Jimmy, Bob, Stevie, Joel, and others.  We will be adding more songs, and more artists, as well as some of our own takes on fan favorites. (Everybody loves a re-make)

Unlike the last band I was in, I'm getting in with this group on the ground floor.  Lisa has been in this industry so long that she is pretty much the musical director of the group.  She likes the fact that we all play different instruments and we will be using that.  I'll get our from behind the drums, starting next week, I'll have a mic (scary, I know)  btw, only 9 Months and 28 days till The Hobbit.

The pictures I've put up are taken in our rehearsal space is known as "Studio 10".  This is Lisa's private studio.  Only a handful of people are aware it even exists.  I'm blessed to be one of them as it has everything a band needs, lots of space and a fridge.

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