Not gonna be able to play the travel kit outside today because there is a 70% chance of rain today and tomorrow

One of my biggest  barriers has been the sheer amount of equipment that it takes to do what I do
Playing a show is literally a full days work
2 hours of breaking down and packing the performance setup into The Van
1 hour of waiting around the club for someone to let me in
2 hours of unloading into the club and setting up (usually not including a torturous sound check)
30/45 minutes  to perform (usually for 3 people and the sound guy)
2 more hours of breakdown and packing back into The Van 
45 Minutes of lading from The Van to the house
It’s been a while since I played a gig that made any of this worth it so I stopped for a while
The idea of touring by myself  isn’t very practical either

The idea of a mini-kit came from trying to figure out how to get to Japan
I needed a compact dru...

Looks like nothing is going on tonight so I will spend it getting the new mini-travel drumkit ready for busking on Nicollet mall tomorrow

I have made a video tour of the kit and will post it very soon

I have been editing footage of the recording sessions I did with marko in 07/08 and have 3 new collages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSW5jvNOPCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_EFUv2_30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rokl-HTHeA

I also have video from the practice run we did at MTN
Tension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8mDNTQz3E
Space Rock Anthem/HK Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKWxnHRgpL4

One of my biggest hinderances so far has been my lack of a true internet presence
Laura is going to school for emerging media and has told me of the new steps I need to take in order to make my output more visible
Laura has taken up the title of “press secretary” for me and the first thing that she told me to get off the sinking ship that is Livejournal
I am going to keep my personal and band pages on Myspace as well as my facebook account (although I need a profile for PyroPlasticFlow)
myspace.com/rockulaproductions
myspace.com/pyroplasticflow
Since she uses WordPress then she thought I should

So, here is where I will be blogging until it become unfasionable and they tell me to move along

I will try to make my old blogs as accessable as possible in the future