BINK!

Ben's House. The instrumentalists of Gato Maestro got together without Mr. Pickett because he had a prior engagement. We took the opportunity to work on learning a new song: Sing a Song of Song by Kenny Garrett. We also made sure we could still make it through Jody Grind. Iffy. We played a couple of the Gato tunes just for nostalgia almost. Its very evident to us that we need our singer to complete the sound on those songs. The instrumentals are coming toghether, though, which should come in handy on a gig. Its worth noting that this is another one of those times where Ben only ran tape when we were coming to the point of something sounding good. Theres hours of us just listening to the tune, talking, taking notes, and basically learning the song that were not ever recorded.

Ben's House. The instrumentalists of Gato Maestro got together without Mr. Pickett because he had a prior engagement. We took the opportunity to work on learning a new song: Sing a Song of Song by Kenny Garrett. We also made sure we could still make it through Jody Grind. Iffy. We played a couple of the Gato tunes just for nostalgia almost. Its very evident to us that we need our singer to complete the sound on those songs. The instrumentals are coming toghether, though, which should come in handy on a gig. Its worth noting that this is another one of those times where Ben only ran tape when we were coming to the point of something sounding good. Theres hours of us just listening to the tune, talking, taking notes, and basically learning the song that were not ever recorded.

Ben's House. The instrumentalists of Gato Maestro got together without Mr. Pickett because he had a prior engagement. We took the opportunity to work on learning a new song: Sing a Song of Song by Kenny Garrett. We also made sure we could still make it through Jody Grind. Iffy. We played a couple of the Gato tunes just for nostalgia almost. Its very evident to us that we need our singer to complete the sound on those songs. The instrumentals are coming toghether, though, which should come in handy on a gig. Its worth noting that this is another one of those times where Ben only ran tape when we were coming to the point of something sounding good. Theres hours of us just listening to the tune, talking, taking notes, and basically learning the song that were not ever recorded.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. The gig got forestalled or canceled due to COVID, so we decided to take this rehearsal time period to learn some new cover tunes. Because this was a rehearsal of mostly learning and listening to the song and learning and listening to the song and writing down notes, there isnt much audio. Ben only ran tape a couple of times during the rehearsal, when it sounded like we could turn in a good performance of one of the cover.

In particular, we learned Lean on Me by Bill Withers, and we looked at Stir It Up by Bob Marley. Lean on Me stuck, and we have added it to the book. We couldnt seem to get Stir It Up to sound the way we wanted, so we decided to drop it.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. The gig got forestalled or canceled due to COVID, so we decided to take this rehearsal time period to learn some new cover tunes. Because this was a rehearsal of mostly learning and listening to the song and learning and listening to the song and writing down notes, there isnt much audio. Ben only ran tape a couple of times during the rehearsal, when it sounded like we could turn in a good performance of one of the cover.

In particular, we learned Lean on Me by Bill Withers, and we looked at Stir It Up by Bob Marley. Lean on Me stuck, and we have added it to the book. We couldnt seem to get Stir It Up to sound the way we wanted, so we decided to drop it.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. Having been on break for months due to COVID, we finally secured a gig. The 21st was Fathers Day, so nobody could meet for rehearsal at that time. Given how close the gig was, we decided a weeknight rehearsal was in order. This is that rehearsal. We ran things from the book to make sure they were not in disrepair. Three months off is a long time, but we managed to pull it together.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. Having been on break for months due to COVID, we finally secured a gig. The 21st was Fathers Day, so nobody could meet for rehearsal at that time. Given how close the gig was, we decided a weeknight rehearsal was in order. This is that rehearsal. We ran things from the book to make sure they were not in disrepair. Three months off is a long time, but we managed to pull it together.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. Having been on break for months due to COVID, we finally secured a gig. The 21st was Fathers Day, so nobody could meet for rehearsal at that time. Given how close the gig was, we decided a weeknight rehearsal was in order. This is that rehearsal. We ran things from the book to make sure they were not in disrepair. Three months off is a long time, but we managed to pull it together.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. Having been on break for months due to COVID, we finally secured a gig. The 21st was Fathers Day, so nobody could meet for rehearsal at that time. Given how close the gig was, we decided a weeknight rehearsal was in order. This is that rehearsal. We ran things from the book to make sure they were not in disrepair. Three months off is a long time, but we managed to pull it together.

Gato Maestro at Ben's House. Having been on break for months due to COVID, we finally secured a gig. The 21st was Fathers Day, so nobody could meet for rehearsal at that time. Given how close the gig was, we decided a weeknight rehearsal was in order. This is that rehearsal. We ran things from the book to make sure they were not in disrepair. Three months off is a long time, but we managed to pull it together.