Yay! (or: Yay!)

So tonight I laid out the song I wrote for the rest of the guys in the band.  I was a bit nervous about it.  So after we warmed up they wanted to hear it, so I explained what I kind of had in mind for the guitar parts and the setup of it then played it.  They actually dug it quite a bit.  I worked with the guitarist first, taught him the riffs and then let him start working on what to put over it.  Then the drummer and I played so he could do his thing.  Once he had his part down we recorded me playing just the bassline, then just the bass and a rough beat with the drums.

What was really cool is the comment was made that it was pretty clear Steve Harris was an influence for me because it had a Maiden feel to it.  Well, to me thats a big compliment anyway.  :)  So all the parts of the song so far remained intact, they liked the whole thing.  The only thing we need is an intro for it and we kicked around some ideas, including a few I had.  We should have something by next time we get together I'm sure.  We spent a good couple hours on that song, then we went ahead and played through the songs we had down so far, then they taught me another of theirs.  So I have that to work on this week, that should be fun.  I have the notes down for the most part and the beat, I just need to come up with something suitable for a bassline overall.

My Netflix addiction continues.  We've been watching the first 3 seasons of The Office all weekend.  Well, I started last week and my son and I started watching this weekend around the end of season 2.  Now we're a little more than halfway through season 3 and getting some good laughs out of it.  I also queued up about 15 more items, so I have like 110 things in my queue now.  Easily the best $9/month I've spent in some time, and I'm still on my free trial.  :D

Some grocery shopping tomorrow, maybe a little housework just to tidy up after the holiday, then maybe we'll dig out the Christmas tree.  'Tis the season, right?