Finally in a cover band: Phobic

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Rehearsal today was the fourth in as many weeks, and I really felt much better about things as things start to gel. So far I've learned and played about 30 songs in that time frame. It starts to get dizzying and yet a lot of the songs start to work the way they should.

I know when it's working because then I play really strongly and firmly with authority and take over my rightful role as the key to the rhythm section.

These songs are way loud, modern loud rock stuff, because the keyboard player has been out for three out of the four sessions so far. That means the hard stuff, including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, STP, Blink 182, "Hash Pipe". Gtr player has pretty much come through. When we sync up to create the usual gtr+bass "attack", as you'd find in things like ACDC and a lot of metal,... it's simple stuff but it's something I've never done before, and it's a load of fun.

It's a shot of adrenaline to run through a loud set like this at 10am on a Sunday morning. But that's been the band's routine, and so far, it works perfectly.