Just made it back to my desk after a long meeting with some Hungarians. I got the contract and will be headed to Budapest in a couple weeks for a training. Can’t wait.

I came back from the cafe we met at to find free breakfast being offered by the office across the hall. Sweet. Unlimited scrambled eggs, bacon, blueberry muffins. Mondaeg ain’t so bad.

I read over my post yesterday. What an incoherent mess. I should probably at least edit things before I press the publish button. But that’s not what Obsidian Noise is about. I basically sit down and record whatever’s on my mind at that moment. And that’s all. There are no drafts, or revisions or whatever. That would be a different kind of project. ON is really a staging ground– some of the things I empty out here end up taking another form later. Often they don’t, and it’s just a record. Two straight years of it, this month.

I finally got myself off the board of the building I live in, so now I’m absolved of those responsibilities. That’s nice.

My friend and I have gone in on a rehearsal space in Brooklyn. All the guitar gear is going to be moved down there, so I’ll soon have a big, empty living room, the way I like it. The space is perfect for rehearsing and maybe recording. Concrete shell, wood floor, sound proof walls, minifridge, bathroom, pullout couch. It’s big enough for 4-5 musicians if you use a drum kit. 5-6 if you don’t.

I plan on using it as a crash space for guests sometimes, too. It’s only about 15 minutes on a convenient train back into Manhattan. I feel good about it.  There’s no shower in there, but there is one on the floor which is shared. Most of the other units in the building are art studios, maybe one other music studio, I was told.

I had excellent training and it made me feel much better. I was pulling 405lbs off the floor for 6-8 reps and today my upper back and neck feel pumped and awesome. My lower back is the strongest it’s ever been. After my back injury I never thought I’d ever deadlift or power clean again, and now I’m going heavier than I ever had before. All good.

Dang, need to run to a skype call in another building.

Thanks for checkin in, and hope your Mondraggle is good– fall is wanting to fully arrive.

Duck