Thursdays are very long for me. I start teaching at Foster Center at 1pm. I have a two-hour computer class for adults (this week I had eight students for word processing, very exciting). Then I have CityKidz Knit! for one hour, followed by two hours of open computer lab (where sometimes kids knit… this week I had one boy working intently on his first wristband). Following computer lab, I have another computer class for adults.

This week I finished my Hidden Tips and Tricks in Word class, which is such fun for me. I don’t often get to teach advanced computer skills anymore, and these three women were so ready to learn new techniques it was really rewarding.

But my day does not end at 9pm when I leave Foster Center. I go home and make sure we get some dinner somehow, and then we work on our music business. Brian is in the process of editing about fifteen songs for a new album which has a working title of “In the Garden.” So our job is to listen to the prototype CD, over and over, listening for anything that needs fixing, whether it be a note that is a little off or a word that can’t be understood, a bass line that is too loud.

With our last album, Moon June Spoon, I re-recorded vocal tracks for two songs at this stage in the game. I knew the songs better by that point, and I just could sing with a more free feel. It was worth the effort to do it. But this album is going together much more easily than the last album. A big part of that is that we knew all of the songs, at least casually, before we started the project. Some of them we have been singing on stage for a few years now, so that went really well. I’m thoroughly enjoying the listening process. Well, except for the half a percent where I hear something that needs fixing. But the fixing is minimal, and Brian is getting so much better at editing that the process is not as difficult for him as it was when we did the last album.

Oh, and then of course after discussing and listening to the CD, we have our nightly Fabulous Heftones practice. Last night Brian had a dress rehearsal, because he just got a new tux with tails and tried it on, cumberbund and all, to get the feel of playing standing up in those clothes. He looked so nice!!!

We practice standing up for the last week or so before a big show. We found out yesterday that we are playing at Midwest Ukefest on Saturday night, for those who were asking. This is in Indianapolis, and the show is 7-11pm on Saturday, October 30.

I’m getting really excited for the Ukefest show. Our rehearsals are just becoming more and more fun. The only challenge is that we have so many great songs we love to perform, and we need to choose 20 minutes from all that material! Thank goodness they will also have more casual performances in the museum lobby where we will also perform (no date or time yet on that), so we can do different songs there.

Woohoo!! Midwest Ukefest can get me through my very long day, with a smile on my face!

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