Blue sky at night

 

Hi Grace.  I looked at the images you put up of the Levitate festival.  Esi didn't go?  Congratulations on your album release show in LA.  Looks like a classy venue.  I don't see any homeless on the street.  Appearances can be deceiving, especially in LA.  I don't like LA.  Please don't move there.  If you wanted to challenge LA, do it from Nashville.  Nashville will love you for it.

Hey, check out the video above.  A meteor lit up the sky at night during a concert.  Was that really a Coldplay show?  "Viva la Vida" is a great song.

I am the drummer

 

Hiya Grace!  Hi, morning face.  I don't dare show my morning face to the crowd, because I'm not pretty like you.  Whose pants are those?  They look like they've been used to paint the house.  Probably your mother's.  You've been into the funk lately.  Which isn't a bad thing.  You have a great bassist, and Esi is the right singer for it.  The funk begins with the bass, so you must borrow your brother's bass and write from there, or write with your bass player.  You're becoming more and more jazz, though.  You're definitely straying away from the pentatonic scale.  I heard you solo over "Black Water", and you couldn't stay country.  You really are a guitar prodigy, with a genius ear.  Just don't do the same riffs over and over again OK!  I used to write a lot of funk bass, nowadays I'm into a different kind of groove.  Maybe I'll get back to the funk, but I have a backlog of stuff that needs to be published.  But yeah, get a funk drummer!  Simple and groovy.  Do you dance, Grace?  Wanna dance, Grace?  I have big and bad feet, but we can learn to dance with each other.

I can't be your drummer Honey, because I'm on the other side of the world!  Asia is where most of the people are.  I thought I would show you my drum set, though.  It's a great sounding kit, except for the cymbal.  I don't think I would ever give these drums up no matter how rich I may get.  I want Karen's old kit, though.  Or I will put up with a new set if I'm forced to.  I used to have a Slingerland kit which was also an antique.  I loved those drums.  Have you ever hugged a bass drum?  I should have taken photos of it.  Media is different today, you have all your memories on photo and video at the touch of your fingers.  I wouldn't want photographic evidence of my mistakes, who would?  I will try to help you minimize on mistakes while I'm around, Honey.  InshaAllah.  Hopefully you will listen to me.

The drummer

 

Oh Grace, I just noticed that you put your hand on Blinken's shoulder.  Buddies, huh!  He didn't know what to do with his hands, so he let them fall to his sides and stood there with a goofy grin on his face.  That's MY girl, folks!  She's got balls!

I've been meaning to ask you why you don't have a permanent drummer.  Do those guys want a salary or something?  Don't they realize how bad that looks?  Fucking sellouts.  But I suppose we can't all be ready to die for God or music.  People need to make a living.  You seem to me to have a more stable future as a musician than most others in Nashville, or maybe they just don't see it well enough to make a commitment.  Maybe it's a sexist thing.  Have you tried putting out an ad?  Maybe get a female drummer who's close to your age?  Maybe I don't have enough information, but it doesn't make sense to me that you don't have a permanent drummer.  Maybe you need more original music.

Here's an example of where the drummer totally pushes the band to higher ground.  It's the "My Generation" medley from The Who, Live at Leeds.  Keith Moon had his problems, but here is proof of how legendary he is.

More gain

 

Looking good, Grace!  That's a nice band photo.  I listen to "Wine on Venus" everyday lately.  I think you know that.  It's because I'm in love with Grace.  I can hear 3 stages of gain in the guitar solo, and you didn't bother with any fast picking.  It's a lovely song, Honey.  I would love to hear the whole album.  It sure seems that your music means something to me.  I could be your biggest fan, a bigger fan of yours than even your parents, if I weren't stuck here broke with tons of stuff to do.  Music is love.  Even with death metal (and what an uncomfortable love that is).

No, you don't need more gain.  Do you?  I estimate that it's about time that Grace Bowers clones begin to pop up.  You know what I mean, girls (and boys) who play guitar that look and sound like Grace Bowers.  What do you think of that, Honey?  Just regard it as another gain stage.

Ugh, I don't like this outfit!  I should have dumped it when I had the chance, but it didn't hit me until later.  Maybe it's the pose that does it wrong.

Work

 

Hiya Grace!  Oh, you look so cute in that video!  I think I'm in love with you.

Did you know that you are already where you are supposed to be?  So don't work too hard and give yourself a heart attack.  Make time to enjoy your life.  Pray.

Perfume

 

Happy 4th of July, Grace!  I expect you are working.  Please take the time to perform an inventory protocol every time you load and unload your vehicle.  Not only to make sure you have all your stuff, but also to see if anyone planted something like stolen goods or drugs.  Beware, some packages can be very small.  Yes Honey, being famous can really suck sometimes.  It's business as usual here for me.  I don't get days off.  Enjoy the fireworks, Honey!

Do you think Clarice should have worn perfume when she first met Hannibal?  Old men have souls like prisons.  Being incarcerated would have those men smell whatever it is they want to smell.  Dr. Lecter was probably being polite when he said he couldn't smell that.

When you are famous, people want to smell you more.

Oh, Karen!

 

Hiya Grace!  Congratulations on your spanking week.  I'm very proud of you!  Those boots don't match the suit, Honey.  Simple red pumps would work better, or the gold boots.  Sometimes I envy how rockin' your life is, but then I realize we both have so much work to do.  We are actually very weak, so God divided the load between us.  So learn to sleep on a chair when it gets busy.  I don't mean a car seat, but find a chair to sit on when you have a few minutes to spare, close your eyes and fall asleep.  Don't bother trying to fall asleep, but go straight into a dream.  You will find that that few minutes sleep will make a big difference in how you feel, and when they add up it makes it easier to get through the day, also easier on your heart.  Avoid medication unless absolutely necessary!  And please don't get any tattoos.  Ya Allah, please protect my Grace and her loved ones when she travels.

People really miss Karen Carpenter.  They miss her so much, that they weep when they think of her.  Mary Unknown7 is a channeler: she can channel the voices of the dead.  It is a genuine channeling, because only Allah can make the dead to speak.  It's been more than a week since Mary got sick.  It usually takes her about 2 weeks to recover from chest congestion.  She said that when she got sick, the only voices that didn't abandon her were Ella, Billie, Keely and Patsy.  Now all of them are gradually coming back except Karen.  Don't worry folks, Karen will be back soon inshaAllah.  Please be patient.