Business Deal Records had a Band Lotto. I was assigned to play bass and picked to be in a band with Chris L, Erik B, and Reed P. Also, song themes were picked out of the hat. Everyone was assigned to write one song about “baby fat,” and then each individual band assigned different themes. Our theme was “Jesus.” Some other ones were: “the mall,” “pockets”, “suicide.” Our two songs are called: Baby of The Zodiac and Grandma.

It was an interesting experiment! And challenge. So many different musicians in different contexts. Can’t wait to hear the album.

Draft of the Album Cover designed by Patrick Healy:

My only regret is that I was way too busy at the time– performing with Nanobangbang, Gayle Gold and solo at Co-Lab– that I didn’t get to contribute as much as I would have liked. Learned a lesson there! I was totally swamped those two months and performanced-out.

But that was the other interesting part of the experiment; we only had two months to pull two songs together! Many people, like myself, on instruments they had *never played.* And you know, most of us also have to work for a living! Time was another challenge. And it was cool carving out a role in the given amount of time with the given people and the given instrument. (In this case for me it was icing and not cake).

For me personally, one great product of The Lotto was to work with really great song writers who have different methods than I do. Also, I ended up liking the bass so much I bought on!

Our band, Glowstick Mountain:

All photos by Patrick Healy

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