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Tonight I pulled a "doozie" as my Mother would say. We decided during intermission this evening to add a few sound effects to enhance some of the humor on stage. After all, I have an electric drum kit with over a thousand different voices including a whole barrage of sound effects, why not?

So I jumped on my throne (drummers all have thrones... not sure why. We aren't that royal -- unless THAT is followed by "pain in the a$$"), and programmed the additional kit into my chain (a chain in this sense is a setting that allows me to put a series of different kits together and access them quickly at the touch of a button without having to scroll through all of the kits). Well the effects went off without a hitch, and a good time was had by all, until...

The last song of the show. A big, classic rock ballad finale which brings the house down. The song starts off with the strum of the electric guitar and a vocalist, and at the end of the first verse, there is this supposed to be this huge "BOOM BOOM BOOM" fill on my toms from high to low (loses a little effect without audio, but go with it). Well tonight, Hedwig gets to the end of the verse and I cut lose with "Bird Chirp, Dog Bark, Cartoon Sproing". Yeah, nice and climactic.

I recovered quickly, and thankfully the audience was forgiving and didn't lose it, although the guitar player almost swallowed his gum. To my fellow bandmates, I'm sorry, and THAT won't happen again.

Saw Serenity for the second time today, and it still left me just as emotional as the first time I saw it. Joss Whedon, I applaud you and I hope you get the recognition you deserve for this amazing work. You make me want to be a better writer.