The new Chance single, “Bus Stop People”, arrives next week. But you can go “behind the scenes” now.
Starring: Bob Vaughan-Wheeler
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Go behind the scenes during the recording process of “Bus Stop People” and watch the upcoming exclusive documentary, “Bob answers the call.”
It’ll be available for viewing next week (Tuesday or Wednesday).
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Well, it’s the day before as I write this; tomorrow will be my first surgery ever. First time ever under general anesthesia. Hey, I think it’s been a good run!
That kidney stone is being straight out shy. Annoying, uncomfortable, but not out and out screaming pain, like before. So, they’re going in to remove it.
It’s called utereroscopy. For the men reading this, you may do the math. And to make it “cool”, they are using fricking lasers. To prepare, I can’t eat or drink anything after Midnight tonight. Anything. So, by the time I get to the hospital tomorrow, I shall probably be very grumpy. Course to ameliorate this, I plan on eating dinner tonight at 11:59 PM PDT.
The whole operation is supposed to take one hour and a half (I presume not including the ins and outs of forced sleep). I can’t leave the hospital until fully awake, and I’ve um, well, gone to the bathroom. But I don’t expect to stay the night.
So, say a prayer if that’s your thing, or listen to a groovy song, if you prefer. Whatever you do, look up to the sky and smile. I’m not afraid, or even really that apprehensive. But knowing you just did what you did, just makes me feel good about it.
AND if you actually read this entire post, also know this:
So long as I make it through no problems and can sit in front of a computer, on Tuesday I’ll have an announcement about Chance Single #26.
Red beans and ricely,
Chance
Steve, my old guitarist, recently retorted, “Hey Chance, you can’t get closer when Closer’s Not Good Enough!”
Touché, my friend!
But I still stand by my statement: I’m very close to an announcement on new material.
I also think I’m getting close to passing my kidney stone, but I digress!
So, until then, do you think you can wait til next week?
I believe I’ll have something to say about it by then. 
For those who know me little, the above may sound like a song title or, hell, maybe a recording studio.
For those who know me well, you just groaned.
Yes, I’m now on my 3rd kidney stone. It’s the worst. My 1st two were significantly more painful than this one. The doc has me on some med that facilitates passage, shall we say. It’s taking awhile, but it’s not as painful. Only one massive attack, and since then, only discomfort. So, in that regard, um, woohoo!
So, this has taken up the greater part of my psyche for the last 10 days for so. Had a CT scan this past Tuesday (where they discovered it). Tuesday was also the day I was most in pain. The worst part is you can feel it coming. You just have to brace yourself. My M.O. is to grab a pillow— and a quiet place— and SCREAM.
I’m back to work on getting the next single ready, but it hasn’t passed yet. Fingers crossed it happens soon.
A few moons ago, I did this Lip Dub for Happening (from Famous Words & Alibis) while in Ensenada, Mexico.
Enjoy!
Spent last night at Rob Beaton’s studio mastering the 1st two new Chance singles. Very happy with how they came out.
From the Famous Words & Alibis sessions:
I wanted an alternate, piano version to this song for my last record. So, I recorded it live in the studio. This is the video of that live recording.
The tone of this version made me think of a lonely bar where no one was paying any attention to the piano player. So, I found some “people talking in a bar” sound files, and added it later. It works, nicely, I think.
It’s a struggle to restrain my joy.
I readily confess to this because the video idea I had, for what will be the first Chance song to be released in almost two years, was nothing short of a monumental challenge. Undaunted—and perhaps a little naively—I pushed forward with my vision with the knowledge that, at any moment during the journey, the whole thing could fail. Miserably.
Somehow, that gave me just the freedom I needed.
I also confess to this:
I can’t tell you anything about the video, not because I’m being deliberately coy (maybe just accidentally) but because I want the experience to be a nice, refreshing surprise. Don’t worry, I didn’t re-invent the wheel or anything, but it’s definitely the coolest video I’ve ever shot. Hopefully, upon its release, you’ll share in my sentiment.
I can say it was a lot of hard work. I can say that there were challenges that arose where I thought none would, and easy street happened where I thought there would be challenges. Go figure.
Screenshot 6
Then, when I was literally 99 percent of the way toward completion, something occurred that I thought I had no way of solving. Blasted computers! They can be so fricking annoying! I literally thought I was going to have to go to a plan B (which I had all along…just in case, but didn’t want to do.) And then, an amazing thing happened.
You may have seen some of the screen shots. It’s just a glimpse, but trust me: that was the easy part. I can tell you the final video required a single take. And the final day of shooting (also known as the day i tried to get my one single take) took all day to set up, prepare for, and 4 and a half hours of attempts before I got what I wanted: the right one.
Yup. you read that right: the shot which will be the final video was accomplished at 1:15 in the morning after countless… I mean COUNTLESS takes. And it was then when I found my glitch, my “uh oh, what am I going to do now?” moment. It was a syncing issue.
I go to sleep, as I had to be at work, a mere 5 hours later. I sent e-mails to friends I knew in the film industry. One mentioned something about a refresh rate. I got home, exhausted, but in not as bad of a mood as I should have been. I ingested the file, and for the hell of it, tried a little cheat using basic math and…. holy moly, it worked!
Here I was, having already mapped out a plan on how to correct it by completely re-shooting, and I didn’t have to do that at all. I was done?? I was DONE!!
I’ll keep the rest of it close to the vest for now. But it’s coming soon, don’t you worry.
Hope I make ya proud.
