BOC 2012

[Jason C. Hillenburg]

"It's all about the passion, especially after you've already realized your dreams." 

Nicely put. The musical artists whom I admire most are those who are still recording, 
still writing, believing that their best work is front of them, not behind them. 

I always had the feeling that Tornado on the Tracks was a happy accident, an 
introduction of sorts, and we'd be hearing more in time. 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Bouchard" <altbouch at GMAIL.COM> 
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:38:20 PM 
Subject: Re: BOC 2012 

This current Blue Coupe record should set the tone for what you can expect in the future. We have been much harder on ourselves than the last one which was just a ruse to get Robby Krieger to play with us. The sound on the last one was also a compromise and we still never had a rehearsal! This time we had 2 practice sessions, recorded in a real studio that has produced many hits, and made demos for 3 times the number of songs we had last time. We are all about fun but it's not like we don't still have passion and things to say. We're striving to find a balance. Not being defensive but I don't think that it's a matter of being a hobby or having great chops. It's all about the passion, especially after you've already realized your dreams. And we're still finding our way, there are plans in the works for larger complicated works that are designed to blow socks off. 
Al 

On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote: 

> On 11 Jul 2012, at 13:20 , Jason C. Hillenburg wrote: 
>> Albert on board would mean no more coasting. I get the feeling that 
>> the gigs are more or less a hobby now; there's really no greater rhyme or reason to them, no greater direction. 
> 
> Yeah, but, come on ... one gets the distinct feeling that Eric and Buck are happy enough coasting. I mean, even if the entire original band reunited and made the most amazing recordings in the world, the world is not gonna send them straight to festival headlining (as with the not-quite-reunited {once again} Sabbath). It's been a long while, there's no hype, etc. .... 
> 
> Mind you, Buck could sit down and start crafting great new music whenever he wanted ... if he wanted. With his experience, it's no big hassle these days. But, well, it doesn't seem to be a priority. :/ 
> 
> For all that Blue Coupe seems like fun for all involved, on stage or front of stage, I'm not sure its designed to produce something new that blows our socks off. I can't help but think that "Denial of Death" may end up having been the last great (and it _is_ great!) new product from the World 'O BÖC. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Carl 
> 
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> Carl Edlund Anderson 
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