Ritalin live jam with Mike and Dave by janapochop
Here’s a moment in time from a jam I had with my friends Mike and Dave in New Mexico a few weeks ago. We had been threatening to do this forever, and we finally did. Mike plays bass and Dave plays dobro (on this track), mandolin, ukulele drums, and probably 6 other things. We had such a good time, and Dave got the whole evening on tape. By tape I mean digital file.
He sent the mp3s and the thing that struck me is that this was a jam — meaning informal, play what you want and how you want, and most importantly…unrehearsed. I basically said, “Hey guys, this song is in D!” and we started. I thought what came out of this spontaneous moment was so cool I had to share. It’s not slick and shiny and overdubbed, it’s what happened when 4 brains (my bestest Jamie was in the room holding down the fort and the dogs and offered the “Hooray!”) sit in a room and mess around with music. Too much fun. I hope it’s the start of my New Mexico band. Then I’ll pay them well enough one day where we can fly to gigs on a Lear Jet together.