April 2007

April 29, 2007
April 29th.....1989.....I wonder what I was doing.
Pretty good weekend.....didn't really do anything spectacular.....I got Lynn set up on Facebook....I'll never see her again....time to practice! I find it funny when putting "interests" on facebook...no one actually lists facebook. But that's all anyone seems to be doing.
Today I put some stuff on the studio walls...started as an attempt to get it to not sound like an airplane hangar, but it's kinda cozy in here...then I found this dude that sells guitar lessons online......Doug Seven....dammmmmmn. http://sizzlingguitarlicks.com
Nice. really inspiring...and what I've been looking to learn for a while.
Not much else...have a ham the size of my head in the oven.......honey glaze. Which reminds me I should ad the glaze part at some point.
oh, there is an official Shawn Hebb Fan Club that my good friend Mike Greene has setup on facebook...now, I don't know how much fanclub we're looking at...and he just may very well be making fun of me....but if you want....join up! Maybe I'll get some buttons made.
......fanclub.
I make fun of people who are on my level and have "The Official" in front of their site or myspace page....and I stroll in with a fan club. Then again..on facebook, people join groups that are "I think a monkey should have free popsicles"...so I don't think it's a big deal to be in a shawn hebb fan club.
Ok....I'm going to hook up a microphone and then play some guitar.
April 25, 2007
......and spring is gone. sigh.
A little grey outside today....a little chilly this morning. When will it be time to complain about the heat and have my guitar necks go uber straight and buzzy requiring constant truss rod adjustment. (hehe...I said rod adjustment.)
ok...keep it together....I'm an adult for crying out loud.
So, I'm not sure that whole youtube thing is right....I mean, the video is there, and the audio is there...but it's like it's some kind of foreign movie with bad over dubs. although, I have seen some videos up there, (by famous dudes no less) that have had a little sync issues.
sigh...I don't know.......I was just getting the swing of facebook, now this youtube thing is rearing it's ugly head. I think I might have had the iTunes thing not working right up until now...
I think...click over on it.....the apple....and buy something for crying out loud. Err, and by stuff I mean my stuff. Tell your friends, your neighbors.....put forwards out on the internet that if you don't by 5 Shawn Hebb albums and forward this to 7 or your friends you'll have bad luck for the next week and you may just stub your toe. The pinky one...and man, that hurts like a bitch.
or, you know...I mean, if it comes up in conversation.
April 24, 2007
well, Spring has sprung......I think until Thursday when it'll get cold again.
Thanks for everyone who came out to that Savannah room gig last Friday....I was a bit under the weather, but it was a fun night. It's a nice little room.....I think I played there when it was the Oasis. Yes...I did...I was there twice...first time playing guitar for Natasha Boomer, (a lovely actor/comedian/writer), and then me and a guitar at the (equally lovely and talented) Tina Vahn's night of passion.
There is some new stuff on the flickr site, and the youtube thing. The youtube thing is from a morning show I did a while back.....I don't think the music syncs up to my hands......it's a youtube thing I guess.....(and when I say that I mean, I have no idea why, but it worked fine on my computer before it was uploaded.)
April 18, 2007
The colour of this website surprised me this morning...was it always like this?
Started work on some songs for an instrumental sort of album this morning. Now there is two albums I have to finish. The studio still isn't all hooked up wire wise the way I would like it...I need like one button to push and everything turns on, mic flies to my mouth and guitar jumps into my hands.....then the inflatable engineer comes out and starts getting levels. I was going to google "inflatable engineer" but I'm leery of what might come up. Maybe that can be the name of my band...Shawn Hebb and the inflatable engineers..... snot really singing to me though.
So..Savannah room, this Friday...college and spadina....$6 cover. We're opening up, so don't look at me...but Jeff and I'll rehearse, so don't worry...you'll get your money's worth just with us.....seriously. 6 bucks...two guys, like what? 10 songs....I'm not sure of the math, but that equals entertainment ladies and gentlemen. Did I mention we're on at 9.....you'll be out of there by like 10......10:30 if we chat for a bit.
April 17, 2007
7:15...coffee on. too early. Did my taxes last weekend....well, got someone to do my taxes for me. I always find it stressful getting that done....seeing the financial year kind of laid out in front of you like that....now it's done and I don't have to worry about it. And of course I make the promise that this year I'll be more organized with my receipts and get it done right away and this and that. right. Jeez..how long does it take to make that freaking coffee.
I had a crazy dream Rich Hamelin was doing a gig playing covers of Geoffrey Tyler songs. I'm not sure what the heck that means.
I have about 10 these postcards left....if you want one, email me and I'll mail you one. First come first serve...own a piece of history...ha.
April 11, 2007....later in the day
I'm getting out of the way. My mom's friend Ann is visiting...and they decided they would paint my dining room. I'd been putting it off...so......I'm getting out of the way. I made coffee, put out some cheese and crackers, made dinner, did the dishes......still, a little guilt.
They have a great show on 1984 on much more music. 1984. My favorite year of music. I mean, there has been many years since where I've loved music....I love music..but in 1984...it just came alive for me. So much variety, different styles...I think that was the year I got a real guitar....just a really good year in general I guess... check out this list:
http://www.rhapsody.com/playlistcentral/playlistdetail?playlistId=12342224
oh..playing on ...hmm...april 20th. Savanah room...club...something. got to shoes and check it out.
oooh...the youtube link is sort of fixed on this blog page.....I'll get to all the rest.
umm..there's really nothing there yet. but sooon. sooooooon.
thanks to Guy for pointing out that it didn't work. Maybe I can get some of the surf's up demo on there...Guy?
April 11, 2007
I started messing around with all my receipts for taxes last night.....there are a million of them, and let's face it; I'm not a money/accounting kind of guy. So I have no idea where to put what, how much of that or this I can deduct and if that Iron Maiden DVD I bought last year can really be written off.
what is it...Wednesday?
Jeff Scott has booked a gig for our duo at Holy Joe's...May 17th. I think it's a Thursday.....don't worry...we're not going to do a marathon evening....I think an opener, and then us for two sets.....we have a surf's up gig the next day I think...so I don't want to be out late. ha.
I know the you tube stuff I have up there is.....boring. Lame comes to mind.....not interesting..yes..that could describe it. I've been busy...that's my excuse....my mom is visiting from nova Scotia....so cut me some slack. I'm thinking I'll play some songs, me and the ol' guitar into the web cam. maybe 1 a week...I'm thinking that. I also think I'm Batman sometimes...so we'll see how that pans out. Or even if you want to see it. All my attempts at building a working light saber have failed...so it's back to some songs.
April 6, 2007
Pretty good gig last night...thanks to everyone who came out for a listen. I forgot to bring cds to sell...so I sold none. It used to be about the music...now it's all about selling cds. kidding.
Pretty soon there won't be any cds....maybe just an iPod dock and you download it there. It would probably be easier to do that anyway...buy a bunch of USB flash drives with the album on it...sell those for 10 bucks. I'm seriously debating with myself if I should even bother going the professional duplication route with the next cd. I think the only people that really impresses are other musicians. (And I'm very concerned with doing that.)
The only thing I'd miss is the cd cover. I mean, that's the only thing that's left. I miss album covers in a way...but I think the cd booklet is a very close second..if not better than an album cover. Yah...I like the cd booklet better. I like the idea you can get a dvd with an album now. The youtube thing will kind of raise the bar on that too.....not only a dvd, but it'll have to be good quality and surrrounnnd sound.
ok...perhaps a nap.....or a shower, then a nap....or a nap, a shower, another nap...maybe a movie...nap, snack...movie........nap.
you get the idea...I'm planning on doing nothing today.
April 5, 2007
No more rehearsing, or nursing a part....we know every part by heart.
.....right.
Tonight...Free Times Cafe (320 College)...let's say 9:30 ish.
April 3, 2007
I rehearsed with Jeff last night...went well...songs sound good...fun...tiring. The talk of guitars and star wars was abundant. Then he suggested I check out the free times web site....
again with the name spelt wrong. Every time I play there something is wrong. Sean Hebb, Shawn Herb, Shawn Hepp.....this time around it's Shawn Ebb with Jeff Stone.
I like to say "Shawn Ebb" with a slight British accent by the way.... try it...it's fun.
anyway....annoying. Not a big deal really, but annoying none the less. So don't freak out...what you're going to come out and see on Thursday is a fabulous evening with Shawn Hebb and Jeff Scott.
Although.....Jeff Stone is starting to grow on me.

April 2, 2007
alright...pretty sure all links on this thing are fine and/or dandy.
Dandy....that's a good word...I should try to use that more. "How was the gig Shawn?"
"just dandy....thanks for asking."
yah. that's alright.
On Friday I performed on the show Daytime....it was pretty great. Early, but great. It's not to often I find my singing and playing guitar before noon....at least not playing when I'm wearing pants anyway. It was pretty amazing how nice everyone was.
April 1, 2007
new site...it's pretty much done, so feel free to browse around....mostly same old stuff...just more organized. If you're finding a page isn't working....hit the refresh key on your browser.
More rambling later...have to fix a couple of things on this.