Last night I went to a function that was promoted as an industry mixer. Honey Pot. I had heard about it a year ago. But never found anything about it, so I never went. I was invited to go last night. Thus I cruised down to The Highlands and hung out for a bit. It was probably the most un-industry social gathering I’ve ever been too. It was impossible to know who was there for Honey Pot and who was a tourist and who was there for clubbing. When I finally ran into a few people I knew, they were already in the mindset to leave.
I did end up meeting a cool bloke from Australia by the name of Troy McCubbin. He’s the guitarist for TATU. Turns out a co-writer of mine, from Australia, knows Troy really well. Small world. Apparently if I could have heard him better I would have had more to talk about. Though we did get accosted by a girl who called herself The Slim Katey. She was complaining that no one was dancing on the dance floor. Which Troy and I found funny.
The venue was so loud that as an industry mixer goes, it would have been impossible to actually conduct any kind of valuable meeting. Shortly thereafter, I ended up leaving because it was too difficult to really meet someone and have any decent conversation over the noise. Maybe next month when it happens again it won’t be quite so loud. I may venture again.
I suppose it’s one of those small moments in life I’ll remember. The party that was weird for a networking situation because it was too loud to do any effective communication. Which is how I’m connecting to today’s pick. Steve Trovato is someone I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with when I was learning to play guitar. Steve is a monster guitar player. Capable of several styles, I primarily knew him for country-esque chops, but he could really play. I learned some interesting things from him.
Little bits of guitar playing knowledge that I put to use. Small Things Remembered. That’s the crux of life right? Remembering little things. Steve has a real nice nylon string vibe going on here. I like the transition from the A section melody into the B section chord harmony. It sets a good change from the A section without me feeling disjointed.
As you can hear in the little runs Steve is doing in the B sections, Steve has chops. Quick flurries of notes ending tastefully. He’s got a quality where his technique doesn’t dominate the music. Instead the music is enhanced by his abilities. Which is a really hard balance to get with kick ass players.
Enjoy and remember, don’t sweat the small stuff, but do remember it. It’s the marrow of life.