June 26th is fine with me. I'll be glad to help out with my part of the financial arrangements.

there is a studio in staten island that has pretty good equipment and is reasonably priced. if you're interested i'll check it out and get back to you.

how many people we talkin bout?
are we gonna be bands? do i invite my group?
jamarama?

When I started to do this idea of Alembic chapter meetings a couple of years ago -well I is very relative I am sure other people have throw this idea up long before that- I thought it would be best to have 1 decent drummer (they are rare but ...well ...sometimes you can catch one in the wild that doesn't live half the time in his underwear) and a guitarplayer and/or keyboardplayer. I would have invited two or three friends that are multipurpose because I can undestand that the fabulous Steve-Vai-style-player is not happy to play Charly Bird tunes, though BOTH styles are fun and nice to play bass with.
Just some thougts from this side of the pond.
 
Paul TBO

thanks paul
kind of agree

One of my bandmembers uses that weird alembic instrument with six high-pitched strings on it?! He said he might be up for the trip.
-Ed

Wadaya mean weird six high-pitched strings?  (See, I'm already practicing my New Yawkese).  Youse gize bin hangin aroun da Brooklyn Bridge too much.  Youse got cables on da brain.  I'm da one dat came up wid dis idear an I'm a guita playa.  So no discrimination, da all ya fat string wizegize out dere unnerstan?  
 
So, letz start nailin dis ting down.  Howzabout Sunday, June 26th, 2-6, and den maybe dinna?  Whose in?  Any counta-proposals?  Speak now or fegitaboudit an keep your trap shut.
 
Bill, tgo

Ed, et al,  
Alembic - great, 6 strings - that's okay, high pitched - I don't know.  Maybe you should keep a close eye on the guy.  
Rich  
P.S.  To all you geetar players, we're really not lo freq bigots.  We just like to smart off to you guys.  
Edit:  Typing/posting at the same time.  Maybe I should refresh before I post.  Dat gize vishus.  
Also, do you really think this bass makes my strings look fat?
 
 
 
(Message edited by richbass939 on April 17, 2005)

Ed - that would be a very short scale 6 string piccolo bass.

As opposed to the bulk of Alembic's output:  Guitars for Andre the Giant & Shaquille O'Neal that are factory seconds because they forgot two of the strings.  (nyuk, nyuk).
 
Bill, the GUITAR one

No offense, but I believe the proper spelling is fuhgeddaboudit.  
 
Sounds interesting; pencil me in for now.....

I haven't seen any further posts about the NY session. Can anyone update me as to what, if anything, is happening.

I just booked my flights and hotel so I'm a go for Sunday, June 26th.  Let's get a show of hands and start nailing this puppy down.  So, who's in?
 
Bill, tgo

i am in the process of moving to Ct
so i cant think right now....
sorry-
will be back to business on the 17th of may

Wow, I almost missed this thread!
{slaps forehead}
June 26 is four days after my birthday and three after my one-year anniversary with my Series, not to mention my day off and a fun way to beg off of church, so pending wifely permission I'm in.
Money's tight, but I should be able to scrape together a few bucks toward studio rental and gas for anyone willing to pick me up in Troy.
E-mail's in my profile.
Hoo-rah!
PS--just caught the Funk Brothers in Albany today. Oh my Gawd...