Meet the band

I decided I should finally introduce you to The Band. I was going to get some better pictures, but we haven't practiced the last couple of weeks for various reasons, so I'll see what pictures I can dig up.

Erica - bass

(Flattering picture right?) Erica is my coworker and the band's bassist (is that a word?). I don't know how many years she's been playing for but she's pretty good. This is her third band at the moment, besides the previously mentioned Ducksicle and Blueflowers. She plays bass in all three bands. I guess when you like an instrument a lot, you stick with it.

Erica also owns not only our band's practice space (her basement), but also the drum kit that I play on. At least I think she owns it. Either that or somebody just left it there one day like an orphan and she took it in and raised it as her own.

Erin - vocals

Let's see if my history is accurate - Erin and Erica have been friends for many years (I think). Or maybe Erica was friends with Erin's roommate, Erica (I know, I'm confused just typing it. Erica, Erica, Erin, and Aaron...sigh). Erin is the singer in the band. I believe this is her first time being in a band, so I guess we have something in common (other than an awesome name). She always seems to be smiling, laughing, etc which is a good quality to have in a band member (although I don't know if happy singers write good lyrics, haha).

Helmut - lead guitar

Helmut is our German guitar player (he is German, not the guitar. At least not that I know of). Helmut is in Ducksicle along with Erica and they've known each other for a few years. He seems very mellow and is always willing to help me out with things like "maybe throw in a crash there at the transition" and "try hitting the toms during the bridge instead of just the bass". He's very good at giving me suggestions without making me feel like I suck for doing it wrong.

Mystery member

Supposedly we will also be having a rhythm guitar player (who possibly doubles as a keyboardist too), but as I have not practiced with said mystery member yet, she cannot be introduced. I also have no pictures of her.


So that's the band. They're all pretty cool and I've had fun playing with them so far. I hope that things work out and we get to play together for quite awhile.