It’s been a rollicking month for your Kow Boys of Moo Corner. I suppose the big news is that we have a metric crapton of new arrangements coming down the pipe. You may remember me saying that one of Kow’s big goals for this is to learn 10 new songs for this year’s Fringe. Well, so far we have 2 1/2 complete arrangements, at least two arrangements partially completed, and perhaps SIX MORE in the queue! This is unprecedented for us, but after years of tiny, incremental changes to our repertoire, we decided to concentrate on brand new content for you, our fans.
But it would be great to work out these songs in front of an audience, to have some fan feedback on them before Fringe rolls around. We are certainly our own biggest critics, but we perform because we love entertaining you guys, so we need somewhat more objective ears to hear them. It won’t surprise you to discover that audience applause is one of the ways we determine whether we did a good job. Consistent cheers and raucous appluse? It means we’ve done well. Polite , perfunctory applause? Maybe that song needs to be reworked, or we need to change the way we perform it.
And speaking of audiences and feedback, if any of our Kow boys and Kow girls out in Moo Moo Land know of (or or planning) events that would benefit from an a cappella quintet, please let us know. We’re always on the lookout for more performing opportunities. Sure, we’re performing the national anthem for a badminton tournament at NAIT this weekend (singing the national anthem at a sporting event is another 2014 goal for us) , but we’d also like to perform at weddings, conferences, festivals, that sort of thing. If you know of anything and can hook us up, let us know in the Facebook group comments or via email (that’s info [at] apocalypsekow [dot] com). Who knows? There might be some swag in it for you. Maybe. Also, hugs!
Thanks, folks. 2014 is going to be an awesome year!