Sabrina and Mike Live

Continued from It Sings Itself - Part Two

It Sing Itself - Part Three

Bass pulsing, drums throbbing, the Blitz buzzes with people morphing between loose strands of individuals entering the bar one by one and large…

Continued from It Sings Itself - Part One

It Sings Itself - Part Two

After unwinding the cord from my purple and white finger, I lower the phone back into its carriage and get up from my chair.  Walking towards…

It Sings Itself - Part One

I can’t find the file that I am looking for.  After spending several minutes randomly opening file after file, I decide to do a digital system search for it.  Clicking on the start menu…

As my surgery date approaches, I have noticed that both Mike and I are getting more and more anxious. We are both just not quite ourselves. I can see it wearing on Mike through little things. Lately, he’s been forgetting…

Mike Speaks: His Last Blog Post

Sabrina and I talked a lot about the blog and I decided that I am not continuing.  Sabrina, on the other hand, will continue with her blog. With all the work we have taken…

Sabrina Speaks: Fear and Gratitude for Music

With illness comes the inevitable hours of contemplation. I’m certainly not immune to this and having gone through a major illness in the past doesn’t seem to alleviate any of my worry. I…

Mike Speaks: How I Became a Left Handed Guitar Player.

I am a right handed person, but I play guitar left handed. I do a few other things left handed like play hockey, and although I golf right handed, I…

Sabrina Speaks: My Health Crisis

Today I sat out on my deck as I contemplated what to write about.  The topic – thoughts on life – is just so grand and vague all at once.  I took a deep breath…

Mike Speaks: The Holiday Inn and Silly Pranks

Thinking about my favorite gig there was a lot to consider.  There are different kinds of gigs such as a club gig (typically 3 to 6 nights), one nighters, touring gigs (either…

Sabrina Speaks: My First Love

For most of my life, I was considered a fat girl.  In elementary school, I was bullied because of my weight. I remember one time a boy did a two-legged drop kick to my ass…

MIke's Worst Gig: The Welland House 

When we decided to write about our worst gig this week, I had to do a lot of thinking.  I have played all across Canada, the USA, and many other countries. I have played…

Sabrina Speaks: My Elementary School Super Hero - Mrs. Smedbol.

I was in Elementary school during the 70s. It was a time when school districts payed extra money to have a dedicated music teacher in the schools.  Currently, that’s rarely…