Had a good stumble-through although our boys are really struggling with their wordy songs. Damon has his first one down pat, and knows most of the second, but he had to refer to his lyrics for the third constantly. I told him to print them out and we'd see how sound check goes. We may just have to put them on the piano for that number. Our other fellow was glued to his lyrics on his iPad for all three songs - the funny thing is, if he'd just put that crutch away he'd probably know them fine. I told him to do whatever he needed to do between now and then because he really needs to know these. One of them he could conceivably do with a clipboard because we can make that make sense, but the other two - he's on his own, and one of the songwriters will be there so I think he understands the importance of buckling down Winsocki and getting this in his bones. Newcomers tend to think they can just slide along and they never understand that in the slightly over two weeks they have the material, they cannot waste a minute of that time. After they've done one show, they never do that again.
