Good Luck Joe Vana

[LtVanish]

Looking forward to the Mecca show on Friday Joe. Are you going to be playing some of the new songs? Hope to get the chance to meet you as well!

[Joe Vana]

Looking forward to the Mecca show on Friday Joe. Are you going to be playing some of the new songs? Hope to get the chance to meet you as well!

Yep we are...a mix of Mecca I and Mecca II...really looking forward to seeing Rob do his thing...I hear great things about him!!! Will be a great night for the mr.com's!!!!

Last night at rehearsal everything came together....these are very challenging tunes to do live...and the vocals are extremely high as most have notes in the highest human registers...I will eat my wheaties!!! I have a secret weapon for backgrounds so i will be saved hahahah....

See ya there!!

JV

[LtVanish]

Looking forward to the Mecca show on Friday Joe. Are you going to be playing some of the new songs? Hope to get the chance to meet you as well!

Yep we are...a mix of Mecca I and Mecca II...really looking forward to seeing Rob do his thing...I hear great things about him!!! Will be a great night for the mr.com's!!!!

Last night at rehearsal everything came together....these are very challenging tunes to do live...and the vocals are extremely high as most have notes in the highest human registers...I will eat my wheaties!!! I have a secret weapon for backgrounds so i will be saved hahahah....

See ya there!!

JV

Excellent, very excited to hear it all live. Are you going to hang around the rest of the weekend also?

[Joe Vana]

Looking forward to the Mecca show on Friday Joe. Are you going to be playing some of the new songs? Hope to get the chance to meet you as well!

Yep we are...a mix of Mecca I and Mecca II...really looking forward to seeing Rob do his thing...I hear great things about him!!! Will be a great night for the mr.com's!!!!

Last night at rehearsal everything came together....these are very challenging tunes to do live...and the vocals are extremely high as most have notes in the highest human registers...I will eat my wheaties!!! I have a secret weapon for backgrounds so i will be saved hahahah....

See ya there!!

JV

Excellent, very excited to hear it all live. Are you going to hang around the rest of the weekend also?

Great meeting you last night!!! Sorry I could not stay long after the show but with this diabetes kicking my ass I need to take it slow!!!

Plus I got to hang with Axecrew as well...St John and Tito and others....was worth all the work!!!!

BTW...Axecrew may be opinionated...but he is a hell of a nice guy!!!!

[LtVanish]

Great meeting you last night!!! Sorry I could not stay long after the show but with this diabetes kicking my ass I need to take it slow!!!

Plus I got to hang with Axecrew as well...St John and Tito and others....was worth all the work!!!!

BTW...Axecrew may be opinionated...but he is a hell of a nice guy!!!!

It was very nice to meet you Joe. I did really enjoy the Mecca set, very well done. The new songs really have me excited about the new Mecca record, they sounded very kick ass. Your son did an absolute excellent job singing also! Plus that last jam session song was really killa, your band is really good. I hope you guys do some more shows sometime, maybe a album release party?

Thanks for the effort too, I know it must of been a lot of work to put that together, just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed it!

[Joe Vana]

Great meeting you last night!!! Sorry I could not stay long after the show but with this diabetes kicking my ass I need to take it slow!!!

Plus I got to hang with Axecrew as well...St John and Tito and others....was worth all the work!!!!

BTW...Axecrew may be opinionated...but he is a hell of a nice guy!!!!

It was very nice to meet you Joe. I did really enjoy the Mecca set, very well done. The new songs really have me excited about the new Mecca record, they sounded very kick ass. Your son did an absolute excellent job singing also! Plus that last jam session song was really killa, your band is really good. I hope you guys do some more shows sometime, maybe a album release party?

Thanks for the effort too, I know it must of been a lot of work to put that together, just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed it!

Thank you!!! Yes...it was alot of work...but Andrew has put so much of his life into this and this site....I just wanted to give back.....I had an amazing conversation with JP and with JJ as well...I have not seen JP in 6 years, and it was long overdue....JJ and I have never really met, so that was really wild as well...nice chap....

This show buried alot of demons for me....I NEVER thought I would EVER do a live gig with Mecca....well, I cannot say that anymore!!!

Great to meet you and to hang with St John, Tito, Rip and Axe and everybody else as well....great guys.....and Axe seems as passionate about music as I do...those were cool conversations!!
JV

[axecrew]

Joe.....Hey thanks for the kind words!!! Just drug myself back home, actually just dropped off the last 2 band members at the airport for their flights to Europe. Really enjoyed some of the weekend.....was really nice to get to talk with you for more than 10 seconds and the typical hey how are you as you pass each other. The cool thing is running into people....musicians and such that you haven't seen in awhile. Time to unwind and relax....just told someone that the only thing I've seen since wed of last week has been....3 different hotels.....venue.....and inside of a vehicle. All and all a good weekend none the less wish I could've met more people from on here but I guess it wasn't to be. Joe really enjoyed the conversation about all things local and with music...among them our mutual "friend(s)"....glad you were able to clear whatever hurdle was standing between you and JP and put away the demons. Also enjoyed our conversation about the production work on the new record and the work you did on the new survivor record. Talk soon.

[Joe Vana]

Joe.....Hey thanks for the kind words!!! Just drug myself back home, actually just dropped off the last 2 band members at the airport for their flights to Europe. Really enjoyed some of the weekend.....was really nice to get to talk with you for more than 10 seconds and the typical hey how are you as you pass each other. The cool thing is running into people....musicians and such that you haven't seen in awhile. Time to unwind and relax....just told someone that the only thing I've seen since wed of last week has been....3 different hotels.....venue.....and inside of a vehicle. All and all a good weekend none the less wish I could've met more people from on here but I guess it wasn't to be. Joe really enjoyed the conversation about all things local and with music...among them our mutual "friend(s)"....glad you were able to clear whatever hurdle was standing between you and JP and put away the demons. Also enjoyed our conversation about the production work on the new record and the work you did on the new survivor record. Talk soon.

Yes it was a whirlwind...for BOTH of us!! It was an interesting night Saturday hooking up with a few peeps from the past and overall it was a really fun time...I have to say singing up there with the whole audience singing along word for word was something I will NEVER forget...I am no 25 year old 150 lb. rock star...just a singer.....but it was nice to connect with those people who really enjoy the material....

JV

[Andrew]

Joe.....Hey thanks for the kind words!!! Just drug myself back home, actually just dropped off the last 2 band members at the airport for their flights to Europe. Really enjoyed some of the weekend.....was really nice to get to talk with you for more than 10 seconds and the typical hey how are you as you pass each other. The cool thing is running into people....musicians and such that you haven't seen in awhile. Time to unwind and relax....just told someone that the only thing I've seen since wed of last week has been....3 different hotels.....venue.....and inside of a vehicle. All and all a good weekend none the less wish I could've met more people from on here but I guess it wasn't to be. Joe really enjoyed the conversation about all things local and with music...among them our mutual "friend(s)"....glad you were able to clear whatever hurdle was standing between you and JP and put away the demons. Also enjoyed our conversation about the production work on the new record and the work you did on the new survivor record. Talk soon.

Yes it was a whirlwind...for BOTH of us!! It was an interesting night Saturday hooking up with a few peeps from the past and overall it was a really fun time...I have to say singing up there with the whole audience singing along word for word was something I will NEVER forget...I am no 25 year old 150 lb. rock star...just a singer.....but it was nice to connect with those people who really enjoy the material....

JV

You did yourself and the Mecca name proud Joe