First Jam Session

This afternoon I attended a jam session with a guitar player friend of mine . The cast was mostly older gentleman Well, older tham me anyway. Most of the time I sat aroung texting and listening tothe different players and trying to get a feel for the room and how they play etc. There were apparently more drummers than usual but I was second in line. If it were basketball back in the day I would have walked into the warehouse and shouted, "I got downs!" No need. I was listening to the drummer playing and thought he was good. What I did realize when he was playing is that my style is very ridgid and direct. I don't consider that a bad thing necessarily just pointing it out. I played probably 3 or 4 songs. They were fine. Nothing big. I was a little timid as it was my first time playing with them. I pretty much just tried to stick to the original songs as best I could. I think that is what everybody expects.

I've had a blog for well over a year now and I have yet to post or even write anything. I was always waiting for a great idea or a really profound thing, but who am I kidding? If I haven't had a profound thought in my head in over a year I might as well just start writing stuff.

Earlier today I had a great idea but since then I have forgoten it. Story of my life. If I could remember half the stuuf I forget and they were half as cool as I rememberd them to be I would probably still be in the place...but I would feel better about my memory.

One of the most frustrating things id when you sit down with your computer to search something and then forget what you were going to search. Grrrrrr!!!! So, then you stare at the screen and try to remember. Guess I'll just open up Facebook. See what's on Drudge. Lame Lame Lame.

I am going tomorrow with a friend of mine (Yes I still have a few) to a warehouse jam thing where I will be playing the drums. Looking forward to playing an acoustic set again. It will be interesting to see how I interact with the players and if it wil be good or just O.K. or a trainwreck. I am not antisipating a train wreck although I have not practiced in a long while.

I have a recording machine that has been broken for years that I would love to have fixed. I miss being able to record and feel like a musician. I would also like to make some hip-hop tracks using my SP but it has such a hiss that it records badly. Such is life.