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Nov. 30th, 2008 03:32 amSO! I said I would have a non-iconspam post, and here it is.
Today I got to get my musician on. See, there's this camp owned run by the Presbytery (which is part of the Presbyterian Church), called Gracefield Camp and Conference Center. Nice little place. Good property. But also in a pretty dire financial situation. So, they held a Gala/Silent Auction fundraiser today, and my family volunteered to provide some musical entertainment. The Band was me on piano, my mother on guitar, and my little brother Brent on fiddle and drum. We tried to get my other younger brother Ross to join in on bass, but he was an assface and declined. Phooey on him.
We just did three songs: first was one of Brent's fiddle pieces, with me and my mom accompanying on piano and guitar. The second song was We'll Carry On by Jimmy Rankin. We put Brent on the drum for that one. And then for the last song was just me and my mother, and we did an altered version of If I Had A Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies. We changed the words to reflect all the stuff that Gracefield needed to buy: A ride-on mower, a portable hard drive, a color laser printer, a new septic system, etc. People really enjoyed that one, especially when I explained that the reason why we needed to buy safety stuff for that new chainsaw was "so Alan can keep all his extremities".
So, that's how I spent my day. I think it went pretty well. A lot of fun. And we got a free turkey dinner out of it! Win/Win!
Today I got to get my musician on. See, there's this camp owned run by the Presbytery (which is part of the Presbyterian Church), called Gracefield Camp and Conference Center. Nice little place. Good property. But also in a pretty dire financial situation. So, they held a Gala/Silent Auction fundraiser today, and my family volunteered to provide some musical entertainment. The Band was me on piano, my mother on guitar, and my little brother Brent on fiddle and drum. We tried to get my other younger brother Ross to join in on bass, but he was an assface and declined. Phooey on him.
We just did three songs: first was one of Brent's fiddle pieces, with me and my mom accompanying on piano and guitar. The second song was We'll Carry On by Jimmy Rankin. We put Brent on the drum for that one. And then for the last song was just me and my mother, and we did an altered version of If I Had A Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies. We changed the words to reflect all the stuff that Gracefield needed to buy: A ride-on mower, a portable hard drive, a color laser printer, a new septic system, etc. People really enjoyed that one, especially when I explained that the reason why we needed to buy safety stuff for that new chainsaw was "so Alan can keep all his extremities".
So, that's how I spent my day. I think it went pretty well. A lot of fun. And we got a free turkey dinner out of it! Win/Win!
TUBAMAPHOOOONE
Mar. 20th, 2008 02:17 pmSo, I dug my tuba out yesterday. Well, actually, it's a completely different tuba, as those were school instruments and this is a rental, but same idea. I haven't played since high school (three years!) but my mom runs this church program for kids, and every year they do a simple musical production. She asked me to play Tuba for one song, so here I am.
In addition to the three-year hiatus, we'd only had this tuba since Monday, and I'd only had a chance to play once in that time, so when I showed up to the practice yesterday, I knew pretty much none of the fingerings. I took ten minutes and wrote out the fingerings under every single note I had to play. Fortunately, the song's pretty simple, so I did alright. There's a few parts I'm going to ahve to work on, though...
The tuba in question is a B-flat, but I was expecting an E-flat (which is what I was told we'd be getting), like I played back in grades seven and eight. And this tuba, like that one, is pretty small (comparatively), so it took me like ten minutes to figure out that it was a B-flat.
In addition to the three-year hiatus, we'd only had this tuba since Monday, and I'd only had a chance to play once in that time, so when I showed up to the practice yesterday, I knew pretty much none of the fingerings. I took ten minutes and wrote out the fingerings under every single note I had to play. Fortunately, the song's pretty simple, so I did alright. There's a few parts I'm going to ahve to work on, though...
The tuba in question is a B-flat, but I was expecting an E-flat (which is what I was told we'd be getting), like I played back in grades seven and eight. And this tuba, like that one, is pretty small (comparatively), so it took me like ten minutes to figure out that it was a B-flat.
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Sep. 7th, 2007 12:19 amThe incredibly excellent band Mae recently dropped a new album, titled Singularity. I bought it and am enjoying the hell out of it. I would like to take this moment recommend it to everyone on my friends list. But that's not the point of this post. The point is this: The seventh song on the album, Sic Semper Tyrannis has been running around and around on my playlist of late, and every time it comes up again I think, without exception, damn, this song would be perfect for Elite Beat Agents. I can imagine the Agents' motions and everything.
Tell me, internets. Am I crazy?
Tell me, internets. Am I crazy?