Sunday, February 28, 2010
:(
i'm not a good boyfriend. one big good thing can keep it up...one small bad thing can bring it waaaay down...and i have terrible balance.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
I have realized...
...that I have sacrificed and given a lot for someone. I just wish that sometimes they would know or keep in mind everything I've done for them. :/
Monday, February 22, 2010
Im in a new band!
Well actually I have been in a new band for a few weeks now. It's composed of my friends John on bass, Michael on guitar, Pauline on vocals and back up vocals (although I think she should be lead voicals more...), and me on vocals!
So far we've had two performances: coffee depot and it's a grind. Not really big music venues but hey...gotta start somewhere!
Coffee depot was packed with people. Every week they have an open mic with a bunch of musical artists performing from about 7pm to midnight. The "waiting for our turn" part (for me) was pretty nervewracking and intimidating (even though I've performed a hundred times...). It was intimidating because there were other musicians who were also waiting on their turn who looked like very pro musicians! I'm talking about them wearing a whole H&M outfit looking like freaking professional songwriters! But after a few of them went I reminded myself Looks can be deceiving (that sounded a little mean...sorry) Haha! Our performance went great! We played one of my originals "Nothing Else" (myspace.com/ihatetuning ...check it out), a Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley) cover, and a song that Michael wrote which transitioned into a cover medley that included Realize (Colbie Caillat), I'm Your's (Jason Mraz), and Angel (Shaggy). After we performed we got some really nice compliments from some of the other performers who were really good! There was also a part when Michael went to the main lobby area and when he came back I asked him, "Did you get any 'good jobs' from anyone?" "Yes..." "Okay cool...I'll be right back ;) " I got 8 good jobs.
It's a Grind is a much smaller place. There were a couple of good performers...most of them were kind of weird though. It was really sad though since a lot of people didn't stay to watch others perform. Most of them just hung outside. I started to get kinda nervous because of this. We were going to perform the same set we did at Coffee Depot...but one of the performers...an older one who was rocking a propeller hat...with a bright yellow shirt and an acoustic guitar played Angel (Shaggy)! So we went outside really quick to change the ending of our cover medley. We quickly changed it to No One (Alicia Keys) and practiced it a couple times. After a few performances it was finally out turn...and what was really cool was...everyone who was outside came inside once we started playing! During our Hallelujah cover I noticed a few people singing along, and when Michael soloed they cheered. In the end...it was a great performance...and I also made a couple of friends who I recognized from another concert that I did!
So far...we...A Boy Named Sue...(at the risk of sounding a bit conceited or over confident) have been pretty awesome. We have another gig this Saturday (February 27) at La Sierra University Church to benefit Haiti/Brazil mission project, so this will be out first concert since all we've done so far have been open mics. So to my few readers...IF you read this in time...and to anyone else who may stumble upon this (and happens to know where LSUC is)...come support!
So far we've had two performances: coffee depot and it's a grind. Not really big music venues but hey...gotta start somewhere!
Coffee depot was packed with people. Every week they have an open mic with a bunch of musical artists performing from about 7pm to midnight. The "waiting for our turn" part (for me) was pretty nervewracking and intimidating (even though I've performed a hundred times...). It was intimidating because there were other musicians who were also waiting on their turn who looked like very pro musicians! I'm talking about them wearing a whole H&M outfit looking like freaking professional songwriters! But after a few of them went I reminded myself Looks can be deceiving (that sounded a little mean...sorry) Haha! Our performance went great! We played one of my originals "Nothing Else" (myspace.com/ihatetuning ...check it out), a Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley) cover, and a song that Michael wrote which transitioned into a cover medley that included Realize (Colbie Caillat), I'm Your's (Jason Mraz), and Angel (Shaggy). After we performed we got some really nice compliments from some of the other performers who were really good! There was also a part when Michael went to the main lobby area and when he came back I asked him, "Did you get any 'good jobs' from anyone?" "Yes..." "Okay cool...I'll be right back ;) " I got 8 good jobs.
It's a Grind is a much smaller place. There were a couple of good performers...most of them were kind of weird though. It was really sad though since a lot of people didn't stay to watch others perform. Most of them just hung outside. I started to get kinda nervous because of this. We were going to perform the same set we did at Coffee Depot...but one of the performers...an older one who was rocking a propeller hat...with a bright yellow shirt and an acoustic guitar played Angel (Shaggy)! So we went outside really quick to change the ending of our cover medley. We quickly changed it to No One (Alicia Keys) and practiced it a couple times. After a few performances it was finally out turn...and what was really cool was...everyone who was outside came inside once we started playing! During our Hallelujah cover I noticed a few people singing along, and when Michael soloed they cheered. In the end...it was a great performance...and I also made a couple of friends who I recognized from another concert that I did!
So far...we...A Boy Named Sue...(at the risk of sounding a bit conceited or over confident) have been pretty awesome. We have another gig this Saturday (February 27) at La Sierra University Church to benefit Haiti/Brazil mission project, so this will be out first concert since all we've done so far have been open mics. So to my few readers...IF you read this in time...and to anyone else who may stumble upon this (and happens to know where LSUC is)...come support!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
My friends!
I love my friends...all of them. I pretty much consider anyone I know a friend of mine. Even people who I'm not that close with or people who I've just met and don't even know his or her name. So with that in mind...I'd say that I have a lot of friends.
Confession: I like hanging out with people who make me feel less like a bad person. I know that I've done many bad things [I'm such a sinner], and hanging out with people who are good and innocent makes me feel kind of safe and secure. I'll admit that I have friends who are worse than me...or have done [I guess] an equal amount of..."bad" as I have. Those friends...I love them but...I feel so uncomfortable around them. But as all humans do...I'm just judging them by their bad deeds...when its not even mine to judge...but still.
Tonight I had a good time hanging with a few of my good friends from lsu. It was great watching them at first service, sharing a bunch of corny jokes, and listening to them sing.
Confession: I like hanging out with people who make me feel less like a bad person. I know that I've done many bad things [I'm such a sinner], and hanging out with people who are good and innocent makes me feel kind of safe and secure. I'll admit that I have friends who are worse than me...or have done [I guess] an equal amount of..."bad" as I have. Those friends...I love them but...I feel so uncomfortable around them. But as all humans do...I'm just judging them by their bad deeds...when its not even mine to judge...but still.
Tonight I had a good time hanging with a few of my good friends from lsu. It was great watching them at first service, sharing a bunch of corny jokes, and listening to them sing.
Monday, February 1, 2010
CD for sale?
So recently i have found a way to get my silly little "demo" to be put on the market for certain Christian bookstores. I'd really like to give it a try but the thing is...i'm not exactly sure if the quality of my songs are good enough. Plus all of my songs on the cd that i usually give away at shows are just a bunch of corny love songs.
I suppose I could try pursuing the few christian songs that i have written...and maybe RErecord a few of the songs on the cd that i think have some potential. If i could get a mixture of good recordings of the christian songs that i have written...and better recordings of some of the songs already on my silly corny cd...then maybe it could be good enough to be sold?
We shall see...
I suppose I could try pursuing the few christian songs that i have written...and maybe RErecord a few of the songs on the cd that i think have some potential. If i could get a mixture of good recordings of the christian songs that i have written...and better recordings of some of the songs already on my silly corny cd...then maybe it could be good enough to be sold?
We shall see...
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