Sunday, March 18, 2012
3/18/12 Letting Go
This is one of those personal posts. The crap that just needs to be let go so I can move on.
I started my my first band when I was 15 or 16. I had some music lessons when I was 8 until about 11 or so. Stuff didn't stick because it wasn't what I wanted to play - it was classical and I liked some of it. Also there were always distractions around the house.
I actually wanted to start on the accordion but my grandmother didn't want me playing in bars. Don't blame her necessarily but that's been my tension a lot in life since... Play in bars? How much? etc...
I got my first accordion when I was 15. The band I helped to start played rancheras at first. Eventually we went to all English music. Another life long tension... starting in bands that play Chicano music and then ending up with a lot of standard English music.
At the same time there's just lots of great music that I love. There must have been a jazz station or something that I heard growing up because when I got to high school I got the idea that learning jazz piano would be a smart move. Maybe it was from listening to the college stations. That's the only place I could hear Esteban Jordan, outside of my own cassettes.
I signed up and there were all these horn players and the one piano player. They had all come from orchestra or been in jazz band awhile. Since I came "late" he said what horn can you play? I couldn't so he was like "what the hell are you going to do in my class then?" I said I could play guitar and bass. So he put me on bass. He put out a several sheet piece of music in front of me and said play that. I said what are the chords?
He figured out I couldn't read music and said, can't you sight read that? I said no, but if you let me take it home I can figure it out. He wouldn't let me. I said, can you write the chords above the music and I can do it. He said the only option was to sight read it and that he wasn't going to teach me how to do that.
Then he would do fun stuff in class like ask a question. He would say something like here's the note "a" - if you wanted to play A major what would the third be. I would raise my hand and he would wait a long time for the other kids in class. After they didn't answer he would say "OK what do you think it is?" I would say c# and he would then go into a long tirade at the other students because they didn't know this and the darn rock musician knows this. He never provided any positive feedback, just used me to beat up his other students.
Had he taught some jazz history he may have had to deal with the reality that early jazz was learned mostly by ear. The heavy reading didn't come until later.
He gave me a D or F for the first half of the semester and the regular piano teacher in the next room took me on. She said, pick some music and bring it into class and we'll work on it.
I went to the music store and brought into class some Rush and maybe Pink Floyd. I would go through and play parts and ask her questions. I came to a 13th chord and played it and she asked me "why did you get a bad grade in jazz class?" After hearing the story she went to talk to the jazz teacher, explained that I knew all the fundamentals and that I just read slowly. His response was "so what?"
She came back and told me she wasn't happy with how that happened. She taught me for the rest of the semester and that was cool but it wasn't what I wanted. I didn't quite know how to explain what I was looking for. Basically, I've been stuck in that for all these years. I've only had a few people show me things of value musically since then. I tend to pick stuff up by accident.
I think if I could buckle down and REALLY woodshed it for a year I would make some great strides. I know what I need to know, I just don't know the order of difficulty for some of what I'm trying to get. It will be a process of just going for it and taking it week by week and sometimes coming back to things I'm not ready for.
I'm a decent musician. I've been playing most of my life and can play a few instruments. The fun part will be getting to actually blend rancheras, jazz, blues, and funk. Hopefully there's an audience for it. If not it will still be fun!
I think finishing my comps and mid-terms opened my brain back up a little bit.
KEEP LEFTING!
I started my my first band when I was 15 or 16. I had some music lessons when I was 8 until about 11 or so. Stuff didn't stick because it wasn't what I wanted to play - it was classical and I liked some of it. Also there were always distractions around the house.
I actually wanted to start on the accordion but my grandmother didn't want me playing in bars. Don't blame her necessarily but that's been my tension a lot in life since... Play in bars? How much? etc...
I got my first accordion when I was 15. The band I helped to start played rancheras at first. Eventually we went to all English music. Another life long tension... starting in bands that play Chicano music and then ending up with a lot of standard English music.
At the same time there's just lots of great music that I love. There must have been a jazz station or something that I heard growing up because when I got to high school I got the idea that learning jazz piano would be a smart move. Maybe it was from listening to the college stations. That's the only place I could hear Esteban Jordan, outside of my own cassettes.
I signed up and there were all these horn players and the one piano player. They had all come from orchestra or been in jazz band awhile. Since I came "late" he said what horn can you play? I couldn't so he was like "what the hell are you going to do in my class then?" I said I could play guitar and bass. So he put me on bass. He put out a several sheet piece of music in front of me and said play that. I said what are the chords?
He figured out I couldn't read music and said, can't you sight read that? I said no, but if you let me take it home I can figure it out. He wouldn't let me. I said, can you write the chords above the music and I can do it. He said the only option was to sight read it and that he wasn't going to teach me how to do that.
Then he would do fun stuff in class like ask a question. He would say something like here's the note "a" - if you wanted to play A major what would the third be. I would raise my hand and he would wait a long time for the other kids in class. After they didn't answer he would say "OK what do you think it is?" I would say c# and he would then go into a long tirade at the other students because they didn't know this and the darn rock musician knows this. He never provided any positive feedback, just used me to beat up his other students.
Had he taught some jazz history he may have had to deal with the reality that early jazz was learned mostly by ear. The heavy reading didn't come until later.
He gave me a D or F for the first half of the semester and the regular piano teacher in the next room took me on. She said, pick some music and bring it into class and we'll work on it.
I went to the music store and brought into class some Rush and maybe Pink Floyd. I would go through and play parts and ask her questions. I came to a 13th chord and played it and she asked me "why did you get a bad grade in jazz class?" After hearing the story she went to talk to the jazz teacher, explained that I knew all the fundamentals and that I just read slowly. His response was "so what?"
She came back and told me she wasn't happy with how that happened. She taught me for the rest of the semester and that was cool but it wasn't what I wanted. I didn't quite know how to explain what I was looking for. Basically, I've been stuck in that for all these years. I've only had a few people show me things of value musically since then. I tend to pick stuff up by accident.
I think if I could buckle down and REALLY woodshed it for a year I would make some great strides. I know what I need to know, I just don't know the order of difficulty for some of what I'm trying to get. It will be a process of just going for it and taking it week by week and sometimes coming back to things I'm not ready for.
I'm a decent musician. I've been playing most of my life and can play a few instruments. The fun part will be getting to actually blend rancheras, jazz, blues, and funk. Hopefully there's an audience for it. If not it will still be fun!
I think finishing my comps and mid-terms opened my brain back up a little bit.
KEEP LEFTING!
Labels: Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding
Sunday, June 05, 2011
6/5/11
Today is all about prep. Did some gardening and laundry, now into the garage and find my old workout log. Recreate my three day a week deadlift/bench/squat workout and write it up for tomorrow morning!
Need to keep walking and stretching. For relaxation and flexibility I'm going to keep working on getting massages regularly.
After the garage and workout write up will be music practice, then folding laundry and chillen out!
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Need to keep walking and stretching. For relaxation and flexibility I'm going to keep working on getting massages regularly.
After the garage and workout write up will be music practice, then folding laundry and chillen out!
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Labels: Routine, Woodshedding, Workout
Thursday, May 26, 2011
5/26/11
I got to repeat my Sunday workout yesterday. Not feeling much soreness. I may get a little sore again as I start moving up in weight but not much I guess. It would probably be best to get my workout in before work tomorrow.
We'll be going to a funeral so I won't have the time I thought to work on clearing space, but should have something done by Monday night for next week's workouts. I have rehearsals, but won't get a lot of practice time in. And school starts. Fitting stuff in will be a challenge.
Life has a great way of throwing curve balls. The trick is to stay patient and just keep doing what you can!
Keep Lefting!!!
Labels: Woodshedding, Workout
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Been doing more walking. Practice and diet went downhill during finals. Going to keep fighting for it!
Presented on health equity and social determinants to a UNM service learning program yesterday. Sounded like it made sense to them.
Still very happy about this year's May Day!
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Presented on health equity and social determinants to a UNM service learning program yesterday. Sounded like it made sense to them.
Still very happy about this year's May Day!
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Labels: Grad School, Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding, Workout
Sunday, April 24, 2011
4/24/11
Well it is Easter and while I didn't get all 40 days for jazz drill practice in I did do most. And I think it is helping. For post lent I will work on one jazz song a week and Esteban Jordan tunes.
For jazz I think I'll start with C Jam Blues, and for the Esteban Jordan songs I'll work on pieces of Le Seguiremos, Adios Amor, Cumbia Con Salsa, La Mucura and Coronelas. I'll review and tighten up parts I know and then next week start working on parts I don't have down. And any extra time will go to continue the jazz drills. I'm also figuring out how I would create a similar system for Chicano/conjunto acordeon study.
That's the long-term goal - to work on something I don't know every week.
For those who like to know I have been working on scale and chord patterns along with different pre-recorded rhythm sections. Nothing complicated, just something I wasn't taught earlier. So I follow along with the recording and either play the chord, or a scale that fits the chord for the cycle of fifths on the dominant 7th, ii-V-I cadences, extended chords, or song changes.
The jazz songs for the next few months will be C Jam Blues, Now's The Time, Killer Joe, Blue Bossa, Footprints, Song for My Father, Autumn Leaves, Freddie Freeloader, St. Thomas, and Blue Train. I'll figure out the order as I go. There is a jazz "play along" that has the heads and one round of sample solo. I figure learning that will continue to help me hear the changes and have some of the song in my fingers.
Health wise, I'm getting better. Having to deal with some financial stuff and the health at the same times sucks but that's just what has to be dealt with. I'm walking more and moving better. And next week I'll be "Walking to Cure Capitalism"! (I figure that's healthy!)
KEEP LEFTING!
For jazz I think I'll start with C Jam Blues, and for the Esteban Jordan songs I'll work on pieces of Le Seguiremos, Adios Amor, Cumbia Con Salsa, La Mucura and Coronelas. I'll review and tighten up parts I know and then next week start working on parts I don't have down. And any extra time will go to continue the jazz drills. I'm also figuring out how I would create a similar system for Chicano/conjunto acordeon study.
That's the long-term goal - to work on something I don't know every week.
For those who like to know I have been working on scale and chord patterns along with different pre-recorded rhythm sections. Nothing complicated, just something I wasn't taught earlier. So I follow along with the recording and either play the chord, or a scale that fits the chord for the cycle of fifths on the dominant 7th, ii-V-I cadences, extended chords, or song changes.
The jazz songs for the next few months will be C Jam Blues, Now's The Time, Killer Joe, Blue Bossa, Footprints, Song for My Father, Autumn Leaves, Freddie Freeloader, St. Thomas, and Blue Train. I'll figure out the order as I go. There is a jazz "play along" that has the heads and one round of sample solo. I figure learning that will continue to help me hear the changes and have some of the song in my fingers.
Health wise, I'm getting better. Having to deal with some financial stuff and the health at the same times sucks but that's just what has to be dealt with. I'm walking more and moving better. And next week I'll be "Walking to Cure Capitalism"! (I figure that's healthy!)
KEEP LEFTING!
Labels: Esteban Jordan, Health, Woodshedding, Workout
Friday, April 15, 2011
4/15/11
Things are going better. From X-rays it looks like I did not slip a disk or anything like that. But there is something that needs to get looked at via MRI. Hopefully it is no big deal.
The good thing is I am not freaked about making things worse so I can walk through a little of the pain. Seems to have helped.
Speaking of walking - I created a "cause" on FaceBook - Walk to Cure Capitalism! Check it out. I have not had a lot of practice time. We took my son to Vegas for his 21st birthday. But that made me walk a bunch and it actually feels a little better. So much for the doc's advise to take it easy.
So on May First (International Workers Day) I should be walking a lot.
KEEP LEFTING!!!
The good thing is I am not freaked about making things worse so I can walk through a little of the pain. Seems to have helped.
Speaking of walking - I created a "cause" on FaceBook - Walk to Cure Capitalism! Check it out. I have not had a lot of practice time. We took my son to Vegas for his 21st birthday. But that made me walk a bunch and it actually feels a little better. So much for the doc's advise to take it easy.
So on May First (International Workers Day) I should be walking a lot.
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Labels: Woodshedding, Workout
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
4/6/11
Still walking more. It seems to be helping.
I'm also working on drills from a jazz perspective. I think that is helping as well. I'm not getting faster, but sounding a little cleaner.
KEEP LEFTING!
I'm also working on drills from a jazz perspective. I think that is helping as well. I'm not getting faster, but sounding a little cleaner.
KEEP LEFTING!
Labels: Health, Woodshedding
Friday, March 25, 2011
3/25/11
Walked two miles yesterday! Going to keep trying to walk a mile or more daily.
This weekend I'm going to try and create some practice space in the house. I keep getting interrupted and it is frustrating. Probably not just for me. If I get enough energy I can create a space in the front and one in the back of the house.
I've been working on some different jazz patterns and exercises, scales following jazz progressions, etc. I've started slowly also doing these with the button accordion. I will also start learning some Esteban "Steve" Jordan songs for a tribute in August.
Last time I talked about the scales I would teach a new student. I would still do major, mixolydian, dorian, natural minor, and lydian. Then I would go for blues and also teach some common passing tones (b3 and b7) depending on the music style.
Hopefully by finals time I'll be lifting. I will post up some of the music workouts for the period in between.
KEEP LEFTING!!
This weekend I'm going to try and create some practice space in the house. I keep getting interrupted and it is frustrating. Probably not just for me. If I get enough energy I can create a space in the front and one in the back of the house.
I've been working on some different jazz patterns and exercises, scales following jazz progressions, etc. I've started slowly also doing these with the button accordion. I will also start learning some Esteban "Steve" Jordan songs for a tribute in August.
Last time I talked about the scales I would teach a new student. I would still do major, mixolydian, dorian, natural minor, and lydian. Then I would go for blues and also teach some common passing tones (b3 and b7) depending on the music style.
Hopefully by finals time I'll be lifting. I will post up some of the music workouts for the period in between.
KEEP LEFTING!!
Labels: Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding, Workout
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
3/9/11
Well, Blue Jeans closed. I had decided to go into the "woodshed" for awhile. I had a couple of gigs which took some time from practicing, but playing with a band with a different groove was cool.
So for lent I will do an hour of jazz drills a day. And if I miss a day I will make it up on following days or at the end of lent. Maybe I'll get a good habit going.
As for health - I went to get my x-rays done today. We'll see how it goes.
I'll post some info on the gigs and get back to this more regularly.
Keep Lefting!!!
So for lent I will do an hour of jazz drills a day. And if I miss a day I will make it up on following days or at the end of lent. Maybe I'll get a good habit going.
As for health - I went to get my x-rays done today. We'll see how it goes.
I'll post some info on the gigs and get back to this more regularly.
Keep Lefting!!!
Labels: Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding
Friday, February 04, 2011
2/4/11
Its been a good week considering the cold. Had to get my daughter's car jump started a couple of times. Found out that my hood doesn't open! Gonna have to go get that fixed.
Did some walks. And it is too cold to go into my uninsulated garage to fix up the gym area. Gonna keep that on check for now.
I did get to work on lyrics for some Esteban Jordan songs and also working on the chords. Starting to get the "signature" patterns down like a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 type of scale for the preparación (transition to the IV chord usually via a I7). It's nice and he uses it as a strong preparación and sometimes just within a song in going to the IV. Starting to hear some patterns in the bass lines as well.
This will be a fun journey! On 2/23 I'm going to the World Famous Blue Jeans Lounge to listen to the Esteban Jordan songs they have on the juke box and drink a few beers.
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Did some walks. And it is too cold to go into my uninsulated garage to fix up the gym area. Gonna keep that on check for now.
I did get to work on lyrics for some Esteban Jordan songs and also working on the chords. Starting to get the "signature" patterns down like a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 type of scale for the preparación (transition to the IV chord usually via a I7). It's nice and he uses it as a strong preparación and sometimes just within a song in going to the IV. Starting to hear some patterns in the bass lines as well.
This will be a fun journey! On 2/23 I'm going to the World Famous Blue Jeans Lounge to listen to the Esteban Jordan songs they have on the juke box and drink a few beers.
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Labels: Esteban Jordan, Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding, Workout
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
1/25/11
Did a good long walk today. I'm feeling it, but hopefully it will be worth it. I didn't hear the State of the Union address, but I'm sure I will hear about it tomorrow.
The cool thing is that I'll be working on walking daily and also getting some more music in as I can. I've started working on the diatonic ("button") accordion. That will be challenging but good. I'll also start working on some Esteban Jordan songs.
KEEP LEFTING!
The cool thing is that I'll be working on walking daily and also getting some more music in as I can. I've started working on the diatonic ("button") accordion. That will be challenging but good. I'll also start working on some Esteban Jordan songs.
KEEP LEFTING!
Labels: Woodshedding, Workout
Monday, January 24, 2011
1/24/11
Recuperating well. I have instructions for some anti-inflammation assistance to help me get back up and going.
Tomorrow I'll do a nice long walk and hopefully I'll do OK. I created a workout for when I'm ready... I know, I keep saying that. But the new bed has helped as much as anything else.
Tonight is down time to rest up and do some practicing. I have a gig this Saturday and it will be the piano accordion, the keyboard and a button accordion I picked up last year!
Bueno...
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Tomorrow I'll do a nice long walk and hopefully I'll do OK. I created a workout for when I'm ready... I know, I keep saying that. But the new bed has helped as much as anything else.
Tonight is down time to rest up and do some practicing. I have a gig this Saturday and it will be the piano accordion, the keyboard and a button accordion I picked up last year!
Bueno...
KEEP LEFTING!!!
Labels: Woodshedding, Workout
Monday, January 03, 2011
Tómate Esta Botella Con Migo...
Nada me han enseñado los años.
Siempre caigo en los mismos errores.
Otra vez a tocar con extraños.
Y a cantarle a los mismos dolores...
OK, words changed a little bit from Jose Alfredo's version. I've been thinking about what to do between now and my 45th... 46th birthdays. (Long story for another time.) I know that I will be working a lot on politics for the next round of elections. I already quit one band and told the other that I would likely take a short to long break after graduation from the MPH program.
So I started talking with musician friends about what I would like to do with music in my life. So below will be a quick overview of that and some of my musical history and links for anyone who wants to hear what I'm talking about. Part of my difficulties so far is that most people I have been playing with do not take the time to listen to much accordion music so it gets difficult to try and express what I'm trying to get people to do. The other is that often the accordion is a funky add on for people and they could be happy with me playing keyboards instead.
In the most basic sense, I want to play urban Chicano Acordeón. For me the fundamental example of that is Esteban "Steve" Jordan. Of course I don't play button accordion, but the urban nature of the music is what grabs me. This has been an issue since I was raised by very rural grandparents, I've picked berries, and living in New Mexico also doesn't embrace urbanism completely - and for some good reasons. Growing up I also listened to Jimi Hendrix, Suicidal Tendencies, The Beatles, Jimmy Reed, Oldies, Santana, El Chicano, War, even The Doors, Prince, and George Clinton, Tierra and other amazing groups who played music in English.
(Huh, listening to El Chicano just reminded me how we used to get into the deep music beyond what's on the radio these days...) Sounds like I was a musical sponge, there are lots of groups I can keep thinking of that I've tried to at least learn one of their songs...
Then there was the earlier stuff. The Chicano Mexicano stuff that was on at home all of the time. My uncles owned a bar and my Abuelita was the cook. So I remember hanging out at the bar. I first played pool standing on a chair at about 4 years old. There were almost always some Relampagos del Norte going on. Ruben Vela, Tony de La Rosa, Los Gavilanes, Los Dos Gilbertos, Los Alegres de Teran and Conjunto Bernal were also normal at the house.
And of course there are groups who I still learn about and try to learn from like Albert Zamora and El Tri. My favorites are Los Garcia and Esteban Jordan. Esteban is who influences my concept of what can be done on the Acordeón and why I feel comfortable playing on rock, blues, R & B, even country and other styles. It's why I can go to jam night. Sometimes people trip out on the instrument, but I usually do fine. I didn't grow up listening to Louisiana music but I have listened to some of those masters as well, but I'm not much interested in being that type of player. I doubt that many people go to New Orleans and ask if they play conjunto, but people ask me if I play cajun... I don't. I can add a little touch of it, but I can't say I play it as it should be played.
So all of that to say that I would like to take some traditional songs and make them relate to an urban Chicano reality. Take an oldie like El Ultimo Trago, and shuffle it with accordion. To do that, and to do English songs with a Chicano feel. And also take very traditional songs and push the urban part of the ranchera. Pushing Volver, Volver as a cumbia. Maybe some straight Chicano Jazz or blurring the line between cumbia and salsa, or between polkas and jazz. That's my goal. And if I can do it at a Route 66 Roadhouse that would be even better!
I don't know if I can live up to all of that while I work, support my family and go to grad school. But if I don't try to rush it, I can have fun trying!
Maybe a song every couple of weeks if my musical friends can put up with it!!!
Siempre caigo en los mismos errores.
Otra vez a tocar con extraños.
Y a cantarle a los mismos dolores...
OK, words changed a little bit from Jose Alfredo's version. I've been thinking about what to do between now and my 45th... 46th birthdays. (Long story for another time.) I know that I will be working a lot on politics for the next round of elections. I already quit one band and told the other that I would likely take a short to long break after graduation from the MPH program.
So I started talking with musician friends about what I would like to do with music in my life. So below will be a quick overview of that and some of my musical history and links for anyone who wants to hear what I'm talking about. Part of my difficulties so far is that most people I have been playing with do not take the time to listen to much accordion music so it gets difficult to try and express what I'm trying to get people to do. The other is that often the accordion is a funky add on for people and they could be happy with me playing keyboards instead.
In the most basic sense, I want to play urban Chicano Acordeón. For me the fundamental example of that is Esteban "Steve" Jordan. Of course I don't play button accordion, but the urban nature of the music is what grabs me. This has been an issue since I was raised by very rural grandparents, I've picked berries, and living in New Mexico also doesn't embrace urbanism completely - and for some good reasons. Growing up I also listened to Jimi Hendrix, Suicidal Tendencies, The Beatles, Jimmy Reed, Oldies, Santana, El Chicano, War, even The Doors, Prince, and George Clinton, Tierra and other amazing groups who played music in English.
(Huh, listening to El Chicano just reminded me how we used to get into the deep music beyond what's on the radio these days...) Sounds like I was a musical sponge, there are lots of groups I can keep thinking of that I've tried to at least learn one of their songs...
Then there was the earlier stuff. The Chicano Mexicano stuff that was on at home all of the time. My uncles owned a bar and my Abuelita was the cook. So I remember hanging out at the bar. I first played pool standing on a chair at about 4 years old. There were almost always some Relampagos del Norte going on. Ruben Vela, Tony de La Rosa, Los Gavilanes, Los Dos Gilbertos, Los Alegres de Teran and Conjunto Bernal were also normal at the house.
And of course there are groups who I still learn about and try to learn from like Albert Zamora and El Tri. My favorites are Los Garcia and Esteban Jordan. Esteban is who influences my concept of what can be done on the Acordeón and why I feel comfortable playing on rock, blues, R & B, even country and other styles. It's why I can go to jam night. Sometimes people trip out on the instrument, but I usually do fine. I didn't grow up listening to Louisiana music but I have listened to some of those masters as well, but I'm not much interested in being that type of player. I doubt that many people go to New Orleans and ask if they play conjunto, but people ask me if I play cajun... I don't. I can add a little touch of it, but I can't say I play it as it should be played.
So all of that to say that I would like to take some traditional songs and make them relate to an urban Chicano reality. Take an oldie like El Ultimo Trago, and shuffle it with accordion. To do that, and to do English songs with a Chicano feel. And also take very traditional songs and push the urban part of the ranchera. Pushing Volver, Volver as a cumbia. Maybe some straight Chicano Jazz or blurring the line between cumbia and salsa, or between polkas and jazz. That's my goal. And if I can do it at a Route 66 Roadhouse that would be even better!
I don't know if I can live up to all of that while I work, support my family and go to grad school. But if I don't try to rush it, I can have fun trying!
Maybe a song every couple of weeks if my musical friends can put up with it!!!
Labels: Musica y Musicos, Woodshedding
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
11/9/10
Going to do a 30 minute walk today.
While leaving the band may be good for me in the long run, there is definitely a mourning period. But I've been able to practice Esteban Jordan songs. Now to start picking out chord changes and all the fun details. It's woodshedding time.
And time to get my projects done.
KEEP LEFTING!!!!
While leaving the band may be good for me in the long run, there is definitely a mourning period. But I've been able to practice Esteban Jordan songs. Now to start picking out chord changes and all the fun details. It's woodshedding time.
And time to get my projects done.
KEEP LEFTING!!!!
Labels: Esteban Jordan, Grad School, Woodshedding, Workout
