Archive for the 'music' Category

Update

September 13, 2008

Hey everyone. I’ve been so preoccupied with school and friends and the City that I haven’t taken the time to sit down the and write. I’m not sure how dedicated I am at this particular moment either, but I’ll try and let you guys know what’s been going on…

School is going well. I’m enrolled at [...]

No More Cold Lunch

August 8, 2008

Sack Lunch jammed for the last time today. We jammed over an hour and touched base on all our favorite SL tunes: Awesome-sauce, The Masterpiece, Summertime Rag, The New One, The Reggae Jam among others. We also explored a bit toward the end figuring out some pretty cool jazzy changes. Sack Lunch developed out of [...]

10,000 Lakes Festival; Pt. 2

July 29, 2008

I am making the transition back into the “real world” once again. It is part culture shock/part familiar but all the same, I’m back to where I was. For the past week I was lost in a world where anything is acceptable (except playing metal bands on the stereo). At 10K, I expounded on ideas about time, [...]

What a trip!

June 17, 2008

I returned to my neck of the woods last night around 12a, having spent a full fifteen hours in Gregg’s Honda Element. I will try to recollect my adventure to Tennessee and back but please note, my memory is somewhat sketchy from this week. So much happened!

WEDNESDAY
Lauren, Jamie, Amanda and I left Madison around 9a [...]

Do blind people hallucinate?

May 20, 2008

Author’s note: This blog is a very long account of my recent adventure to Six Flags this past weekend. I won’t make you read all of it if you don’t want to.

Friday afternoon I left with the vocal jazz and jazz band for Chicago, IL to perform for a music competition. We left around 1p [...]

A Letter to the Music Department

May 13, 2008

The G-E-T High School band and jazz band will be performing tomorrow night, marking my last high school band concert. This has sparked many thoughts about my high school band experience and my adventures through music. I learned how to play a hand-me down clarinet I bought from a guy down the street at a yard [...]