Summer Music Workshop 2012

I’ve been very busy working with our music ministry team to cater to 40 plus students who are interested in learning various instruments. The students range from young learners – with the youngest being at 5 years old – to adult enthusiasts who want to take their music to the next level.

Right now we are using the school classrooms as make shift rooms – but in the future after the church is completely built up, we will be holding music related events in our very own band room! I envision it to have complete recording capability, acoustic treated walls and all the amps and instruments we need. The mixing booth will be bright and beside a window with cool window boxes for small plants.

This will be a busy summer for me and my team, but it is all worth it to give glory to God and to help these learners get deeper into the art of music.

Guitar itch

I have been itching to buy a hollow body guitar for quite some time now and looks like there is no curing this GAS(Gear Acquisition Syndrome) problem until I get my hands on one.

Another one that I would love to have is the versatile Parker Fly, which was the reason why I was browsing around for parker guitars. This practical guitar however is overshadowed by the itch to get a not so versatile hollow body guitar. Hopefully I can soon make my mind up on which guitar to get, and I also hope that I have enough dough as well to get whichever I pick.

Nice Jam

Enjoyed a number of awesome jams this month. The latest was with the band called Ten to Midnight, which in my humble opinion, have some of the most memorable and well written original music in the indie circuit. Since I usually play solo gigs, its nice to be gigging with a band from time to time.

Good thing we have a schooled drummer because my ears can’t take hard hitting on cymbals. Some drummers tend to have uncontrolled use of cymbals which eats up too much of the available frequencies that are supposed to be for other instruments. You can easily tell if a drummer is good by the way he hits his cymbals.

All in all it was a nice gig, and we are scheduled for some more this month.