In case you aren't a Simpsons fan, let me give you a little window into my madness... the quality's a bit off, but this clip illustrates where I get the phrase "here come the pretzels..."
Essentially, it means... life about to get crazy.
I just got back from three days of training at Camp Arrowhead in Lewes, DE. Work training. Camp training. We have one more week before camps start, and then it's two months of camps. I've got a very positive outlook on those two months, but it will be a non-stop barrage of pretzels, much like in the Simpsons clip to which I linked you.
But I did get a chance to play a few nature tunes for the other interpreters (that's heritage interpretation to you), and that was good. I managed to get a copy of my demo into the hands of an AWESOME guest speaker from Arkansas State Parks, who just saw a horseshoe crab for the first time this week. (It's a good memento for someone who's just seen a horseshoe crab for the first time.)
I don't know when I'll update again. June's going to be a month of refocusing. And/or slow insanity and lots of Mike's Hard Lemonade. Either way, I'm looking forward to it.
Showing posts with label horseshoe crab song. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horseshoe crab song. Show all posts
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Whoosh!
The last four days were a whirlwind. In fact, life from this point on until late August is going to be a complete cyclone.
(from toothpastefordinner.com)
A damselfly just landed next to me! So pretty. I'm outside enjoying my porch. It would be a much nicer porch if I had a couple beers and some friends over. Instead, I'm blogging and eating chocolate. Whatever.
Anyway, enough about domesticity. Back to the adventure! Because, as we all know, there is no adventure in domesticity. Which is something that has rather been affecting me in not a good way. Twice in the last week, I've had to truncate adventures due to my nice domestic lifestyle of having a job and a house to take care of.
RARGH
But anyway. I truly am grateful for what I have. Which is chocolate. And a blog.
OKAY, musics!
Thursday, I grabbed a five-song set at Mojo Main, rather accidentally, by which I mean, I didn't mean to. By which I mean, I showed up to hear the Paper Janes and Battleshy Youths and all of a sudden I'm onstage killing time until Glen shows up to drum for the Janes. Thanks to Michael for sneaking that in, all ninja-like, and for letting me borrer his guitar.
Friday, I show back up at Mojo to much suspicion. "Weren't you here last night??" "Yeah, I stayed overnight and ate something I found on the floor for breakfast." Anyway, that was fun. I like matinees at Mojo Main. This time, there were even some people there! Afterward, I got to scootch down Main Street to hear the Paper Janes play in the dark at Central Perk. ^^ Seriously, more shows should be played during power outages, just sayin'.
Saturday, down to the Dupont Nature Center for Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crabs 2011. Shane was gracious enough to accompany me on the djembe. (He also helped to put a dent in the buffet table, which I think was much appreciated since they had WAY TOO MUCH!.) I missed the daytime portion of the festivities, but I had an awesome time singin' and playin' and carryin' on at the silent auction/dinner/benefit portion. The assistant superintendent of Lums Pond drafted a team of backup singers & dancers for the Horseshoe Crab song. ^^
Sunday, I actually didn't play anywhere, believe it or not.
Monday was Mojo Main's open mic, again, the best open mic in Newark, DE... I busted out a few songs that I don't ordinarily play. In fact, one I've hardly played at all since I wrote it for FAWM 2010.
And Tuesday was a lovely Palk Basement Show, where Michael and I played a pretty-good rendition of "Peter." I love that song. I really do. I honestly didn't practice at all before we went up. I should consider doing that sometimes. Unfortunately, I had to miss the last band 'cause I was basically a hot mess between feeling miserable in the stomach region, and therefore not having eaten, and then all the other life that was happening and me feeling bad and guilty for things, and I just felt like it would be a better idea for me to go home at that point.
So that's what I've been doing. This is actually my last week of teaching lessons for a month... work is promising to get really rough in the next month, and I'm just taking a little breather so I can focus and do things like... sleep. I do like teaching guitar. I only like teaching under certain circumstances... I've never been enamored with public schools. The idea of bringing homework to grade is so repulsive to me. I'd probably be the best teacher ever, actually.
Work is going just fine. I JUST got the summer concert series ALL booked up as of this week, so I'll start promoting that soon.
I gotta give a shoutout to the community of folks I've got around me right now. There are just a lot of musicians around me with really good spirits. I really am looking forward to seeing what is going to come out of this, 'cause I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
(from toothpastefordinner.com)
A damselfly just landed next to me! So pretty. I'm outside enjoying my porch. It would be a much nicer porch if I had a couple beers and some friends over. Instead, I'm blogging and eating chocolate. Whatever.
Anyway, enough about domesticity. Back to the adventure! Because, as we all know, there is no adventure in domesticity. Which is something that has rather been affecting me in not a good way. Twice in the last week, I've had to truncate adventures due to my nice domestic lifestyle of having a job and a house to take care of.
RARGH
But anyway. I truly am grateful for what I have. Which is chocolate. And a blog.
OKAY, musics!
Thursday, I grabbed a five-song set at Mojo Main, rather accidentally, by which I mean, I didn't mean to. By which I mean, I showed up to hear the Paper Janes and Battleshy Youths and all of a sudden I'm onstage killing time until Glen shows up to drum for the Janes. Thanks to Michael for sneaking that in, all ninja-like, and for letting me borrer his guitar.
Friday, I show back up at Mojo to much suspicion. "Weren't you here last night??" "Yeah, I stayed overnight and ate something I found on the floor for breakfast." Anyway, that was fun. I like matinees at Mojo Main. This time, there were even some people there! Afterward, I got to scootch down Main Street to hear the Paper Janes play in the dark at Central Perk. ^^ Seriously, more shows should be played during power outages, just sayin'.
Saturday, down to the Dupont Nature Center for Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crabs 2011. Shane was gracious enough to accompany me on the djembe. (He also helped to put a dent in the buffet table, which I think was much appreciated since they had WAY TOO MUCH!.) I missed the daytime portion of the festivities, but I had an awesome time singin' and playin' and carryin' on at the silent auction/dinner/benefit portion. The assistant superintendent of Lums Pond drafted a team of backup singers & dancers for the Horseshoe Crab song. ^^
Sunday, I actually didn't play anywhere, believe it or not.
Monday was Mojo Main's open mic, again, the best open mic in Newark, DE... I busted out a few songs that I don't ordinarily play. In fact, one I've hardly played at all since I wrote it for FAWM 2010.
And Tuesday was a lovely Palk Basement Show, where Michael and I played a pretty-good rendition of "Peter." I love that song. I really do. I honestly didn't practice at all before we went up. I should consider doing that sometimes. Unfortunately, I had to miss the last band 'cause I was basically a hot mess between feeling miserable in the stomach region, and therefore not having eaten, and then all the other life that was happening and me feeling bad and guilty for things, and I just felt like it would be a better idea for me to go home at that point.
So that's what I've been doing. This is actually my last week of teaching lessons for a month... work is promising to get really rough in the next month, and I'm just taking a little breather so I can focus and do things like... sleep. I do like teaching guitar. I only like teaching under certain circumstances... I've never been enamored with public schools. The idea of bringing homework to grade is so repulsive to me. I'd probably be the best teacher ever, actually.
Work is going just fine. I JUST got the summer concert series ALL booked up as of this week, so I'll start promoting that soon.
I gotta give a shoutout to the community of folks I've got around me right now. There are just a lot of musicians around me with really good spirits. I really am looking forward to seeing what is going to come out of this, 'cause I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Little updates...
-Got a microphone, finally! Haven't even had time to get it out of the box and set it up for the first time, but... it's here. Not something I ever would have imagined myself doing, intentionally purchasing equipment for the purpose of amplifying my own voice...
-Spoke at an environmental journalism class at UD today. Always, always, always wonderful to share about why I'm doing what I'm doing (even if I don't know exactly what I'm doing). Played a couple of my nature tunes for the group with Shane, which I think makes him the first person ever to rehearse and perform my own original tunes alongside me. Thanks, Shane!
-Been doing worship here and there, which still feels kinda new to me. The plan is to set up my own binder of worship tunes... tho really, I'll end up pretty much memorizing them all since they're all of 3-5 chords each... there's only 1-2 worship tunes I have ever had to look up in order to play correctly... (sounds like I'm bragging, but I'm allowed to do that since it is A) one of God's gifts to me and B) something I've spent years and plenty of my parents' money developing)
-Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crabs coming up Saturday, May 21!
-I'm taking June off from teaching guitar. My job goes bananas in June and I'd like to focus. I've had so many inquiries from potential students in just the last month... which is wonderful! But summer is, unfortunately, the busy time at work, and I'm learning a little bit these days about the wonders of getting sleep and spending time at home just weeding the garden...
-Spoke at an environmental journalism class at UD today. Always, always, always wonderful to share about why I'm doing what I'm doing (even if I don't know exactly what I'm doing). Played a couple of my nature tunes for the group with Shane, which I think makes him the first person ever to rehearse and perform my own original tunes alongside me. Thanks, Shane!
-Been doing worship here and there, which still feels kinda new to me. The plan is to set up my own binder of worship tunes... tho really, I'll end up pretty much memorizing them all since they're all of 3-5 chords each... there's only 1-2 worship tunes I have ever had to look up in order to play correctly... (sounds like I'm bragging, but I'm allowed to do that since it is A) one of God's gifts to me and B) something I've spent years and plenty of my parents' money developing)
-Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crabs coming up Saturday, May 21!
-I'm taking June off from teaching guitar. My job goes bananas in June and I'd like to focus. I've had so many inquiries from potential students in just the last month... which is wonderful! But summer is, unfortunately, the busy time at work, and I'm learning a little bit these days about the wonders of getting sleep and spending time at home just weeding the garden...
Monday, May 9, 2011
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