Ray Brown w/ Gene Harris: Summertime

I loved this.

Quote of the Week

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
- Jim Ryun
"I have a bad habit of not starting"
- BassBassDude

Recap

The shows went very well this past weekend up at Herongate. Playing in this show for Forever Plaid has been a lot of fun and a great experience and I'm looking forward to the coming shows. I have to admit, I am not accustomed to playing in a show with such a long run. Although the show can be physically and mentally tiring from playing my upright bass without an amp, my hands are building callouses that were just as strong as when I was back in university. Anyway, I'm glad that we have a couple of days to re-charge and then jump back into the shows this Thursday and I look forward to these upcoming performances.

visit: herongate.com for more details about shows.

Hope to see you up at the barn.

Quotes of the Week

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.
-Ethel Mumford
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
-John Cage
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
-Brendan Behan
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
-Voltaire
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
-AA Milne

YoshihiroUtsumi

I enjoy watching and listening to him play. This is YoshihiroUtsumi playing a great Schubert tune.



Enjoy

Quotesof the Week

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
- Richard Pryor
I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
- GK Chesterton
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.
- George Santayana
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.
- Stephen Jay Gould
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
- HL Mencken

Recap

My hands are in the process of healing and I don't have to play again until Thursday night. The rehearls, although long, went well. More importantly, the Forever Plaid shows are going very well. My most uncomfortable part of this show is that I'm on stage with the curtains drawn by myself for the opening of the show warming up while the audience files in. Although a little uncomfortable for myself, I actually don't mind some of that attention. Anyway, I'm glad to be a part of this show pounding away on my double bass.