It's True

There's a saying.

"Where there's smoke, there's fire".

Well in my case, all talks are true, I will be a father once again. Child number 3 is on the way. Me, I'm extremely excited and hopefully, another child that loves music.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

A little under the weather... Chrono Trigger

Still sick, and it looks like I'll be like this for a while.

Anyway, during this time of "ailment", I've found a bit of time re-connecting with my video game "roots". Mostly games from the 8-bit and 16-bit systems. I never realized how "catchy" some of the themes were. Anyway, I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this, but in 2006, my bass instructor said that he was going to be in Play! A Video Game Symphony. I found a few clips of the performance and one of the games that was being featured was Chrono Trigger. I can't say that I played this game (although my cousin was a huge fan)but based on the music, I wish I had picked up this label. Anyway, enjoy.



I hope to some day be a part of something similar to Play! or VGL. It's something that I've thought long and hard about since I was in high school (12 years since graduation). More on those thoughts later.

Recap: Scarborough Choral Society

This past weekend was a lot of fun. Many thanks to Judy Scott-Jacobs and the Scarborough Choral Society for having me be a part of the "Sounds Of Christmas 2007" concert. It was a blast playing with many wonderful musicians and I hope to be a part of this concert next year. It's one thing to be a part of an orchestra with good players, but it's icing on the cake when those good players are good people.

Thanks to all who came out to watch.

Please visit www.actco.ca/scarboroughchoral to learn more about the Scarborough Choral Society.

Quote of the Week

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
- Peter Drucker

Self-management usually has a co-relation with Self-Control and Reason. In times of sitting in rush-hour traffic, most people, like myself, tend to be lacking in all these categories.
- BassBassDude

Rehearsal

I never realized how much I enjoyed playing in an orchestra.

Last night I had a chance to rehearse with the Scarborough Choral Society in preparation for the Sounds Of Christmas Concert scheduled up at Markham Theatre this Saturday December 8th and Sunday December 9th.

Everything seemed to go pretty well. Like any rehearsal where an orchestra first meets with a choir, there are a few wrinkles that need to be ironed out. Whether it be cues, notes, or entries, come show-time this weekend, everything should be ready to go. Friday's rehearsal up at the theater will help pull everything together; it will also give everyone involved a better feel on what the sound will be.

Here are the details:
Scarborough Choral Society - Sounds Of Christmas Concert
Markham Theatre For The Performing Arts
171 Town Centre Blvd.
Markham, ON, L3R 8G5

Saturday December 8th 3:00 PM
Saturday December 8th 8:00 PM
Sunday December 9th 2:30 PM

Please visit www.markhamtheatre.ca for more info

Hope to see you there.