Buddy Guy

There's no show tonight at the workplace. That's fine with me because there are 27 shows in August. Yeah...27, with 4 doubles and 5 mandatory shows. My jaw is hurting very badly tonight. I have intense amounts of pain every so often. I only got to play trumpet for 15 minutes (I actually timed myself today). Musical Boot Camp is moving along in the playing department and the physical department. I really need to focus on (re)learning my bass clef and minor scales again...well the circle of fifths. I can't remember a class I took two months ago, how can I expect myself to remember something I knew cold back in sept.?

i'm waiting on my girlfriend to call me from Disney. She let me take her Rock Guitar For Dummies for the week. I like the fact that it is full of some useful infomation, however I'm not too pleased with the author's lack of music history knowledge. In fact he states that rock guitar has no history what so ever...umm how about Chuck Berry? Helllooooo? The beatles?? Hellooooo? Nirvana? HEELLLLLO???

Then he said that (rock) guitar is not the instrument to play if one wants acceptance in the musical world. I'm telling you now, the majority of music students I know are guitar students. Rock guitar, classical guitar, folk guitar, whatever guitar...it is an accepted instrument. However yes classical is probably the music to play if one wants to be accepted (well...in my case...at a certain college that will remain unnamed...who shunned me as soon as they laid eyes on my small, weary, trumpet playing body.) So what if I wasn't psychotic as one girl who beat herself up over every missed note? So what if I had no clue about Bach or Haydn? I learned...but I prefer jazz and rock over classical. Do I consider myself as a musician? Then, yes I did....now? Let me get back to you on that in a few years.