Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Oh, and I'm in a Symphony

So, Monday night (That's June 20th, 2011) was an amazing concert put on by Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra.
It was packed!

Sure, it's a "Community Orchestra", but honestly.. the talent that came together was amazing, and John Pew is probably one of the best conductors and one of the best guys you'll meet. We started with American Salute, played some Star Wars excerpts, moved on to William Tell Overture (with guest conductor, the 95 year old Glad Jorgenson), and continued on with a piece from Rodeo. We then brought out our guest artist, Jenny Oaks Baker, and even gave a short teaser of her Disney album, including our World Premier performance of her Colors of the Wind.

It was an amazing concert, and we're raising enough money to keep it going (hence Community Orchestra, we're funded by donations).

So sure.. I play in a nationally acclaimed big band (The Voodoo Orchestra), a brand new Symphony that's given some of the best performances I've ever heard in their first two concerts, and then at the High School.. Marching Band(Drumline), Jazz Band.. Concert Band, the school's Summer Jazz/Rock group, Percussion Ensemble, and I still find time to work on a Solo Album, and with one of my favorite composers.

Music.. I love it.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Well.. am I back to Blogging?

It's a possibility. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not, I think I'll try it for a bit.

In the mean time, I'll explain a bit of what I've been doing. For one, I finally got the bass I wanted.
Schecter's Stiletto Custom 6

And I went to the recording studio and improvised a bit of a demo of my own, which you can find here.

Really, I'm just playing lots and lots of Music, and I've loved it. Which really means nothings changed.. except that I've been working on my solo work a lot.

I left off after just making it into the Voodoo Orchestra, and now I've gone to DC with them, and California, and played with Jeff Coffin, Steve Reid, and Fransisco Torres. I've met Poncho Sanchez and learned Latin Percussion from one of his clinics, I've met Abraham Laboriel and learned from him a true love and understanding of Music from his one of his amazing clinics. I've met Brian Bromberg, seeing what a huge dedication to practice can lead to, and I've had a party.

I've started trying to get my own Jazz groups together, which only kind of worked, but we'll see if we can get it going again. I've also gotten to play some Music with a good friend of mine, and I've loved every minute of it.

Until Next Time