A couple of months ago, Nick was selected to play in the Jefferson County Jazz Band. He was very apprehensive, so I had a close
friend try to talk him into joining the band. After this friend told Nick about all of the cool field trips involved - going to other schools, getting pulled out of
class and spending all day playing the bass. Eventually, Nick decided to join. Today, I got my first opportunity to watch him play with this band. I have felt, for a while, that I was forcing him to
practice his bass...getting him off Modern Warfare 2 and 'plugged in.' But when I was watching him today, playing "Louie, Louie," I almost cried. I called him later in the day and told how super proud I was of him. He said, "Maybe someday, Dad, we can work together." If only..Click
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Ok, Jerkwad (no offense, I'm calling everyone "Jerkwad" these days).
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, nice links again. I get the feeling that's your favorite part.
Secondly, that settles it. Time for you to take it to the next level with Black13. Nick's rocking the bass, so you're going to have to either step it up on keys, guitar, or (my vote) vocals. Kilzer has a mic, and a recording system at his place. I mean, sure, we won't immediately start churning out hits like "Suck It", but we'll get there eventually.
If your vote is for guitar, though, lemme know. I might be able to help you out.
Third....well, there is no third. Just get to work on the second one!!
[Seriously, very cool moment. You're going to love looking back at this blog in the years to come. Therefore I apologize in advance for my stupid comments.]
That's really cool for Nick. Glad he stuck with it and is still going. He will have tons of fun and if he sticks with it he can play in anyone's band, becuase every band needs a good bass player.
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