workshops mark 4

GOD I WISH I HAD MY FUCKING TOMS AND CYMBALS. We jammed through baba O'riley and i wish i had my toms and cymbals to do fills on. The snare sucks and there is only one cymbal for me to bash, and bash i did....broke my sticks actually =/ All in all, love the workshop freddie is the man and any excuse to jam is alright by me.

feeddie part 3

Well we've been grooving on some blues and some more don't stop believing. We nearly got the song down just need to work on the ending a bit. Its much more fun to drum with people playing with me. OH! we are thinking about playing Baba o riley! IM SO EXCITED TO BE KEITH MOON DAMMIT! I LOVE THAT SONG!

workshoppes

So day 3 of workshops. Today was spent learning a basic blues progression and trying to find out sound as a group. What i realized is that when i simplified the beat, and kept it steady, the band had an easier time coming together. Also when i played a beat that i was more comfortable with (the punk rock beat) the band seemed to be more confident and more in-sync. The song is coming along well. Get There!

workshops

SO WE MADE A PUNK COVER OF "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'" sue us. Our infamous "Get There" sessions continue. Aided by the legendary Rocksteady Freddie, our clan managed to through a good portion of the (admittedly) already over played song. Although it is overplayed we managed to find a way to make it fresh and fun to play along to. I'm trying to get used to the whole off beat hit the bass on "3" thing. Its really different then playing rock, and it's something i need to get used to. Excelsior!

a day of ska

let me first say how utterly cool Rocksteady Freddie is. If i may, he is a Cat, a straight up Cat. So today we learned the basics of Ska as well as some music theory. I was honestly surprised how quickly we all came together as a makeshift band to create something that sounded not too bad. The best part of anything however was seeing Freddie jam on his sax. He got really into the music and he was emitting this sense of joy like jamming was his favorite thing in the world. It was super cool to jam with someone from a legitimate band, with a legitimate music career, who is an outstanding musician! HW: work on finger dexterity and listen to his band's drummer. More later....

Mr. Rocksteady Freddie Reilter

"Rocksteady" Freddie Reiter is a ska saxophonist who played in the band The Toasters and is currently in the New York Ska-Jazz ensemble. The toasters were one of the first bands in the "third wave" of American Ska and are the longest active ska band in America. Their songs have been featured in commercials and in the opening credits of the Nickelodeon show "Ka-Blam". His discography contains about 15 or so CD's, 3 of which he wrote or arranged songs for, 4 of which were with The Toasters. Freddie currently tours around the USA playing songs with past members of the Ny Ska-Jazz ensemble. I'm really looking forward to this workshop!

my convo with nikki about next to normal's Gabe

The slightly smaller font is nikki the larger is mine

glad you liked it haha

any understudies on?

oh more then that

and no

ahhaa

lol yes it's amazing

oh the actor playing gabe

like i loved the show

but i was just

obsessed

couldnt take me eyes off of him

kyle dean massey? (i'm a loser, i'm well aware)

yeah he has great stage presence

and the fuckeer played fierro

my (until tonight)

dream role

o yeah i think he's going back to that when neaxt to normal closes

wht a little shit

bastard

living my dream

dick

lol wicked wil prob still be open for like 20 more years, you have time

ik

but

i want gabe

im determined to rock "im alive"

to own that shit

its going to be my go to song

determined for that shit

yeah it's a great song

thats the thing i took from this show

like emotion was great

and everyting

but im like

i want to work

and work

and work

i want to be on that level

and better

im fucking .....UGH i can see myself doing that sooo hard

that's really cool and i know what you mean if i could be in that show like...ah

its like

i know that part is right for me

those emotions he hits.....the malice and the energy

i know

that is me

all of those roles must be so exhausting

like in an amazing way though

the last time i saw it there was an understudy on for diana and she was amazing it was only her 2nd time on

and at the stage door im like wow how exhausting must that be waht'd you do now?

and she's like i need a drink!

hahaah

i know

u sound just like the girls sitting behind me

haha

the thing i thought when i heard that

was that

shit

id do it

and id love doing it

i could see myself doing it thats the thing

just picturing it

i wouldnt care how exausting it would be

i would love doing it

o i agree if i could be doing any of those roles it'd be worth it

he looked like he was having a goddamn blast

ah i have such mixed emotions with that character. like i love the way it's played but because of the way i identified it with my own life the character was always 100% evil then last time i saw it i saw the different dimensions and now it's like ahh i don't know if i should hate him

hahaha

i know

i hate him so much

but i want to be him

he is malice

and evil

and just raw energy

and i love it

i want to embody that

he's a life ruiner and he takes pleasure in that, he's so powerful

i love the power he has

its just appealing to me

i want that

to be the one evveryone is drawn to

i swear to god

it was like

there was noone else on stage

yea he was stunning

GOD I WANT TO FUCKING BE HIM

ugh u have no idea the drive i feel right now

blog?!

i dont even want to haha like i could say it

but y say it

when i can do it

writing it at this point would just be looking for pats on that back

I WANT TO DO NOT SAY

mhm