First journal!!!

This week so far, like most of my days, has been heavily saturated in music and music related activity. Monday, I played guitar for a better part of the day, even breaking out the mandolin for a bit, and ended up writing some new music on my acoustic. Writing on an acoustic as opposed to my electric gives a totally different perspective on the vibrations that are going on beneath my fingers. On an electric, little nuances and a lot of times mistakes can be hidden quite easily by distortion, hence why I like writing on an acoustic. There's a ton more honestly through an acoustic and it's easier to add in more notes and colors because every tone, every pitch can come through completely clean and loud. An interview with David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) on his writing technique got me playing my acoustic more. Ah, David Gilmour. I should mention that he is one of my deities. Others are Warren Haynes, Slash, Jimmy Page, Jack White...list goes on. I'm a bit more polytheistic than most agnostics :P I digress. Monday night, went to Churchill's Pub for the first time and it happened to be jazz night. Stayed listening to music and hanging out with people until 2:30 am. GREAT night. Tuesday, dragged myself out of bed, went to my BC classes and rocked out with Soundgarden on the drive to make me at least a little conscious. Then came to Cypress and heard all about Wise, sadly missing my music history class, but getting to see the ever-wonderful Coach Love and meeting Ms. Stoklosa was lovely. Then, tuesday night, a friend of mine picked me up and we went to this Portland-esque coffee shop in Ft. Lauderdale. Great hang out spot for those interested in a tasty tea and coffee menu. Undergrounds Coffeehaus. Check it out. After getting home, we watched 'It Might Get Loud' starring Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds), Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather), and The Edge (U2). For music lovers, one hell of a documentary. Explores the three guitar masters' journey through music and how they all approach playing. It was so cool to me to see how people can play so differently and how people can be inspired by others to create all of this beautiful music. Be still, my heart! Great film. This entry is already way longer than I thought it would be. I'm going to the studio and lay down my guitar track for Prelude/Angry Young Man (Billy Joel) for the classic rock cover band I'm in, Rokafonik Philharmonik. Also get to play my teacher's Guild 12 string. SQUEE!!