Sunday, October 22, 2006
Life goes on (on and off the bike)
The past few weeks have been CAAAARRRRRRRAAAAAZZZZZZZYYY!!!!! With a whole slew of concerts new developments and even a little bit of riding.
I played my first jazz concert this year last weekend. It went quite well. I didn't feel as solid as i did through much of the rehearsals this year but I'm sure that I most definetely played out more (which is important when you play baritone sax) then i did all last year. I really hit the ground running in jazz this school year and have recieved several comments from friends on the matter. The next Jazz concert will be on Nov. 11th and i will have to play my first improv. solo since high school.
I've been trying to do workouts on the bike. The riding time has definetely been cut down but nonetheless i refuse to give up riding. The important thing for me now is just to try to keep somewhat sharp for IceMan Cometh, coming up the first weekend in November. I found some gorgeous country roads and have been enjoying night rides and the like. There sure are alot of cows around RF area!
Yesterday I bought a brand new horn. Its absolutely gorgeous. Its a Yamaha 875 Custom series alto sax. My own saxophone professor hand picked it from several identical horns at the Yamaha factory when he purchased it ten years ago. I bought it from a former student of his and he sold it to me for a great deal, $2,000.
The symphony band also played a concert last night, as well as one during class on Friday, at which I thought we sounded pretty good. Me and the other bari sax player Mike really locked stuff in and played the whole concert really well, besides one mishap.
Other than that i've been trying to keep decent grades, mostly Bs which are certainly nothing to brag about, and attempting to keep what little social life i now have.
