Musical Weekend

Three things I'm excited about this weekend:

First is the resumption of rehearsals of the brass quintet I am in, Stonewall Brass. I play tuba in this small ensemble.

The other is I start guitar lessons. I've been playing guitar since college, taught by my good friend Chuck Pelletier (whom I've lost touch with, again...Chuck where are you?). But I could be a lot better. I enjoy playing and singing (tho I just entertain myself and have never really played for other people). But I want to get better and who knows, I may end up doing an open mic or two.

Finally, I'm going to prepare for an audition to play tuba for the Capitol Symphony Orchestra. I'm not sure my playing is going to be up to snuff so I have no prediction if I'll pass muster (my guess would be not). But we'll see.

I wasn't sure what role music would have in my life after the accumulated frustrations and personal failings in leading community music for 14 years and this weekend marks my first return to trying since I stepped down from the band in April.

I'm happy about it...but let's just keep things small.

Friday Music Game

This is Zac's game, which is every Friday posting the songs in your current playlist. I JUST got an Ipod, so haven't been able to play till now. Here goes:

Bring Him Home/Les Miserables
Brokeback Mountain 1
Brokeback Mountain 3
Brokeback Mountain "Wings" Club remix
Don't Blink/Kenny Chesney
Fanfare for the Common Man/Aaron Copland
Foggy Mountain Breakdown/Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
I Will Never Let You Go/Jackie Greene
La Traviata Act I: Libiamo Libiamo Ne' Leiti Calici/Jose Carreras
Live Like Horses/Elton John
Miss Otis Regrets/Bette Midler
Nights in White Satin/Moody Blues
Ol' Man River/William Warfield
Paradise by the Dashboard Light/Meatloaf
Piano Man/Billy Joel
Swan Lake Scene Finale Act 4/Tchaikovsky
She Bangs/Ricky Martin
She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy/Kenny Chesney
Song for a Winter's Night/Gordon Lightfoot
Song for a Winter's Night/Sarah MacLachlan
Stay with Me (live version)/Bette Midler
Nessun Dorma/Pavarotti
Under Pressure/Queen
Who Wants to Live Forever/Queen