Just thinking about making a CD has been getting me to work on arrangements and memorizing lyrics and practicing my own stuff...
Last night, I made enough money to pay for my day and then put 5 bucks in my pocket; and I got a good nights sleep.
I spent an awful lot of time trying to make a cartoon profile face for Facebook; and so I am including it (right).
Last night, I made enough money to pay for my day and then put 5 bucks in my pocket; and I got a good nights sleep.
I spent an awful lot of time trying to make a cartoon profile face for Facebook; and so I am including it (right).
I have been working on new songs at my playing spot and have been able to get tipped; as nobody passing by realizes that I am playing the same section repeatedly.
After I knocked off last night, I found some good food, and was considering going back out to play some more; but ran into some of my few friends on Bourbon Street; who shared enough liquor with me that I cancelled those plans.
I saw Brian Hudson at one point and we wound up walking and talking and were soon nearby my playing spot.
I "showed" him the spot; but there were very few people around; and my attempt to play a song (to demonstrate the acoustics) failed when I was too drunk to remember the words to "Like a Rolling Stone," by Bob Dylan.
I had tuned the whole guitar down a whole step, so that my harmonica would fit songs such as that; but the trade-off is that it creates tuning nightmares when it is dropped down in pitch that much...
Tonight, I hope to put the finishing touches on "Something," by The Beatles and to continue my life-long study of "Kid Charlemagne," by Steely Dan...
"Kid Charlemagne" I fucking LOVE that song.
ReplyDeleteSo far I lose at blogging but I need to come up with a blog about my evil plan to become a decent trumpet player. Right now it consist of the theory I have that if I just play the mouthpiece for a month or two or three while waiting and saving for the perfect cornet, and I play along with just everything and anything, It will do a ton of good for my playing. Because the range is in the player, not the horn. Then when I re-introduce the horn, it will be just a matter of getting the valve combinations memorized and learning the finger patterns for various scales. Fortunately I don't need to busk right away, and if I run short on money, I have other ways to go out and bring home $100 on a given day.
But I feel dumb because I'm at my friend's huge house in Fremont, CA right now and I didn't bring the mouthpiece. There seems to be a time in the middle of the day when I'm the only one here and could make all the awful sounds I want.
Oh, for the cartoon portrait, maybe one of the caricature artists NOLA is known for will do one for you.
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