Play time.

Well it was a nice weekend. Went to a party, seen a friend I hadn't seen since high school (a long time ago), got a little cleaning done, figured out a little html on the blog, and did a little jamming with a new friend.

The party was nice. I enjoy spending time with old friends. Most of the group was people I don't know, and unlikely to get to know. But one thing struck me, more of a reminder of something I already knew, people are far more interesting when they are trying not to be. It's the small differences in our similarities that are far more interesting to me than the our bigger uniquenesses that we sometimes work to hard to draw attention to.


For those unacquainted with my music background, I was a bass player in a previous life. Pretty decent at it but continually sidetracked by bigger and better plans. So most of my collaborations involved me with a bass in hand and lyrics on the table. So jamming with guitar is a relatively new thing for me. And I must say a bit different. What did I learn? I'll tell you what I learned. Unlike the bass where you have instant value just showing up, with guitar you have to bring a little something to the table. Essentially because I had not been playing regularly until relatively recently I don't have any in-progress stuff. And building a songbook of guitar faves to entertain the world with has never been my thing. I'll do better next time or maybe buy a small bass amp and bring the bass instead. but it was a great way to slide back into the whole musician thing relatively painlessly. I have to thank my wonderful host for that. Great coffee too.

Different experiences have different lessons. The past few weeks have been more an unveiling of what is possible. This week more of a reminder of where I'm at. A good thing, as it's becoming clearer and clearer what I might want to do with the rest of this life. Key word being might. Life is always in progress, more so now than most times.