Remember me?

Remember when I used to blog a lot... no?

Well... it's been too long anyway.

Live- It's summer. Summer is good. I'm getting to spend a lot of time with my wife and with my daughter. Our days were starting to feel unproductive. I know that's kind of the point of summer, but we were kind of over that part of the summer and were on to the let's start doing stuff stage. We made a schedule to follow when we're home together in which we have family play time, individual get 'er done times and time for projects and such. It's been working pretty well. I think I'm figuring out that I'm a schedule kind of guy. This does not mean that I'm good at planning. My wife sometimes has to make sure I brushed my teeth within the last few days...normally I have. I do think, though, that having a certain time to get stuff done is usually better than have a certain amount to get done. Things get done faster.

We went to the park today and my daughter went on the merry-go-round for the first time. She was watching this other kid getting spun by her mom and she decided that she was going to try it. I rode with her the first time but then she was climbing on by herself and even pushing it around...there was no one on it...but it's still fun to see how fast you can spin it...that's what I do anyway.

Love- I've been watching this Ken Burns documentary on Jazz (which was originally Jass by the way) on Hulu Plus. It's great. When I'm done I'll have watched about 20 hours of jazz history. I'm up to Dave Brubeck in the history of jazz. He's the Take Five guy.

After my recital I decided that I was going to take a break from the trombone for a while. It was wearing me out. I was burnt out on it. I was preparing so much for the recital. I was just practicing. I didn't feel like I was making real music with it. I started playing some beginning/intermediate solos for trumpet because...I have one.

After watching one of the episodes of the documentary, it inspired me to get my trombone out and read through my real book. It just how much I love playing some jazz. There's just something about it that feels freeing.

Make Music- As part of the schedule that my wife and I have, I have time everyday for musical things. I've been building my trumpet chops and some jazz chops today. I've also been working on my conducting. I got some wind band standards for Christmas last year. Right now I'm going through Holst Second Suite. I know it's overdone but it's a standard. I also figure it'll be easier to get through because I know that one. I'm working on knowing my fingerings for all the other band instruments too. Thank you red book teacher's edition.