A brand new year! I guess other than the feeling inside of a blank slate before you, today is like any other Saturday afternoon.
Spent sitting inside, most likely in front of the TV with the roommates, either reading wikipedia or trying to finish the ever-loving task I have taken on of finishing The Dark Tower series. Only somewhere in the range of 900 pages to go.
There's a sort of interesting point to be made on my perspective of this series as an over-arching whole. From day one, I've known the final act (and even final line) of the series as a passing fact from before I was even aware of the series. And though its setting was made apparent to me from my first sitting with The Gunslinger, it is only beginning to dawn on me (as I work my way through the sixth, Song of Susannah) what the true significance of this epic finale will mean for the characters I have grown to adore.
Go, then. There are other worlds than these.
- Jake Chambers, The Gunslinger
Besides all this nonsense, I've been on a bit of a roll with writing and developing some compositions I've been working on all fall. The bits and pieces of work I managed to squeeze in have been flowering in this spring of all winters, and as the grass prematurely blooms, so do my thoughts and ideas as to where this year will take me. There are horizons all around me to be expanded, and it's seldom been the task of anyone but myself to explore all possibilities.
It's an exciting time in life, and I couldn't be more thrilled to see where it takes me.
It's really pleasing me to see my friends taking such an active interest in working on all of our musicianship as a collective whole. As Tristan so aptly put it, we all manage our time and control our habits by creating scheduled rehearsals/practice. As an engaged group rather than a passive lone soul, we can work together to get ourselves to a level of comfort with our instruments AND as one single sound made of many.
If I get a chance soon, I'll start discussion regarding Dry Twist Productions. It's a little idea Lisa and I have cooked up, and when there's details there'll be details.
-brad
