GUITAR PLAYING ANYONE?

THE JAMMING THAT NEVER WAS

Sometimes we plan, but things never turn out the way we planned it.

Take for intance, the JAMMING last Wednesday afternoon..I brought all my equipments from my basement to the living room. 2 guitars, music stand, a 250 watt Peavey Amplifier, several music books plus some snacks. I was expecting a whole afternoon of music, fun and chilling out..I was expecting 2 ( possibly 3 )  to attend. Ayee said she will try to catch up in the pm, if the session was still on..

Things started to unravel when Andy called at 1:00 pm informing me that he was assigned to oversee a project in the most northern end part of Ontario. Well that leaves Ben, the guitarist from church.

Ben did arrive. With 2 guitars to add to the ones that are already in the living room. After unpacking his guitars we proceeded to find out what we can do, music wise. After 10 mins or so, I found out that he can't play well with music scores.In short, he can not play by wear or oido.

I said to myself.."This guy can not make extra $$ in his spare time playing in the subway". Subway musicians do not use music sheets. They play from the music sheets in their brains. I was expecting him to be able to accompany me immediately if I play say ISLE OF CAPRI in the key of C with his guitar. But he needs a music written in the key of C.He said most guitarists play in the key of A. There eventually came the issue of incompability. Wow. Forming a music group is no easy task, I found out. So we just played pieces that we know ( and which he can play in C) until 4:30 pm. He had to go home at that time because they eat supper at 5:00 pm.Okay. He never even tested the Peavey that I brought up with great difficulty. The thing weighed almost a ton.

At 5:30, somebody knocked softly. I opened the door. It was Ayee. Both of us were surprised.."Sorry, I thought the Jamming is still going on. I should have used my cel."

"That's okay!" I said. "Glad you came." So we continued doing some music play and talk. She stayed for a while and that is good because she had a chance to meet Miguelita, my better half.

While Miguelita prepared the DINENGDENG, ( I took care of the rice beforehand ) we did some impromptu jamming with some songs that I brought out from my collection.

As Bill Shakespeare said, "All's well that ends well.."---#