Wednesday April 25th, 2007

Rachels recital was tonight. It went fine. I think i'm just to tired from everything to really enjoy it right now. I'm ready for things to slow down for a bit. Relax a little. So I think for the next week or so i'm just gonna take a break from playing for a bit and just relax. Father don't let me get used to it, but let me just rest until the appointed time that I am to go back at it. Amen.

Tuesday April 24th, 2007

I actually took today off. Tomorrow is rachels recital at CP, and i'm just honestly kind of tired from it all, so yes. I think a break is well in order.

Saturday April 21st, 2007

Yay for rehearsal and recital in the same day! I'm so thankful though, really, for Rachels hearing to be today. I think its going ot be good, and were going to get through it, and then i'll move on to play at the next thing. Its crazy how you just start to think about it like a job - play here, move on and play at the next thing, then so on and etc.

Wes

Thursday April 19th, 2007

Just late night practice again. Probably rehearsed for about 3 hours today. Intense man. Intense

Wednesday April 18th, 2007

Non stop practice this week it looks like. I'm getting ot the point of playing where I'm going to be ready to take a short break from it after all of this is over. Pray about what i've learned and see where the Lord wants to direct me in all of this. I'm excited about my future.

Tuesday April 17th, 2007

Time flies so fast when you're busy. When you are always going and never stop to look at the things around you. I wonder what i'm missing. I think the Lord is growing me up a lot through this though. Its good. I'm excited to see the end result.

Monday April 16th, 2007

The end of the year is drawing near. All the recitals are within sight of being finished. I've never felt so overworked in all my life. It's good though, I feel like i've grown a lot. I've learned A TON about playing back and letting the other musicians take the front. Its hard though - I really like playing passionately in worship, but I wonder how it effects other peoples worship experience. Something to pray about I suppose.

Thursday April 12th, 2007

No new stuff to work on from lessons - we havent really had a lesson in a while just because of scheduling stuff, but I've been practicing in my own time working on rudiments and still practicing a lot so its good. Awesome.

Wednesday April 11th, 2007

Just good ole practice today. Working on some more technique stuff - i can see myself coming along its good.

Tuesday April 10th, 2007

Worked out on the practice pad today. I'm so stiff. Its taking a really long time to get warmed up everytime. I think i'm just over working myself or something, or maybe my body is just getting used ot the idea of playing so much - it is definitely more than usual. Its good though - i can see myself improving. My feel of groove is really growing as well. awesome.

Monday April 9th, 2007

Have been seeing improvement in my feet - but i've been noticing some unusual wrist pain. Wondering if its from playing too much? Or just from playing to much with wrong technique? I'm not sure its totally possible to practice to much, but it does have me curious. Oh well, just trying to warm up well and stuff to present it.

Saturday April 7th, 2007

yay back to back rehearsals. haha i tell you. rehearsal all afternoon, then church saturday night, then again on sundar morning, this is awesome!

Thursday April 5th, 2007

Just more practice today. I'm really focusing on foot technique right now - i've really noticed myself over playing when I can't hear my bassdrum, and I don't want that to be the case. I want to be able to keep consistant technique without overplaying. It'll come.

Wednesday April 4th, 2007

Oh glorious day. nothing like 3 and 4 hour rehearsals a night. This is pretty much going to be my life for a while I think. Its good though, it gets me behind the kit a lot and I can see improvement in myself and in my foot technique which is good. I can see myself improving, and though I'm really tired and stressed out right now, I'm still excited about getting to play so much. Sometimes band rehearsal is more fun than spending an hour alone in the practice room. But yes. Awesome.

I dropped my stick.

I played on performance seminar today - felt really good about it thought i was doing a good job, then right on the end man.. dropped my stick. haha. I got back up and finished my piece - the last few bars of it. I didn't let it kill me, I just laughed about it, haha, haha man good times. I thanked God for it when I sat down - haha just keeps me humble. It was good though, over all I think it went well though. Awesome.

Wes

April 2nd 2007

Practice today was scary. My arms were really tense, and I was having trouble playing the end of my piece - it really freaked me out. I went outside for about an hour and a half and just worked out on my practice pad to try and work out hte soreness and the tensness - it took a very long time but I think I finally worked it out. I then played my solo again and it went much better - just still kind of nervous about tomorrow - but I think Ill do fine.

Wes