Its been a while since a post, but I have been busy! Training has been good, and I have some good races in September coming up. The big performance this month was musical, but I still kind of treat is as athletics. In what feels like a former life, high school and college; I was a musician. My Mom was a Peabody Conservatory piano major and teacher, and she started me playing piano so young I don't remember learning... I have always known how to play. In high school I took up electric guitar to play with some friends and didn't look back. When it came time for college I got into Peabody Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and some other schools. I didn't know back then that I could have done anything I wanted in college or I would have followed those dreams. I did major in music for a while at Towson, but soon after I lost the drive after most of my friends either stopped, or moved away. I approached the guitar in the same way as a bicycle; I practiced for hours a day working on my speed and technical skills, as well as just playing anything I could learn to get better. After a while I just started doing other things and didn't play for years...
Which brings me to a few months ago when my oldest friend and guitar student called and needed a guitarist for his band which had a show at the Recher Theatre in Towson, MD on August 23rd, 2008. I hadn't played seriously in about 15 years so this was a big undertaking. Luckily it was all original material, and I would just have to write my parts and play lead. I would have loved this 20 years ago, but now it was going to be tough to get enough time away from training for IM to practice! After a few weeks of playing and a few practices things got a little easier, but I have a long way to go to get back to being comfortable. As it all turned out the last 2 weeks getting ready were very good, and we put on a pretty good show. The big problem was our sound; I couldn't hear myself play, and evidently most of the show my "clean" tone wasn't heard much at all. It was a good experience though and we are actually playing again in October at the Recher. I will keep you posted! Coming up next week is the Diamondman 1/2 in Delaware so i hope to have a good race report and some pics. Until then enjoy the holiday weekend and keep riding!
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