Even if it rains

really it was just lloviznando, but who's counting?

so i only practiced 50 minutes today due to the random cold and spitting rain. nevertheless, Take 5 continues to improve, and i have a couple songs of old sounding solid. i like it. i like it a lot.

i am kind of daydreaming about getting to practice with my cousin when i am in the states. that might be fun. but who knows? a duet?

in other news, the sound was a little off, but i wasn't willing to bring out the computer so i could tune the 'ophone because of weather conditions. such is life.

50 minutes!
188.5 + 50min = ???

Por fin

you have no idea how good it feels to play again. at first i was afraid, i was petrified.. oops. couldn't help that..

no but seriously, i had feared not being able to have a good sound when i started practice. nope. sounded great!!

went through almost everything i got, and of course focused at the end on Take 5. it's sounding a lot better--i just have to memorize one key part and i think i got the main lick. exciting!

ok. one hour more. here's to many more for this camp-less week. hooray!!!

Clocking in

i remember practicing on tuesday last, and it was an hour.

i remember that there was a lot of Take 5. i don't remember the rest, but it counts it counts!!!

Almost quit

it's not because it was a bad practice, but it was windy, and that was kind of annoying. in fact, i left my music outside for a second while i got myself some water. came back to all the papers flying everywhere.

i worked on Take 5 mostly, and i am very confident that the piece will come together by the end of september. that seems like a long ways away, but it has to do with some camps that i have.

then i 'bout called it a night. i took my things inside, and then came back out to put back the little table i use where it belongs. then played a couple notes only to find myself liking what came out. so i figured out a more solid tune and recorded it.

when i came inside, my friend Coco told me something that encouraged me. he was talking to his niece on the phone and she had asked him what was making the noise in the background.

"it's my friend Sharayah playing the saxophone."

"ah," she says. "tell her that it makes a lovely sound."

awww...

makes staying out an extra 40 minutes worth it. thanks God!

1 hour 20 minutes to add.

Behind schedule

in a lot of things. but in this blog, behind by 2 practices. last tuesday i worked on some pieces, and today, a few more. i am really liking where Take 5 is going, even though i know i have a long way to go. and when i remember the fact that i started playing the sax at 23 years of age, you would think i could be so much better. how do i squeeze in more time?

and in the next couple of weeks, i have more camps to go to. but let's not stress. let's enjoy the fact that i get to play at all. perspective, perspective. now.. i'm hungry...

2.5 hours (from last week and this week in total) to add!

Freedom

today, i just wanted to play.

so i did. of course, i began with the scales, and had a few breathing exercises.. worked on all the pieces i have printed. then returned to the hymns. i don't know why i love them so much, their sound is just so relaxing i suppose. a few other diddies before calling it a night.

one lovely hour. :)

Jugando

tis the name of the latest song put together by yours truly and my good friend. it's pretty fun.

it was just weird being away from the saxophone for over a week. my mouth hurts a little bit in fact, haha. and right now my lips are chapped.

worked more on Take 5 before recording what i had practiced to complete the other song... i feel like i'm rambling, perhaps it's because i am officially tired.

1 hour and 20 minutes.