April 19th, My Senior Recital

* this one doesn't count

I don’t think that I’m qualified to give an objective critique of my recital so I’ll quote some other people:

“I like how you made In The Hall Of The Mountain King a suite” – Dr. Henderson
Response: What’s a suite?
“Is Loudon Wainwright related to Rufus Wainwright?” – Bernie K.
Response: Yes, it’s his dad.
“What was that thing you used to do that stuff” – multiple people
Response: a Boss Loop Station RC-20 Phrase Recorder
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“My favorite was that guitar effect thing” - multiple people
“My favorite was that drum thing” – multiple people
“My favorite was Pills” – Bernie K.
“My favorite was the xylophone song” – one of my parents’ friends
“That was incredible” – Drew Johnson, my guitar teacher who is a better guitarist, better singer, better songwriter, and all around better guy than me
“This was the best time of the time” (or something like that) – Dr. Kwoun
“You rocked. Can I have your autograph?” – Adam Jenkins
“I knew that last song Imagine” – Cara, my 10 year old piano student
“I’ve never heard that song Imagine” - Adley Kent
“You didn’t play the D” - Dr. Henderson
“Great… now I have to follow that” - Lindsay Braden

What I can say is that my parents were very helpful. They took total control of the reception and invited a bunch of their friends because I have so few relatives available to fill the seats. My friends made great guest musicians. Bill(drums) and Jeff(bass) are professionals (not professional musicians – Bill’s a contractor and Jeff’s a school teacher) but they have both played in numerous local bands and are both very skilled their instruments. I’ve known Patrick(guitar/bass/vocals) for 20 years and we’ve jammed together so much that we have a musical chemistry. Patrick was also very helpful with the lighting. He used to work as the lighting director at The Palm Springs Foleys – an odd place that puts on musicals where all the performers are over 65 years old. I was extremely nervous and made numerous mistakes, but all in all I think it went very well.