It's been a while...

.... so I thought it was about time I wrote on my blog again! Hello to all you lovely people reading!
It kinda feels like that very short, slightly awkward moment you share with a old friend, who you haven't seen in ages.... There's so much to catch up on, and you don't know where to start! Or how to do it :p

The thing about blogs.... Is that unless you actually know the person, reading someone's blog can be SO BORING :p

It's been a whole nine days since I've posted! And to some blogger extremists, that might seem outrageous! :p Anyway, I don't care. There's not meant to be any rules to this thing anyhow! (I just did a MASSIVE stinky fart. And yes, I can write that in my blog, coz it's MINE :p). Although, I did intend for this to be a page where I share what's going on with me. So, it seems only fitting to catch you up a bit ;)

Well, the gastly early Sunday morning, and playing organ at church was really enjoyable! I was tiny bit sleep-deprived, with sore eyes, but I still enjoyed it. Some beautiful old hymns. And they always show a lot of appreciation for you playing for them. It's nice to get that sometimes :)

On Monday, I went back to my place in Campbelltown, and quickly settled back in. It's nowhere near as tidy as Mum n Dad's place! But it'll do :p That afternoon, I helped my two lovely friends prepare for Pegg's 23rd celebrations. We tried to make sure Pegg didn't do TOO much work :p
Ains and I were busy in the back yard, filling up water bombs and then promptly 'testing' them on each other. Heh heh! It was a lovely night of fun and games and good people :)

On Tuesday, I was at home in Ctown. I did a few odd jobs around the place, ran a few small errands, did a bit of daydreaming, watched some Adam Sandler movies (Happy Gilmore... What a classic!). And my sister came round, so it was good to be able to catch up with each other, and have a good time, laughing at each other too. :) Then in the afternoon, I got a message from a mate of mine, who lives near Parramatta, and writes and performs a lot of RnB/Dance/Hip Hop music. And his message was just asking if I was free the following night to have a jam with some musos. It seemed unassuming enough. So I called him to see what the dealio was.
He informed me that since they released their EP album independantly, someone from EMI records (BIG label) had got their hands on their EP, and was VERY INTERESTED in them! My mate told me that EMI was very interested in hearing the guys work with a band, and had a particular sound in mind for the guys (they're a duo). EMI wanted to sign them, and as part of that, wanted to have them play live and record with their own band. And he wanted me to be in it!! :)
STRAIGHT away, I was in! I knew it wasn't definite, but I most definitely wanted to be involved in a project that might be going places like that! So, I said 'FOR SURE!' I also dragged my other mate, a guitarist, into the band. He was heaps pumped too. So pumped that he drove his gear 35 minutes to my friend's place where I was that night, so I could take his stuff to the rehearsal!

The next day, I spent the morning and middle of the day, going over the tracks from their EP, so that I was able to use some of the same kinds of sounds on my keyboards as on the recording. I was getting pretty hyped about it!
So when it was time I took off for the rehearsal. Everyone else was arriving too. It was really strange! I'm used to playing in groups of people I know pretty well, and people who I've worked with a lot. But this time I only knew one singer and the guitarist!
It took a lil while to introduce ourselves, as we all busily set up our gear. And then they sat us down, and told us what was going on. It felt really different! I felt like a professional, sitting down with a bunch of professionals. It was cool! We all had a quick 'hello' and introduced ourselves, and then we dove straight into the music. And man, these guys can PLAY!
Rehearsal ran so smoothly, and everyone worked together so well! We were informed that we would be rehearsing tomorrow (Thursday), and that members of the board from EMI records were coming to have a listen!

The next day, the rehearsal was at AIM, music school in the city. We were all still buzzing! We had a few hours before they were due to turn up, so we set up and jammed, and then I had to move the car again (parking is a NIGHTMARE in the inner city!). Then someone showed up. He was a talent scout from EMI. Unfortunately, the rest of the board couldn't make it after all, because they were very busy with Big Day Out (pfffft! Some lousy excuse :p). But the guy that came really enjoyed it! Towards the end of the rehearsal my mate the singer announced to everyone that I was now going to be in charge of organising things and keeping people informed. I was unaware that such a task had been assigned to me. Ha! :p But they needed it. They're pretty disorganised!

Friday, I sent out a few emails to the guys in the group getting their availability to organise a regular rehearsal. And I managed to record a couple of ideas for songs that had surfaced in the practise the day before.

Saturday: I met with some other friends to work on some songs my mate wrote, and that we were recording the next week in Sydney. Then, my lovely friend/sister-type and I headed down the coast to get a breathe of fresh air, and get away from everything for a while.

Sunday, i played at church in the morning and night. I was stuffed in the morning, I didn't sleep well... My eyes literally stang for a while!

Today, I played at a christian service at our local council halls, to herald the start of Australia Day. It was enjoyable, it always is! This lovely christian lady plays violin each year, and she plays with such feeling! it's great :) And now, I'm at home. I sent off a few more emails to the guys in the band, and recorded a few more ideas for the singers to write lyrics to. But I'm gonna try and get a kinda early night tonight. Otherwise the rest of the week will be all outta whack too!

On Wednesday, we got the rehearsal in at AIM, with the EMI board! I'm looking forward to that, and looking forward to hearing from EMI, about their plans for the boys, and how that involves us as the band :)

I'll keep y'all updated!

Luv u guys :)