Drumming Song

So I made my debut performance on drums this past week. It was a great experience, I really enjoyed it. It was a very interesting experience in that it has been a long time since I've made a performance on an instrument I've never publicly played before. And it was a strange thing in that during the performance I played worse than the practice, but I still managed to stay in tempo and keep the song going. So although I was disappointed in how I played, I was happy that I managed to keep going through my mistakes.

And now I really want to continue playing drums. I enjoy them very much. Ah....jack of all trades, master of none?

Anyway, that's it. Time to go practice.

A Hymn EP of sorts?

So I got back from Falls Creek on Saturday, and ever since I got back I've been thinking of making an EP of sorts of just hymns. Not the kinds with choruses, just the hymn parts. But it will be modern with drums and guitars and such. But I'm also wanting some folksy sound. So right now I'm working on making an arrangement of Amazing Grace that combines the two. We'll see how it actually turns out.

I've only done one evening of actual work on it and I already have basically the whole arrangement down. I think the next step will simply be to clean my room out of mess so I can organize an arrangement to record everything in audio. I'd prefer not to use MIDI drums if I don't absolutely have to.

I also want to use a whole choir of kids from my church's youth group to do some singing for a refrain of the first verse.

I'm really looking forward to how this song turns out. I have the tendency to give up on these things as they progress or things get in the way, but I feel like God has laid this on my heart as a good project to do for Him, so I will pray to him that he carries me through my laziness and any attacks Satan might have on me through this project. Not saying this project is the most important thing in the world, but it is something and I feel like God wants it done, probably to teach me perseverance and also for some kid who might like it.

Anyway, we'll see how it goes.

Jeff

My Own Accountability

So, I'm updating this more for myself than anything. I want to try to recap this past semester real quick and understand my own strengths and weaknesses, my own successes and failures.

Over the past semester I have had the honor of growing a relationship with a beautiful girl. She is wonderfully made and so beautiful, and the kind of character and determination she has is amazing. The love of God is so evident in her, and I think it's beautiful. I just happen to not be as good as I need to be. I hate realizing that in a way because I feel crappy (which I should if I'm not being the best I can be), but I also have to look at it as an opportunity to grow.

I have been lazy this past semester. I have not practiced diligently, and I have not really composed. I feel like I have mainly skated by this semester, and now I'm going to have to play catch-up. No fun at all. But I haven't done the work that I need to, so it's my own fault.

I have squandered my resources. Time that was given to me to practice I spent watching tv.

But what I ask for is the strength to be disciplined and work out a work ethic that fits me. That I figure out how to the kind of man God wants me to be.

I look at my life, and I see how broken it is, and how much of it just seems fake. And what I want is to have the kind of life God has in mind for me. Because he can give me the strength to work hard, and be ready for opportunities. He will guide me in life and help me make the right choices about career, marriage, finances, so on so forth. I want His guidance, but my probably is I don't ask diligently. And I know what I can do instead of typing this blog is go talk to Him about it.

I guess I'll go do that now.