Yesterday’s Collision rehearsal could have gone better, but I am not complaining.

There were two big negatives. One was that Brittany is fighting off a cold and so struggling to hang onto her voice; she’s particularly concerned because she has a solo gig next Wednesday night and needs to be able to sing for it. I did take the opportunity to tease her that she needs to go easy at that concert so she doesn’t blow her voice before next week’s practice. The other negative is that Adam forgot that it was Thursday, and left while I was running some other errand to do homework with his girlfriend. I am not certain which class they share, or whether they were actually getting any work accomplished, but it meant he was not here. I’ve made him aware that he and I are going to have to grab some practice time before the next rehearsal, because the song we learned this week has a tough bass line, and the song slated for next week also has a tough baseline.

On the positive side, though, we picked the final song for our repertoire (now I have to find it and arrange it, and I know that there’s a copy in the praise music files at church but it wasn’t there tonight). Baxter had pretty much nailed the challenging guitar part for the song for this week, and Brittany managed to focus her attention on her rhythm guitar parts, so that’s all coming together nicely. Also, drummer John has been nagging me on several points, because he is eager to play, and I managed today to address one of them by asking at the music store about whether there are available practice halls anywhere around here. The answer apparently is at least one, and economically so, and I’ve got a phone number and a name.

I also looked at an amp that would probably be perfect to go between our mixer and our speakers for PA, but it’s not in my price range. Then again, I’m not at all sure what my price range really is, so there’s not much point haggling. I just know that this wasn’t within it.

I’ve also completed a couple more songs by putting my odd minutes into the midi program instead of solitaire. I’ve promised the drummer a CD of all the songs, and I’m pretty near the halfway point on fulfilling that promise.

I actually have been doing something Multiverser-related, but I’m supposed to keep that “on the QT”, as they say somewhere, at least until after our Sunday director’s meeting, so maybe I’ll have news then.

–M. J. Young