It was back in August that I mentioned the transition to a new band, Collision. It might be thought that nothing has happened in that vein, since nothing has been mentioned. I would have preferred for more to have happened, but that does not mean nothing has happened. We found a drummer, Kevin, and talked about other personnel. Our vision included adding another male vocalist and a female vocalist, one of whom played the guitar, and we had even identified someone for the female slot, but were having trouble catching up with her.

As it happens, though, as of this afternoon Baxter (our lead guitar player) caught up with Brittany, who would love to play rhythm guitar and sing with us. We were going to get together this afternoon, but something came up on my end and something else on Baxter’s end, so we’ve put it off to Saturday evening, and he will see if Brittany is available for that time slot. This changes things–I had decided to stop trying to create the band I want and instead work with the band I have, and had put a lot of thought into repertoire for a four-piece with one vocal; now I’ll have to rethink things for a five-piece with two vocals, but at least she’s a guitar player, so I don’t have to worry about making sure she has something to sing on every song.

I’d like to say that I accomplished all sorts of things last night, but all I can claim is that I did laundry and slept. I’m plowing through the unfinished work from yesterday along with the fresh work for today (well, I’ve not yet gotten to yesterday’s stuff, which is all forum posts, but I’ve gotten through part of today already). I’ll be moving forward as I can.

See you on the forums.

–M. J. Young