The Big Night

So tonight I played my first show live at Charlie's. I was so nervous going into but looking back the nerves all went away right before I played. I am so proud of how I performed and I want to perform again soon.

I received a lot of complements tonight and honestly makes me proud of how far I have truly come from when I first began playing guitar.I have put up a videos and some pictures of my special night.  I will always remember this night for as long as I live. It will be one of my favorite memories of my college career.

My Last Name

You're Not Sorry

You'll Think Of Me

                                                        Chances Are

                                               Me singing Free with Aaron Abel.

Me and Aaron singing at Charlie's.

Me at Charlie's singing.

Not A Moment Too Soon.

Tomorrow is the big day. I will be performing at Charlie's from 8-8:30. I will be playing songs that I have learned in the last couple weeks and months. I am still so excited to show how far I have come with my guitar but am also really nervous for this event. 

 Sometimes I think I am too critical of myself and believe that everything has to be perfect. I think for how much I have practiced tomorrow will go great. I have been waiting for this moment since the time I started playing guitar. I have been counting down the days for this moment. I am just ready to perform. 

I want to show how good I have become since I first picked up my first guitar and sing a little bit too. 

Wish me luck!

Leading Up To The Big Day.

So this week is very important to me. Thursday night will be the first time that I have ever played for anyone public outside of my own house.I am opening up for one of my good friends at Charlie's. I am nervous but I am also very excited at the same time.

As I was thinking about what songs do add to my setlist I came up with a list of 30 songs that have been stuck in my head lately. Some of them inspire me and some are just so catchy that they are stuck in my head.

You can find the playlist on the right side of my blog. Hopefully you enjoy the songs as much as I do. Check back on my blog for some photos and videos of what is sure to be a special night for me.

Fragile

Finally, at Dave's show was Matt Preisendanz who is also a very good guitar play. I've heard him the same song, but for his voice I think it works. His voice is very fragile but the pitch is very good. He played one song that wasn't planned before the show but the song was good.

I think I've heard it somewhere but I don't know where. My guess is that Dave called him up on stage because he didn't know what to do. I heard him play when he hosted a Taize worship service in our fraternity house. He took the lead for most of it but I liked the songs he played.

I look forward to hearing him play again sometime and here is a picture and a video from tonight.

Matt playing guitar.

                                               Matt at Charlie's

Not My Style

Tonight also at Dave's show was Greg Cwik. We don't listen to the same music genres but seeing him solo tonight on electric guitar was amazing. I knew he had played for a while but I give him mad props for his skills on the guitar tonight.

It was almost as if he made it look easy as his fingers went up and down the fretboard. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of him, but I did get a video and it shows his talent very well. I aspire one day to be as good at playing guitar but also soloing like him.

Here is a couple videos from tonight.

Greg Cwik at Charlie's.

                                                                  Greg Cwik soloing.

Dan Saunders

Along with Dave was Dan Saunders. He is a freshman and what a voice he has. His voice reminds me of that of the lead singer of Maroon 5. He sang a song he wrote himself and it was pretty hard to tell if it was a cover or his own was how good it was.

We talked on the way over to the show and I mentioned that his old beaten up guitar had character. He said to me that usually he has to tell people this. My own guitar personally doesn't have enough scratches.

I was impressed by his playing tonight.

Here are some pictures of Dan and a video of him.

Dan Saunders playing guitar.

Dan playing guitar again.

                                          Dan Saunders playing guitar.

Saint Patrick's Madness

So tonight I went to my friend Dave Foster's show at Charlie's. I think it was one of his last shows but I think he went out on a good note. I liked the sound of each song he did because none of them sounded the same.

I had heard him play because we live in the same fraternity house, but I had never heard him play anything other than an acoustic bass.

 I was unfamiliar with most of the songs he had played which I thought was good because I had no previous judgment of how the song had originally sounded. Dave's voice is unique in the sense that it is not really a deep deep voice but it is also not a very high pitch voice.

here are a couple pictures and a video from tonight's show.

Dave Foster playing guitar.

Dave Foster at Charlie's.

Dave Foster and Greg Cwik at Charlies.

Dave Foster Singing.

Dave Foster playing guitar.