well, i’d really like to start posting more to this thing. so much has happened in my life since the last post, when was that?…ahh, november 23. and that was a worthless poem anyway.

i am so blessed by the online community known as [cc.net]. somehow i have grown as close to people on that board as i have to most of my “real-life” friends. it’s so great. most of the people that might actually read this already know, so i’ll just leave it there. and if you don’t, i highly suggest comin over and hanging out. it’ll change your life…or at least give you a better reason to procrastinate. argh. i had a thought and i forgot. oh well.

music is amazing. i feel i’m fortunate because i have the opportunity to study music at university and my appreciation has only grown. i listen to things that i never would have listened to before i came to ouachita…my musical knowledge has expanded exponentially. i’m not sure what this knowledge is gonna help me accomplish in the future, but it’s will always be there. and i can only continue to learn more and be more amazed at what composers are able to do. “classical” music (we really need a new term for that, cause to us musician-types, classical means a certain era in music…now, i’ll continue after revealing my geekness) is able to do so many things. and somehow composers still have the ability to produce things that make me gasp, or smile or get extremely excited. i hope i get to write a piece someday that will make somebody fall in love with music. so many times in band as we play through a work, i just have to stop and smile in amazement at what the people in that room are doing. it sends chills up my spine and goosebumps down my arm. i love it. there are so many moods, so many colors, so many possibilities. and choir music…oh my freakin gosh. i just put in a john rutter cd (for those of you who don’t know, he’s a pretty famous choral composer and is AMAZING)…the guy is incredible. how is it that sounds like this are produced? it’s like magic. there are so many things that could go wrong, or done wrong, but when it’s pieced together properly and masterfully…well, the result is tremendous. anyway, i can ramble about music for days. i love it. i love it. and i love it. thank God for such a gift.