Jammy

Friday night was one of the more profound musical experiences of my life thus far. Me 'n a friend decided to have a jam session, him on the acoustic gui-tar (which he rocks at), and me jamming on piano along with him.

Conclusion: Acoustic guitar and a grand piano do not rock very hard together.

Conclusion: Acoustic guitar and cello gel extremely well together.

After a bit of experimenting (including a semi-failed attempt to play a cello guitar-style), we finally realized that acoustic-cello improv sounds awesome.

If you hear of a band called the "Kaetan-Jon Connection" or "The G String" or something like that that involves a really talented guitarist and some random cellist improving, it's probably us. Go check us out, future people.

Mellow Mongrain

Today marks yet another installment of Jon's Musical Menagerie. Or whatever the hell we're calling it now. Today's featured artist is a French Canadian by the name of Erik Mongrain. You'll find his music to be unique and interesting for a number of reasons, chiefly among them:

• His works are purely instrumental
• He plays only the acoustic guitar... but uses an interesting technique called "guitar-tapping" to make some pretty cool sounds.

To put it simply, his music is good mellow music: Stuff you might want to listen to when you're feeling thoughtful, or good background music for when you're working or have company over. I'd definitely give it a listen - it's a valuable addition to a good library. The album is called "Fates".

Fates
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Ow

Getting blood drawn hurts. Stupid pointy needles... Also, it kinda sucks knowing that you have a kidney disease without any definite knowledge of cures, with your own doctor confused about just what to do with you. Good thing it's not serious. ^^

On the other note, THIS is who I want to be when I finally decide to man up and actually put some effort into my guitar playing:
The rest of it doesn't matter. Just the original song. I just wanna be that d-bag.