Yesterday I went over to my Uncle Steve's house and took over a couple guitars and my practice amp. This is the first face to face, actual meeting with anyone in my biological family! Steve, you have inspired me already in more ways than you can possibly know! For instance, thank you for taking me into the "jazz" zone!!....I still feel very unsure trying to play Jazz....it is a totally different way of looking at music! I am now very interested in jazz though, and we need a bass player next time we jam!
This is very interesting because....when I was much younger, one of my friends was great piano player...but he was classically trained...and when I first tried to get him to "jam" he asked me...."where is the sheet music?" I had to take him into the "zone" of just "jamming" ...and after a while we were writing songs together, and "jamming" at parties and such...
Ironically, I feel the same way he must have back then...I have been playing cover songs in bar bands for many years now, and when we were playing in Uncle Steve's basement, I was thinking.... "I need to learn some of this jazz stuff!"....or "where is the sheet music?" !!! It was awesome "jammin" with you Uncle Steve!
Life has really been coming around full circle for me lately!
I am looking forward to meeting more of my family!
Uncle Steve ROCKS!!! :-)
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