This blog is about me and my music. My current focus is on learning piano using the Sudnow Method and guitar improvisation. I currently play guitar in a band that concentrates on playing the early rock and roll of the 50’s and 60’s. I also play guitar in a trio setting that focuses more on the jazzy side. Seemingly irrelevant posts on this blog reflect topics that are probably expressed in my music somewhere.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
"Happy Xmas (War is Over)" [John Lennon]
Worked on Patterns 1 & 2 in the Siver book. Worried it's going to get complicated. Went over my repertoire. In a couple of days I'll be playing Christmas music with a couple of bandmates at a coffee shop. There's been some friction in our church band regarding the appropriateness of us playing John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in the spot after our Christmas Mass in the spot we usually play "Oh Christmas Tree." Apparently Lennon remains controversial after all these years. I arranged the Lennon song for the band, so of course I'm in the camp that wants to play the song. Yesterday I got disgusted, and gave up trying to argue to do the song, but then I changed my mind today. We'll be doing it.
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