Presentation

I actually figured this would be a good time to catch up how I think I'm doing. I'm feeling pretty good about my Blues presentation tomorrow. I bascially focused on Robert Johnson because of the era he was from. He has always been a interest to me musically because he seemed to be ahead of his time. What with the myth that he sold his soul to the devil to play the guitar and the skill he had on guitar in a short amount of time is quite interesting. In all my research I have been unable to find good information about his skill. All that I can come up with is simply that he played abstract chords and note changes. Some say it's because he sold his soul and some say it's because he had big hands. As far as playing, I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. Everyone is tired of playing the blues. I have not been feeling well at all the last couple of weeks and my playing and practicing has been cut down greatly until I feel better. Nobody was in class last week and we never met up to play, so tomorrow will bring a whole new meaning to improvisation for our group. We will truly have to wing it, so hopefully we do okay. Two weeks ago, last time we met, one member did not make his appearence and our group fell apart in a horrible way. I'm still frustrated over that, not really because we had a missing member, but because we should have been able to improvise better with what he ended up with, but it turned out rather horrible. Tomorrow, despite the fact that we have not practiced anything, I hope we overcome the last couple of weeks and play something more interesting. Other than that, I think everything is okay. I hope that we change groups completley next. I like the people in my group and we play well together, but I think it would be nice to get a feel for a totally different subject; as I said before, nobody really wants to play blues anymore. I believe that's all for now.

Sean W. Chase