The Mother of All Updates: A Soliloquy in Five Parts (2 of 5)

Part of my Christmas present from Denise was a gift certificate for singing lessons. I don't really know what she was trying to say, but it's something I've been planning to do for a long time, so I ran with it (I keed, cupcake). I'm studying at Mid Rivers Music with Angela Minahan, a graduate student at nearby Lindenwood University. She's very personable and has not kicked me out yet, so I have high hopes for our continued success, although we have nothing in common musically. I chose Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" as my first song, and we've now moved on to "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables, whereupon she is teaching me to sight-read vocal music. I have to admire her condfidence.

Lessons couldn't have come at a better time, because as it turns out, I'm in a band again, doing lead vocals and guitar. Also involved is the lovely Princess Sara on bass, 1A on guitar, and D on drums. We are currently called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, although that changed briefly to Folsom Prison Bruise. I've actually since appropriated that name for another project - more to come on that later as it begins the downward spiral that is my to-do list. Currently we're working up a few cover songs as we get familiar with each other, and will then move on to writing original stuff, although we really have yet to decide on a genre. The stuff we're doing right now is mostly punk, but there's a little industrial, metal, and plain ol' rock thrown in.

Currently listening to: "Stray Cat Strut", Stray Cats