Keeping cool and new "toys"
Man, it's hot. Like that hot blast you get from opening a hot oven, only this heat doesn't dissipate. It sticks with you. It sticks to you. Sticky. Nasty. Good weather for swimming, though. Got some much-needed swim time today. Whee.
Church this morning was phenomenal. Don't know what happened, but wow. The crowd was really into the whole worship-thing. I've never seen them respond like that. According to one person, it was the best Sunday ever that they'd experienced, and were all like, "It's these kinds of Sundays that make me never want to miss church ever again." Man, God's good. It wasn't anything we did ourselves. He just was 'there.' Hard to explain, but very real...and something I personally needed to experience today. Awesome...
Brent played with us for the his first full-band/Sunday morning experience. Kid's got talent oozing out his pores, and it's been fun working with him this week to get him involved. He sight reads some of our chord charts better than we play them sometimes... Props go to him for stepping up to the plate when we needed him...
Speaking of band stuff, got some new toys to play with. Bought a pseudo-cheapie Washburn Taurus 25 bass guitar this week. Why? (1) Maybe I'll fill in on bass sometimes. (2) Stacey wants to learn (seriously). (3) Jack - or anyone - can borrow it when he plays. (4) All of the above. Not a bad bass for a sub-$400 instrument. Looks good, plays good, solid wood, neck-thru body, decent pickups. Got a nice gig bag to keep it in. Never thought I'd see the day I'd own one bass guitar, let alone two (I already own a 5-string Epiphone acoustic bass)... Running out of space to hang guitars on my wall...
Also in the realm of all things music, Will let me borrow this 90s all-tube Ampeg amp head tonight. Will experiment with it some this week, but I've already done enough research about it online to know that this thing will rock (if it still works). It's been a long time since I've hauled an all-tube anything anywhere, and man...it's heavy. If it sounds good, I'll try to find a way to implement it into the music stuff at church. Just need a cab to run it through...
Anyway...random stuff...that's about it...
Church this morning was phenomenal. Don't know what happened, but wow. The crowd was really into the whole worship-thing. I've never seen them respond like that. According to one person, it was the best Sunday ever that they'd experienced, and were all like, "It's these kinds of Sundays that make me never want to miss church ever again." Man, God's good. It wasn't anything we did ourselves. He just was 'there.' Hard to explain, but very real...and something I personally needed to experience today. Awesome...
Brent played with us for the his first full-band/Sunday morning experience. Kid's got talent oozing out his pores, and it's been fun working with him this week to get him involved. He sight reads some of our chord charts better than we play them sometimes... Props go to him for stepping up to the plate when we needed him...
Speaking of band stuff, got some new toys to play with. Bought a pseudo-cheapie Washburn Taurus 25 bass guitar this week. Why? (1) Maybe I'll fill in on bass sometimes. (2) Stacey wants to learn (seriously). (3) Jack - or anyone - can borrow it when he plays. (4) All of the above. Not a bad bass for a sub-$400 instrument. Looks good, plays good, solid wood, neck-thru body, decent pickups. Got a nice gig bag to keep it in. Never thought I'd see the day I'd own one bass guitar, let alone two (I already own a 5-string Epiphone acoustic bass)... Running out of space to hang guitars on my wall...
Also in the realm of all things music, Will let me borrow this 90s all-tube Ampeg amp head tonight. Will experiment with it some this week, but I've already done enough research about it online to know that this thing will rock (if it still works). It's been a long time since I've hauled an all-tube anything anywhere, and man...it's heavy. If it sounds good, I'll try to find a way to implement it into the music stuff at church. Just need a cab to run it through...
Anyway...random stuff...that's about it...
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