Thursday, April 28, 2005
Where Can I Score Some More Endorphins?
Thirty-five hundred miles. Fourteen days. Seven different beds. Countless memories. Possibly a few new lyrics. That's a brief summary of my trip to NY and back.I learned that there is nothing quite like playing for an audience who loves you. My endorphin rush is still active five days after the last gig. I can't understand why it isn't sold alongside hallucinogens.
My old friends in the teachers union worked hard to get the job done. Maureen Creeden who retired with my wife and I, did the bulk of the work. She hasn't lost a step of her organizing know how and drive.
My son-in-law Josh Peni expertly provided percussion and took a day off to rehearse with me. Josh will be on my next CD. Certainly Helen Avakian will have a heavy hand in the next project as well. Kathy Feeney will continue to cowrite with me even as she studies astronomy at Swarthmore College next Fall.
The night at the Cubbyhole was also gratifying because one of my former guitar students, Riston Benson, performed three of her own songs to open the night for us. She's a very gifted seventeen year old singer/songwriter. She's a terrific talent and pretty as can be. I was falling-down proud of her. Another high school student, Marshall Hughes, joined Riston and later me on percussion. He's heading to the Crane School of Music and showed why as he just figured out what to do with songs he never played before. His instrument is bass clarinet, not drums but he showed what music majors do.
Many of my former students were there. We made enough money to finance this year's scholarship and as sales are still going on, we may make enough to have two smaller scholarships split over two years. That is still to be decided as sales come in. Anybody out there in Blog Land can still help by purchasing a CD in the month of April. All proceeds go to the fund. Same with my merchandise.
As far as writing goes, I discovered how hard it is to avoid cliche's when you are excited. The energy level works well to get something down but one must not be too attached to the words as they are likely to be of the post Superbowl variety. I scribbled down some rough ideas for lyrics and will post some work in progress soon. I'm thinking about sending a bunch of recent lyrics that I haven't set to music to Helen. If she's not too jammed up to work on them and they are to her liking, we may have our first Avakian/Buckley collaboration.
I'll post some ideas tomorrow. Stay tuned. Buy CD's.
posted by Bud @ 5:32 AM
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