This week has been brilliant. I got fired from my job.
Then I went for a drink to celebrate my misery.
Awesome.
Ironically, when I was at work that day, I was thinking about how situations at work could relate to my experience for graded unit, such as working with difficult people, having good communication skills and following instructions. Apparently being laid back and honest are not qualities that people look for in bar staff. Great. But at least this gives me experience in being knocked back from work... is that valid ?
Anyway this week at college was partially productive. There was no guitar class, so I made use of the time by practicing my solo versions of the Beatles songs. This week band work went well as the whole group turned up and we ran through the 5 songs we have for the gig, I reckon just a bit tighter and it'll be right as rain (I don't know where that phrase came from). We also got that dates for our presentation on the Beatles. Mine is on the 13th of January, expect a mediocre performance. Nah, I'll put a lot of effort into this one, it's quite an interesting subject. The most interesting class this week was Session Skills, it really showed me that I need to improve my sight reading. The song we were given was Deep Purple's Smoke On the Water, which I know what you're thinking, Is a very straightforward song, which it is. However, we were playing through the song with ease and then we came to the guitar solo...
On the score was Ritchie Blackmore's solo from the original recording, which featured all sorts of quintuplets and crazed phrases. So then I started to sweat trying to read this solo, but it wasn't happening. Sympathy quickly came my way from the other members of the group. So in the meantime I just improvised over the solo section so we could get through the rest of the song. That sounded alright. As soon as Gavin came in I told him he was having a laugh if he thought I was going to be able to read that solo that was notated. He laughed and replied, "You don't have to, you would just improvise over that section anyway as a session player."
I slapped my face into my palm and laughed over this realization. The song got nailed.
And that's about it.
See my words next time.
I need a job (again).
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