Dave Wirth
So here it went:
I woke up and took a couple of charcoal tablets. Felt wretched and wanted to just die. I thought I had food poisoning. It went away later though.
I got to see a student play Weezer's "Only In Dreams." That is possibly my most favorite Weezer song ever. I also got to see an eight year old student play a full sized electric guitar, and play it even better than he could his own guitar. It was something.
I helped another guy ease much of the tension he had been carrying in his body as he played shred licks. He is so good that I'm not sure what I can show him sometimes. Did I mention that his band might be on Rock Band at some point? Yeah, um, who is teaching who?
Teaching went so well that I forgot to set a timer later on in the evening. I like to not look at the time because it allows the lesson to be better, flow better. I rely on that timer. But somehow, in the process of teaching one guy how to think of two melodies at the same time, I didn't notice my timer not going off. As a result? Foolish me. The next person was sitting outside waiting for 40 extra minutes. Jeesh. I felt like an idiot.
I hope I redeemed myself. We went over some Johnny Cash. His cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" is just incredible, and the guy I was helping played it quite marvelously. He also figured out how to play two Galaxie 500 songs by ear. Cool.
The guy after that I probably freaked out a bit, mostly because I talked him into recording a song of his. It sounds cool for just the MXL 4000 as a mic in the middle of the room, and me trying to play country style leads in the spaces. I think I might want to practice doing that a bit more for next time, as well as buy an SM-57.
After teaching, tango at Esquina Tango on the east side. I was exhausted before, but now I am really exhausted. I buddied up with an old friend (with contentious old problems), and made a night out of it dancing troubles away. Dancing can be like that, therapeutic.
I'm incredibly tired now. I probably shouldn't post this, but oh well. It's a day in the life.
