Jamming with Family in San Jo

Spent time in San Jose to meet my relatives for the first time at a mini reunion.  I met them on facebook so my 93 yr old uncle wanted a reunion.  We had a great time and I love them so much.  My relatives are musically inclined so we jammed in my uncle's front room with an array of songs and I was elated to hear they love my voice.  Once cousin told me that out of all of the relatives he never heard one of them with a voice as strong as mine.  I am completely humbled and hope that I do what I can to stay humble.  I love to sing so I did Linda Ronstad's Blue Bayou, 4 Non Blondes What's Up and Chaka Khan's Sweet Thing.

So much fun, I made a big pot of beans for the pot luck, Indian fry bread and huevos rancheros with my homemade enchilada sauce.  The boys can eat.  Coming from a Chicano and Native family I had to show off my skills - LOL, AQF!!!  (AQF is aye que funny spanglish for oh how funny).  

Live your dream people!!

Practice #3

Practice was great!  We were able to go all of the way through the songs and this time we did all three songs with singing.  Lots more to do but when we finish these simple songs we will videotape them and post.

Bass Eden

At 51, I was bored out of my skull and hung out on facebook A LOT.  I went into my husband's auxiliary room (aka hoarder's room) to get a flashlight and noticed in the corner his bass that sat there for 9 yrs collecting dust.  He purchased it back in 2005 when I was in a band to see if he can play an instrument but lost interest soon after for racing.  I took it out to the living room from it's case and caressed it.  It felt beautiful because it was pretty much a brand new black Epiphone E3 (?) and a Behringer amp.  We worked out a deal that if I take lessons I can have it along with the amp.  I signed up for lessons at Bigfoot Music and fell in love with the whole concept of being a bassist.

In the past I have always been a singer (not professionally) as a II Soprano in a church choir for 8 years along with altar singer, then a R&B singer in a church Hip Hop dance team, a soprano background singer in 1st band, 2nd band with some leads then the 3rd band I was lead.  The only instrument experience was taking guitar lessons and playing as a beginner for a few months at church but I was a very unconfident person so I gave up.  So this is my music experience other than my love and passion for music.

I feel like I have purpose again instead of the daily grind.  Lessons were somewhat easy at first but started to get a little harder.  My instructor was great he taught me how to read and write bass tabs and was patient with me.  The reason I highly recommend taking lessons is to learn how to position your hands correctly, get feedback where you need to work on to get a good tone every time you practice.  

Truly inspired.