advanced composition fun

yeah, okay. well, i finished working on the websearch we were doing, so i am all good.

i am so tired. last night was jazz festival, and that was a riot. i was just bouncing off the walls the whole time. in the warm up room, on the stage. the only calm i seemed to experience was when i was playing. it is a strange thing, but when i play, i control my scattered energy and channel it all, concentrated, into my playing. as soon as i stop, i'm bouncing off the walls again. chop wise, the program was immensely demanding. first we have david cahill's trombone feature, which is fun because of all the horn pops i get to do. horn pops are the best to do, because they are the easiest to embellish. so then i had to do my own flugelhorn feature. i was so nervous and excited that i could hardly stand it. it was so crazy. so i just played. i changed around some of the things i did, and made it sound more spontaneous than previously. i close my eyes when i play trumpet. i don't know why. it just seems like the only thing to do. i'm in my own little world, surounded by the chords, the rhythm, everything. so after naima, we had to do the challenging chart. count bubba. the one and only. i was worried because i am always shot after i do naima, and even more so because i played tons of high notes in naima and i never do. but when the screaming trumpet parts came, i just layed it down. i was straight up an octave from the other trumpets. i got the high G's and everything. there were these guys from Muskegon jazz band, and they were hooting and pointing at the trumpet girl. one even shouted " YOU GO GIRL!!" i guess it is a pretty weird thing for a girl to play really really high notes. hah!

this thing i remember; it has always been my goal, ever since a trumpet was first put in my hand, to out blow the guys. to be louder, stronger, better. maybe i am finally reaching that goal. but i won't stop there. ingrid probably played better than all of the boys too. i can't wait for the rehersal tonight. i will meet her. maybe we'll be similar people.

i am kindof effed about prom. i still don't have a date. i am still toying with asking someone myself, but i don't really want to. there is this guy i want to ask, but i don't think prom is his sort of thing. i don't know what to do.

kennewick, man ingrid jensen quartet