The new semester begins...

And i'm already not in the mood....
My infection has cleared up thankfully (was getting into serious/life threatening territory), and is in the healing stages... so hopefully there won't be any complications...

The new semester has commenced, earlier then last year.. last year it was the 4th, this year the 1st, which caught me abit off guard i must admit... Not that i particularly care...

I'm going to be taking it much more easier then i have, since i've seen how i'm rewarded for my efforts by the AUC administration.... This semester, a far more laid back, but take no prisoners attitude is in motion.

That said i do seem to have a good bunch of kids in both the sight reading class & the guitar tuition course. An interesting mix if you will... albet we'll have to see as the semester progresses to see wether they have what it takes to keep up with the programs that i teach, which are a mix of practical musicianship & more advanced stuff which requires the students to be taking their studies far more seriously then before. This semester i am being far more tough on this kinda thing, because i cannot be bothered to deal with slackers anymore.... waste of my fucking time... believe it or not i do actually have better things to do....

I'm currently mixing the new track i wrote especially for tommorow... yep... that's right....tommorow is the Faculty Showcase for the PVA faculty. Last year i was asked to participate in this one since it was well recieved.... this year i will be playing "Echoes of Rain" & the new piece with a Saxophonist by the name of Tamer Fahmy. It's been interesting since i've never written or played with sax...

I've spent allot of time on it actually since originally it sounded like garbage, and i was not keen on performing bad music infront of my peers, whom are respected musicians and are putting together a very tight show apparently. Naturally if it were up to me, i would have ducked out.. since the rest of the faculty are mostly classical musicians performing classical music... so i really do feel out of place at these things... although at this point in my life i have no ego left that would make me actually care about something like that. I just don't like being the Odd-Ball so to speak.... Plus we have to wear a tie and jacket.........electric guitar + Tie & Jacket = Mega Dork!

Once again though, i'm not fussed since it's not a DFZ gig or anything... should be interesting none the less. I wasn't too worried about it since it was only for the board of trustees... but now it's open to the general public... not that i see anyone coming, but none the less that raises the stakes up abit... just a smidgen.... yeah... where's that ego when i need it?

I'm planning on writing more in the upcoming weeks, one for my follow up album (vocals this time...), two for this project which i've wanted to do for awhile... i'll be fusing electronic stuff with middle eastern type stuff... so.. now i have a sax guy (he likes to play oriental stuff), and an Qanun player (a damn good one at that....).... So i'll be writing like crazy, and building my fretless guitar and hopefully put a record together.

So, two records, this semester, a showcase, books to read, courses to teach, students to inspire, and a few pizzas and cheeseburgers to devour...........sigh............it's ALLLLLLLLL GOOOOD!