One door closes...

a few doors have closed on me lately.  some to friendships i hope will re-open again in the future.  but i'll leave that up to God and time and patience and understanding and the hope that closed hearts will allow themselves to open up again.  another to a job i had...but in hindsight, the job ending was a good thing. I'm now getting offers at a much higher pay rate than before.   so when one door closes in life, others always open. everything happens for a reason.  always.  i firmly believe that.  there is a positive to every bad or unwanted situation.  its just a matter of sifting through all of the debris and finding it.  even when things look their bleakest, they are not...i keep hearing this voice always, God wouldn't put me in a situation that He didn't think I could handle and overcome.  I've always heard those words.   and now I know why....

i've had to grow and learn from these doors being closed.   i sometimes am a friend to those in ways i think people would want me to be...and i have come to realize i can overwhelm them at times.  not purposely or maliciously but i'm like a big giant hyper dog, not realizing there are set boundaries one should respect.  my definition of what a friend is and a family is, is different than what someone else's is.   and as much as one would think hey i'm not doing anything malicious, it can come off in an entirely different way then intended, and still cause some hurt.  everyone is different and has their issues, and being a friend means being a friend in  a way the other really needs, and not my way...in the end, it isn't just about caring about your friends, and hanging out, its about respecting their boundaries and feelings and putting them first...

today is all about doors.  there isn't just another opportunity at the other side of it, but something new to learn from...

My Band

Okay, so I joined a band.  No not a band of brothers, or a rubber band.  but a real music band.  yep.  So I've been playing guitar now for almost a year and I started doing solos at this place called Arlene's Grocery, doing maybe 20 or 30 minutes, sometimes 40.  About 2 weeks ago some guys were there that I know and heard me play and sing and well they asked me to join their band they are starting to form as they were in need of a guitarist. We rented a music rehearsal studio and started playing together and something happened..magic.  we blended really well.  I mean to get 6 people (a drummer, a bass guitarist, lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, Key board pianist and a singer) and have us all blend and play really really well on the first time, well to me that's just the bees little knees...so we sent a sample of our practice session to the owner of Arlenes and they had a spot open for a 1 and a half hour gig available last friday as the other band for some reason couldn't make it.  sooooo, we played that night.  and we tore the house down.

First of all, our two vocalists, a female and a male really kick some serious singing ass.  and well the rest of the band we just seem to know how to play songs with one another.  We opened up with King of Leon's Sex on Fire and it really got the crowd going and went off into some Guns n Roses Sweet Child of Mine, STP and some other 90s rock hits.  It was soooo exhilarating.  We ended up doing another hour and at the end of the night we were all pleased with our performance.  We're playing again in 4 weeks.

We call ourselves "TanGelo".  don't ask me why.  we were just goofing around with band names and i think one of them was eating this orange fruit actually called a Tangelo.  and we said wouldn't that be a cool name for a band.  and well there you go.  I've posted some more or less clear photos of that night.  sorry but my iphone camera sucks.  i'll post up a video soon as soon as its on youtube.

Band:

Lead Vocals: Julie B.
Key Board and Piano/Alternate Lead Vocals: Warren C.
Lead Guitar: Deanny R.
Rhythm Guitar/Piano: John D. (Me)
Bass Guitarist/Lead Guitar: Justin H.
Drummer: Julio A.


Lead and  Rhythm Guitar

Drummer

Lead Vocals and Piano

Bass Guitarist