Hey.... just cuz Christa came back doesn't mean you'd get rid of me!!!! LOL, somebody, please laugh.... :P
Annnnnyway. It's Beth. *tee hee* In case you haven't figured that out by now. So I want to send a BIG THANK YOU to the 3 guys who helped us last night.... you are all amazing and talented. (Don't know what 3 guys I am talking about? Please direct your attention to Christa's most recent post, then continue from here.... lol) And honestly, to hear what I plan out in my head come to life like that is soooo awesome. Plus I love having drums. Yes, drums are so wonderful to have. And another guitarist, one you can just take off on a solo like that, so we can still get the nice fat sound of the chords continuing, but have a face melting lead guitar in there.... gotta have that. :) And last but not least, a bass.... cuz what's a band without a bass may I ask??? You have to have that rhythm pounding away back there. Gotta gotta. :)
Josh (our sound guy...... another person that Destination: Paradise is absolutely depending on) recorded the song Freefall for us.... and it sounds awesome but for the vocals. Why?
1) Due to our extreme rocking of the house, it was basically impossible to turn up the mics without getting a lot of feedback. A lot. So the mics were very very very quiet. This will change though.... we just have to rock quietly. Sheesh. :P
2) Because the mics were quiet and the guitars and bass and drums were so loud, Christa and I couldn't hear ourselves. Nope. Nada. So we winged it. And poor Christa did pretty well. Well.... let's just say we can't wait to hear ourselves next time we play :)
But besides that..... GOD IS INCREDIBLE. No kidding. He is moving in ways I don't understand, just when I feel like throwing in the towel, cuz someone makes me feel like I'm not good enough, cuz someone makes me feel like I'm chasing dreams, for any reason, it is like I can hear him whispering, "Hold on a little bit longer.... I have such a beautiful and perfect plan for you if you can trust me. So what if you can't hear yourself, and it may sound terrible, it may sound repetitive or 'not cool'..... but if you are playing for me and living for me, I will make your lives into such beautiful things." And now this!!! Playing an original in front of (who knows?) 70 to 80 people..... God will always be the source of great things. And I'm only beginning to see that.
Beth
Stay strong, rock on!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Monday, August 3, 2009
Destination: Paradise is coming to Meredith!
Hey!! It's me, Christa!! (I know, finally.. I thought you guys might have gotten a little sick of Beth after forever. Haha I kid..)
So anyways, yesterday Beth and I got the amazing opportunity to sing with 3 awesome guys - Jack Cornwell on the drums, Ethan Goddard on the lead guitar, and Kevin Ashley on the bass. (practicing for CBC's youth night) But it was so awesome and loud and the guys are just totally awesome and made our song like 50 times better.. I had never sung on stage with everything blaring like that, and let me tell you it was the coolest thing ever. But it also made me realize that we really need more people in our band and we can't really pull it off with just us 3.. not that we're not good enough or anything, it's just that we don't really know how to work the instruments and everything yet. Speaking of which, I'm hopefully going to the used fret shop in Meredith soon to get me a bass!! Woot!!! Because, as everyone knows, a band isn't a band without a bass. It's just boring. So I totally can't wait to get one and start learning! Sometimes I wish that I could just pick something up and already be an expert at it. But that's not how it works. Sadly. (Patience, patience...)
Lately I've had an urge to really get into this whole music thing. It's just so hard, though, because I want to know if it's ever going to go anywhere. But that's not how God works, as we all have been learning! So we will just have to "wait upon the LORD" no matter how hard it might be!!
But something that made me excited (and I'm sure made Beth excited, too) was that Josh Brown (the sound guy) made us a CD of the song we did yesterday (which, by the way, was Freefall) and so we now have our first demo!! Yayyy!! :D And I sent it off to Zoe (she couldn't be here, sadly, because she's in Colorado - so jealous) and she listened to it and now wishes she could be here for Thursday. But, you know, a person can't do everything!
So anyways, I was able to go to Soulfest 2009 (my first time going) and it was totally amazing. The scenery and everything was beautiful and knowing that our Creator is the one who made it all is just an awe-inspiring thought. How could someone not praise Him for who He continues to be? He is truly an awesome God. "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." (Ecclesiates 3:11) We can rest assured knowing that God has a plan for us, and that He will take care of our future, that we need not worry about what tomorrow will bring.
God Bless!
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So anyways, yesterday Beth and I got the amazing opportunity to sing with 3 awesome guys - Jack Cornwell on the drums, Ethan Goddard on the lead guitar, and Kevin Ashley on the bass. (practicing for CBC's youth night) But it was so awesome and loud and the guys are just totally awesome and made our song like 50 times better.. I had never sung on stage with everything blaring like that, and let me tell you it was the coolest thing ever. But it also made me realize that we really need more people in our band and we can't really pull it off with just us 3.. not that we're not good enough or anything, it's just that we don't really know how to work the instruments and everything yet. Speaking of which, I'm hopefully going to the used fret shop in Meredith soon to get me a bass!! Woot!!! Because, as everyone knows, a band isn't a band without a bass. It's just boring. So I totally can't wait to get one and start learning! Sometimes I wish that I could just pick something up and already be an expert at it. But that's not how it works. Sadly. (Patience, patience...)
Lately I've had an urge to really get into this whole music thing. It's just so hard, though, because I want to know if it's ever going to go anywhere. But that's not how God works, as we all have been learning! So we will just have to "wait upon the LORD" no matter how hard it might be!!
But something that made me excited (and I'm sure made Beth excited, too) was that Josh Brown (the sound guy) made us a CD of the song we did yesterday (which, by the way, was Freefall) and so we now have our first demo!! Yayyy!! :D And I sent it off to Zoe (she couldn't be here, sadly, because she's in Colorado - so jealous) and she listened to it and now wishes she could be here for Thursday. But, you know, a person can't do everything!
So anyways, I was able to go to Soulfest 2009 (my first time going) and it was totally amazing. The scenery and everything was beautiful and knowing that our Creator is the one who made it all is just an awe-inspiring thought. How could someone not praise Him for who He continues to be? He is truly an awesome God. "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end." (Ecclesiates 3:11) We can rest assured knowing that God has a plan for us, and that He will take care of our future, that we need not worry about what tomorrow will bring.
God Bless!
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