From Nothing to Everything

I've started getting lessons finally.  Hurray!  My teacher, Steve Grossart seems like he'll be fantastic.  Right now, I've been tasked with going over all of my scales, strengthening the modes and playing everything else in Swing timing.  Along with that, I've been given two tunes to learn, so that once we start improvising, I'll have something to solo and improvise into, rather than just soloing over random comped chords.

Still no idea what I need to do for my assesment, though.  Which is a worry.

I'm playing keyboards for Sonic Thrill,. an 80s-esque metal band at their EP launch this Thursday, which should be tremendous amounts of fun.  I've missed playing in a band.  Sneaky PEtes, Thursday the 6th of October.  I would say "get there", but it's sold out, hah!  

Also, I've began playing piano for the college's Glee club.  Which, when the ball gets rolling, I'm hoping will be lots of fun.  So in the space of a week, I've gone from having nothing to play to having every song ever written to play.  Or close enough...

And I dunno if you've heard it, but Florence and the Machine have a new song on Youtube.  Parts of it made me think of Celine Dion, and various ballads from the 70s onwards, and it has a basic as hell chord sequence (which isn't a bad thing, but it's unusual for her) but I loved it the first time I heard it. 

Also, Thrice have a new album, Major/Minor.  Need to get that listened to.

I should really be banning myself from listening to contemporary music until my head's filled with nothing but jazz, but I have next to no self control.  Which isn't a fantastic trait to have as an aspiring musician...