Nothing to Report

It's been over two months since my last post, and I don't think anything of musical note has happened since then. Oh, my mom gave us a Yamaha keyboard for Christmas. That's been fun. And I've touched base with our producer about getting the CD wrapped up. I have some great musicians lined up to play, but I still don't have drummer. The real challenge is the budget: we don't have one.

While I'm ruminating about nothing in particular, I'll brag about my kids. Their school had its annual "Peace Celebration" this weekend. Each class prepares and sings a song about peace in honor of MLK. Because it's Montessori, my boys (11 and 7) are in the same class. They sang "Dona Nobis Pacem," first in unison, then in a round. It was good. But the really amazing thing was, My 11-year-old son directed the class rather than the teacher. She had assigned him, along with a younger student, to learn the piece, teach it to the class, and conduct all the rehearsals. So when it came time for the performance she asked him to direct that as well. Needless to say, we were rather proud. And his little brother did a great job of singing too!

In the course of this rambling, I've thought of some actual things I want to write about. Which was sort of the point. So here's hoping I'll get off my duff and get back to being a music blogger this year!

-pb