Music Magic

It’s the morning after music. I’m full from Maine blueberry wheat pancakes, fluffy scrambled cheddar eggs and smooth kona java. Content I am. BubbleGum is on the stereo singing, “I Got a Woman – she’s good to me…” Funky. Content I am.
Saw M & G last night. Made a new friend, too. Very cute. I don’t have a setlist. I didn’t even know if Candace worked with one. There’s a lot I didn’t know. I didn’t know there would be cameras filming every angle, flashing lights, and Candy bears. The only thing missing – a smoke machine. Seriously.
My highlight of sound? I won’t lie. Greg. I have missed his genius. It was like a second voice harmonizing with Candance, a second voice rising to argue the finer points. Filling in, filling out. Way out. Making the sound (noun) sound (verb) complete. At one point M turned to me and said, “he’s showing off for you.” Did I blush? I have missed the heartbeat so all I could think was, “Good! Bring it on! I’ll take all that I can get!” Like an addict, I’ve filled my time with cheap substitutes: Carter Beauford, J.J. Johnson, Steve Jordan, Allison Miller…. All great drummers, but their cd-only presense doesn’t hold a candle to live in-the-room-with-you rocking out. Even my husband moved aside so I could watch the heartbeat in action – he joked that for tonight, I could stare at another man. Too funny. My only complaint? My view was often blocked by a bigger guy. I should have sat on the other side of the room!

My highlight of social? Seeing M & G in person. No emailing. No MyOtherSpacing. It was so nice to sit with these people so friggin’ real, so freakin’ nice, so dear to my heart. I won’t worry about what they say about me on the way home. Never mind. Back to good – I got to deliver presents and catch up on gigs. Gigs! Could I possibly be saying “Greg” and “Natalie” in the same sentence? Freak me out! That would make my 2007 for sure. ..oh, and that one-of-a-kind nativity scene! 😉