Wed, 11 Apr 2007
It’s been a great year. I have some great students (and I’m not just saying that. I have some really good students) and I’ve really enjoyed teaching music. The business has grown quite well in the past year from 2 students to 35 students. But it’s become apparent that I need to bring in some more money to pay the bills so I’ve accepted a job at Vision Service Plan.VSP was voted the best company to work for in the Sacramento area and I’m very happy to be part of their team.
So what does that portend for my students and the slow jam?
Students
I’ll be starting the new job on April 30th. So the week of April 27th will be the last lesson for all of my students. Be sure to schedule any make up lessons before that date.
There is a possibility that starting in June I’ll be able to take a small set of 6 to 8 students. I’d like to teach a two hour set two nights a week. That would give me 8 available lesson slots. Talk to me at your lesson if you’d like to be one of those students.
Slow Jam
This Thursday, April 12, will be the standard slow jam at Music & More. However, it will very likely be the last slow jam. So if you want to play, come on by and let’s go out in style.
Lutherie
I’m not accepting any more commissions at the moment. I’ll be building for my own pleasure only for at least the next year. I’m going to finish off all those projects that I’ve been putting off for far too long. By the end of this year I want to be playing my own guitar and mandolin (at least). Any new instruments that I build for sale will go on Ebay. I’ll not be taking orders from customers for at least the next year.
I’m going to finish this guy first
The Sierra Swing Conspiracy
I absolutely want to keep playing with Sean and Ethan. We’re going to try to keep the gig at the Auburn Art Walk in May. It just depends on how long my commute from Rancho Cordova takes. But I really enjoy playing with those guys and I totally respect their talent. I would really like to stay connected to the music scene and the band is a great way to do that.
So keep in touch and keep watching this blog and I’ll keep letting you know about the music scene in Auburn.
P.S. I’m back to playing Go again. If you’d like to play a game sometime go to www.gokgs.com and set up a free account. I’m on KGS as "’DruLeePars" Because of a software change my rating went up to 14 kyu, but I’m actually playing at about 20 kyu. So I need to play a bunch of games ( and probably lose most of them ) to get my rating stabilized. If you want to play then just email me and we’ll set up a time.
Take care, have fun, and keep playing music.
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