James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28

About Me

I'm a musician to the fullest extent of the word. I play bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, cello, marimba, and vibraphone. I compose music, record it for fun, and arrange tunes. I'm really into jazz and classical music and I've acquired a great fondness for funk and other sub-genres associated with funk. I hold a great respect for the English language and am distressed when people use it incorrectly. However, though I am very particular about grammar and punctuation, I seriously lack skills at spelling. From the looks of it, I have a larger than average vocabulary and love learning new words. I can just sit down with a dictionary for long lengths of time and amuse myself by paging through and coming across obscure and archaic words that not many people use. I also really like getting dressed up. I love mens' fashion and have a large collection of ties and suits. That is, large for somebody my age and economic status. If I get a chance, I'll dress up and very likely, over-dress and out-dress everybody else. I'm just like that.
You are a
Social Conservative
(38% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(21% permissive)

You are best described as a:

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My Interests

Composing, performing, and listening to music; biking; jamming; sleeping; being with that special someone; pondering; discovering; chilling; learning (useful stuff); and looking dapper

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to say sorry. I probably sound like I have hate, but all I got is love on the inside. All I strive for is equality in every aspect of life. Equality not in the sence that everybody has exactly the same, but rather the idea of "different but equal." So I guess I'd like to meet people who really made those ideals happen; people like Ghandi and Mother Therisa. However, I don't really know what language they spoke, so maybe I'd like to meet a polyligual translator as well.

Music:

I listen to a lot of music. Every time I'm doing something that doesn't require all of my brain like getting dressed, combing my hair, I listen so stuff. Compared to some collections I've seen, I don't have very many CDs, but I'd say it's a modest sum. It consists of jazz, swing, jazz-rock fusion, latin-jazz fusion, jazz-funk fusion, and a bit of classical. I can't stand what people call "rap music" because IT'S FREAKIN' NOT MUSIC! It's just rhythm and poetry: two elements of music, but not enough to constitute music. If you think of it as soully that, then it's barely acceptable. It sure could do without all the cussing and misoginy. Some of my favorite MUSICIANS are Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, Santana, the Bee Gees, and Greig. I could go on a bit longer, but you're probably bored of reading this already.

Movies:

North by Northwest

Television:

I don't watch a whole lot these days simply because I don't have the time. But when I do watch, my favorites are Family Guy, The Price is Right, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (his music is pure genious!), Jeopardy, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and The Weather Channel Local on the 8's.

Books:

Webster's New English Dictionary and quite possibly the whole Harry Potter collection

Heroes:

Shelby Stanley, Reuben Cooper Jr., Tim Gilbert, Rev. E George Krause, my father, eldest brother Rob, and Jesus, the biggest, most bestest hero of them all.

My Blog

Jack Hanna is kind of a jerk

This morning, I played a gig at Sycamore High School, thinking it was just another pancake breakfast. However, it turned out to be a "VIP" breakfast. Mark told us that some guy was comming...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Sat, 19 May 2007 01:05:00 PST

Post-Prom

It's the day after prom and the dance was great. I wore my vest with pride, and Amber wore her dress with pride too. We got a lot of comments on them, mainly because she told people about ...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:08:00 PST

Pre-Prom

Today is the sowing. Tomorrow is the reaping.I spent all today in the sewing room, making my vest, bow tie, and pocket square for Prom. I woke up at 4:30 or so, got to the school at 5:45 a...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Fri, 11 May 2007 03:12:00 PST

Opinions

Some people say I don't have opinions. Sometimes, I feel like I don't either. I noticed about six months ago that I've been living my life just to get along with and please other people.&n...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:27:00 PST

Quick Blog

In foods class, we're learning about quickbreads, so I thought I'd do a quickblog. The family car which I drive, the Ford Escort, broke down at the Salvation Army today. I had just come fr...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:26:00 PST

Solo en Ensemble

1.5 hour bus ride; three to a seat. Edge of bus seat. Quite painful.No bass solo, feigned attempt at piano. No victory.Except in percussion ensemble.Mexican food.$3 water.Outrage.Thu...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

NIU audition

So I had my NIU audition today. Both Mr. Floeter and Marlene asked where else I was auditioning and I replied.... "nowhere, acutally." I really hope this works out then! But cutting ...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:37:00 PST

You Tube

Wow. We just got a high speed internet connection this week. I've been living with dial up for the past decade. I'm finally able to visit YouTube. All the greats are there: Her...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:56:00 PST

SGM Composition Contest

I just placed second in jazz instrumental. I'll be recognized at state. Yay. Jeff Miguel also placed second, but in jazz improvisation. Yay.I guess I'm happy.
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:00:00 PST

Western Illinois

My significant other, Lori Brubaker, attends Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. I haven't seen her in about two months. Parents' Weekend is comming up the first weekend in No...
Posted by James demands you go to the Hirschtet recital 6/28 on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:58:00 PST