Race To The Finish

June 6, 2010 by dlargent
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There’s less than 2 weeks to go before we move to Carrboro, NC. I feel like that guy who is running a race, and then falls and breaks an ankle. Then he wants to finish the race so badly that he drags himself over the finish line by his fingernails. Or I guess I feel like the Jamaican bobsled team in Cool Runnings.

Actually, things are not that bad right now. Nancy is home from work to help with Baby Jessica, and I have a lot more time to do stuff. The thing is, I’m being pretty ambitious about doing a lot of things each day, especially like practicing the keyboard and doing some cardio vascular exercise.

Today, a couple of Nancy’s friends came to take away our wall bed. We had a great time bringing it downstairs. The bed is so big that it could barely fit, and we ended up trashing the bed and the walls of the building a bit.

I’m starting to think a lot about how to approach doing my organ group in North Carolina. I guess it will be better if I do less of a side-man role, and more of a leader. I’ve been practicing a lot, and I feel like my skills are starting to develop more quickly, but moving to a new place and starting fresh with a new instrument seems like a huge ordeal.

Then I decided to break it down into more of a schedule thingie:

Month 1-2 – Get together and jam with whoever is willing. Make a list of tunes I need to know, and identify the things I need to work on the most.

Month 3-4 – begin to ask to sit in with groups around town.

Month 5-6 – Start to do gigs with jazz groups as a sideman

Month 7-on – Make a nice demo CD. Go out and actively seek out gigs for my group

1-year – make an album

Maybe I can shoot for that schedule and see what happens. One of the cool things about switching to organ from bass is that if someone wants to hire a bass player, an organist can also fill that role.

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  1. Steve Jackle on Sun, 20th Jun 2010 10:07 PM

    2. Hey Doug! I am living in Raleigh, NC. Besides being a father to my two children and still a husband to Jackie :) , I do photography also. I would to love to catch up with you sometime!

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