“Are you living your dream? As small as it sounds my dream is only to be content, happy and fulfilled. I am almost there!”
A friend emailed me that and my response was “There are no small dreams. I think everyone’s dream is to be happy and fulfilled – it’s just that different people have different ways of getting that.”
Received an email recently from someone who performed at a church concert where the audience was asked to not applaude between songs. They were a little upset about it and wanted to know what I thought about it.
I’ll start by saying I’ve played at a lot of churches that applaud, and a lot that don’t. I never tried to change the ways of each group, just went with the flow. I was usually a hired musician and didn’t feel it was my place to make calls like that. Each church has it’s own culture. I was raised in a Lutheran church that rarely clapped – so later in life I had to get used to hearing clapping in church.
Email received:
Hello. My english very bad, because i’m russian. I must have $2000 to the
end of this month. I have $1500. Please help me. Contact me
Here’s the top ten commandments for Asian bargirls. I remember those “juice girls” outside the US military bases in South Korea – same rules apply. If you’re a single guy visiting any major city in Asia – you WILL run into them. So read this and keep your guard up. It seems funny now, but tell me how funny it is after you’ve been through it a couple times (ask anyone stationed in South Korea, if they’ll admit it). Want to get the real scoop? Go to Google and type “bargirl” – there’s all the info you need. Don’t be a stupid farang, get informed.
Some photos of the Sands Venetian in Macau (Macao) China where I am working with Cirque Du Soleil. I think this is currently the second largest building in the world and it’s truly massive. You can easily get lost roaming the shops on the upper floors.
One of my forum servers is currently switching hosts. ETA for forums affected to be back up is by May 4, 2008. The server is a major performance upgrade from our previous host.
Once that server is back online I’ll begin migration to new forum software with social networking and blog features. After the first test site has worked out it’s bugs I’ll begin migration on all major forums.
When running a live show with audio tracks, who should have control of the initial mix: Front of House mixer or the original track software output. A great argument was put to me (which was compelling enough for me to whole heartedly agree with) that the initial output should reflect the composers intention. The FOH mixer can make adjustments from there.
 
(Photo: Aviathar Pemberton)Â
Conway, WA – April 26, 2008 at 8:00PM Skip Hamilton and Aviathar Pemberton, the “Eclectic Music Experience” will perform at the Conway Muse. $10.00 at the door.
Aviathar is one of the most fun people I’ve ever played with. Anywhere Aviathar is…well, that’s the place to be.
Friends back home were asking what my living conditions are like in China so here are pictures of my apartment on the island of Taipa in Macau, China (SAR). These are pictures of the place before I moved in.
This is the view from my living room windows. Just over the river there you can see mainland China.
Taipa is the island next to Macau. My island of Taipa has a large expat community (lots of Westerners) so it’s very comfortable and not much of a culture shock. I have two large grocery stores within a 30 second walk and plenty of great restaurants – Italian, Mexican, Portuguese, Thai, American, Indian, Chinese and French.
How do you eat with chopsticks? I’ve been shown so many times and I just don’t get it. I’m tired of Chinese people laughing at me and bringing out the silverware.
The guy in this picture is making fun of my chopstick skills. He’s a chopstick pro. But he’s a drummer; he’s used to holding sticks.
I bought 10 pairs of chopstix today. I’m ready for action. Please help me…