signature sound

This weekend was another music weekend for me at church. I played in the cafe service all day on acoustic and electric guitars. It was so-so for me, since I didn't feel like I was playing well throughout the day. Part of it was that I didn't get enough sleep, another part was that I didn't feel quite right with God, another part (which might flow from some of the things I just mentioned) was that we didn't quite seem to 'gel' together as a team.

But, we did do some things right, and I got some good confidence boosters. One of the main encouragements I got was about my playing. We made our own little arrangement of 'take my life' during practice. When we were trying to make the song more dynamic, we were just jamming on it a bit and I came up with this little riff on guitar which we mixed with the two female vocals. It was this cool sounding little interlude at a couple places in the song and it made for a good arrangement. On of the other musicians who wasn't on a team this week asked me after the last service if I had come up with it since it sounded like something I'd do. So, I guess I have this signature sound, or at least an identifiable sound of my own, which is pretty cool. Oh yeah, he said it was 'beautiful'.