Music

I went to the Hey Monday, Cobra Starship, Metro Station, All Time Low, and Fall Out Boy concert on Friday in Ypsilanti, Michigan and I had a blast. More importantly though was the introduction of All Time Low to me. I had heard of them before but never heard any of their music and since the concert they have basically been the only band I have listened to. As soon as I woke up the next morning I got all 4 of their CDs...two LPs and two EPs. I just really enjoy listening to their music and am really glad that I attended the concert.

Also, I have recently started to play more guitar than usual. Now that my room is all cleaned up and ready to go for the summer I had the chance to really sit down by the computer and look up guitar tabs. I don't really know any whole songs yet but I can play along to most of a small handful of songs. The other day when I was learning songs I mostly stuck to 80's hair metal and thereabouts. I learned "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by the Scorpions along with "The Zoo" by the Scorpions and "We're Not Gunna Take It" by Twisted Sister. I also learned how to play most of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC which is especially statisfying to me because that band, and Angus Young more specifically, is the reason I taught myself how to play guitar; I wanted to be able to play their songs. I know some riffs and intros to a lot of songs and most of them I have stored away somewhere in memory and now that I am playing more and more I am realizing that I really can play the guitar pretty well if I just practice the song enough. For the most part a lot of rock songs are essentially the same as far as chord progression and chorus and verses. My friend Drew also started to play guitar about the same time I did and we both tell each other about the latest songs we have learned. Unrealistically we would love to start a band but neither of us can sing and we don't have a bass guitar or a drum set. I know that drums can be kind of confusing and complicated sometimes but they can also be simple. If I had a drum set where I could practice I think I could become fairly decent at them. We also have the problem of writing songs. I have been experimenting with some writing of my own with the guitar but nothing major has come out of it. Just a couple of chorus parts and maybe an intro or two. I also try my luck at writing the lyrics to songs but I only have one song that would even be considered acceptable at this point. I'm sure if I put more effort into all of this it may come along a little faster but to say that we are going to start a band any time soon or at all is a pretty far stretch. At least if we do we already have a name...Rakers of Ravage, or RoR for short. Maybe we should just stick to Wyld Stallyns.