posted June 10, 2005 07:17 AM         

Hey Sue!

Actually, I've been neglecting my guitar. Bad me!

Yes, I sometimes have to relearn, but I've known a couple Pearl Jam songs. My best friend was a big fan of them when my friend and I were in the navy. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have the low timbre of voice needed to sing it (though he's a great Taurus singer overall). I, on the other hand, can sing along with Eddie, and I really love to. I haven't learned many of their songs, but one I've always returned to is Elderly Woman Behind a Counter in a Small Town. That song's in 3/4 time signature, which I love (it means that it has a waltz-like feel, or you count 3 beats per measure rather than the standard rock 4 count. Lotsa Irish music is in 3/4 I'm pretty sure.).

Tomorrow night I'll be playing bass in San Francisco. I go with a Christian group that feeds the homeless there, and another guy and I play music all night in United Nations Plaza. I'm not particularly religious, but I do feel a certain call to service, and this is a way for me to do something.

Anyway, thanks for asking about that. I really should start playing music more. I need some form of meditation in my life, and music has always been good for that. My Gemini ascendant is ever-anxious, and I didn't realize it before, but me playing music may actually steady me.

What kind of music do I play? Well, I listen to mostly alternative mostly from your side of the Atlantic. I'm not even sure you call it that over there. Maybe it's just considered rock or something. My music would still be rock, but it's definitely on the lighter side. It's tough for me to objectively say what my music sounds like. I'll say that it's interesting maybe even sophisticated (if I can say that). A lot of it's got a natural organic power to it. I pick and I strum, and I sometimes do both in the same song. It's definitely evocative. I'm certain you'd love it. Maybe I'll give you my MSN or Yahoo and play for you sometime.

Wow! Aren't I chatty? Whenever I notice I've been talking a lot about myself I get a bit self-conscious.

Anyway....talk to you again soon,

AG

posted June 10, 2005 09:57 AM         

*She knows though*

posted June 10, 2005 05:23 PM         

It's great to have so many musical people on here!

LOL

posted June 11, 2005 05:55 AM         

How's this for coincidence?:

The last bass I was in possession of was on loan from a Sag I used to play with. That Sag wasn't as good a guitarist as me, but since he sang, and I could make bass more interesting than he could, I got put on bass (his brand new bass). I still have a bass amp I bought for that experience, so I'm all set.

I feel blessed tonight.

posted June 11, 2005 06:22 AM         

Do you write any of your own songs? I do - kinda folk/rock, mixture of freestyle/melodic, reasonably free rhythms.

I have a (I think)Columbus electric guitar that I got when I was 15 but have only just started to play more often, as it were. I used to be more into keyboards as piano was my main instrument, but for the last couple of years I've actually turned to the guitar more.

From time to time I make recordings of my own stuff. If you like I can send an MP3 or CD. I'd be interested to hear your music too.

posted June 11, 2005 08:07 AM         

Somewhere I've got a cheap program I can use to record myself. Often I just opt to play to someone over the internet, because it's easier.

Sure, you can email me (the address is in my profile).

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posted June 12, 2005 05:31 AM         

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Sun, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter in Scorpio all in 8th house!

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posted June 12, 2005 07:57 AM         

I can believe that you shine. Don't take this the wrong way, but I think there's an innocence about you, or a purity that you can tap into. It's not naivete, but rather allowing yourself your own purity of being despite your experiences. Maybe it is all of those 8th house placements. I don't know, but I think the faith you have is great, and those who open up to you have a great friend indeed.

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So this is like a contradiction in my life, its like I know I can help others, have a great time when I am out - but there has been/still is this inner complexity, which has brought depression and sadness,

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posted June 12, 2005 10:49 AM         

I think AG is purty kwel 2!

You are a singer Sue, you, Pixie and AG should write a song. What are your chords together? AG????

posted June 13, 2005 08:36 AM         

I feel like I've known other people like you, and I just get such a feeling of warmth and security from your openness. It's with people like you that I feel able to let my burdens go for awhile, and let my own freedom and humor fly. Or I can express emotions that I'm too proud(?) or controlled or maybe scared to let loose with in most situations. It's nice. It's the knowledge that you wouldn't judge as odd the things that other people do.

I hope you don't feel burdened by what I'm saying. It's not that I'm asking anything of you, just saying that I sense that about you. For me, yours is a personality I'm at home with.

I am 32. I didn't know about that cycle thing that happens around 28. I don't honestly know where my life is going. It is time to just let go of what had been expected. I wonder if some parents ever realize that if they'd just given in to letting their kids develop their own talents their kids would have actually exceeded expectation. I feel a mourning for a life I feel I should have lead. I don't feel like I've ever had a partner in life, and I think that's important. Sounds gloomy doesn't it? <--I say that as I realize other people may be reading.

So now I'm realizing the unusual track my life may be on, and trying to realize the adjustments I may need to make. Ideas I'd resisted like starting my own business, or finding an unorthodox source of income to accomodate my own restlessness when it comes to work, (and the fact that I both strive for the recognition of superiors while also never bowing to authority) are starting to make more sense. Some of the astrological reports I've gotten talk about there being two parts to my nature, and my happiness coming through espressing both harmoniously. That's part of what I need to figure out.

Anyway, that'll do me for now. Hope all is well with you.

posted June 13, 2005 09:51 AM         

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there are very few people I could be my true myself with!

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Many of us often wear different faces for different situations, but as life goes on, the less it becomes worth it to represent ourselves as anything but what we are. You're lovely; if someone doesn't appreciate who you truly are, you shouldn't let it bother you. Pat 'em on the head and move on from that kind of energy.

posted June 13, 2005 08:12 PM         

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Those are the lines I left out.

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I also got a message for you that you would make an excellent healer,

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My name means Healer. It's not surprising to me, I just don't know how that will manifest or how it currently manifests. If I'm healing now, I'm not sure what I do that heals others. I do know as a Capricorn that I broadcast a certain calm strength that people tend to enjoy. I'm like the tree people come to sit under to get out of the heat.