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Last night I was together with three other people - a soprano, tenor, alto and myself. Now, I love to sing bass.  But I also love tenor and doing lead.  So here we are, practicing to do an acappella rendition of "O Holy Night" for our local carol festival.  The first verse is alright - I sing the normal bass line.  Then on the second verse I'm to do a solo for a few lines.  Then back to bass??  Not a chance - I'm floating all over and everyone is looking for another note as I snatch theirs Something tells me that being spontaneous doesn't always work!  And a few voices next to me confirmed that truth!! Come hear us Sunday night, December 4th at the United Church in Kindersley - 7:00 pm.

I've spent the last two days in recovery! Not that life hasn't been good.  Far from it!  With baptisms and recordings and teaching and preaching and celebrating anniversaries and putting up Christmas tree lights who could complain. But I've learned in the cycle of things when calendar spaces become full for more than a week, you need to take a breather.  For me, I begin to lose focus on life and revert to habits that are bred from laziness.  My arthritic knees begin to ache and I struggle to put coherent sentences together.  My whole person is telling me that you'd better slow down.  [I've also got a wife who knows when I'm losing it!!] So, I'm learning that when there are signs (I'd like to think they were from heaven -- but let's be practical here -- they're just part of living here on earth!!), I need to take time to slow down for a bit. So Monday and Tuesday I was back working, but I took some time to relax.  That meant morning and evening activities - but afternoons at home. How do you know when it's time to "sabbath"?

                             Recording Wayne Gibson original music is on the go!  11 songs  --  25 hours.  Scratch tracks and piano tracks laid down.  More instruments to add.  How soon til you can get the finished product?   Hopefully within the next few months -- I would love to see it by April. As I've told Wayne more than once, "I wouldn't take on this project unless I felt there was depth to the content and musicality in his compositions."  You'll want to pick up a CD when this is all done!  Maybe we'll even arrange some type of tour??

The recorder and technician arrive today.  Mark will be here in the afternoon and we will begin to record original songs written by Wayne Gibson. The process can be slow, but my hope is to see this music in a usable form (CD, mp3, etc.) within the next 5 months. You'll be hearing more!