Start of Something New
Ok. I've been slacking. Not on life. On blogging. I have received three complaints in the last week so I decided to take that as a cue.
So what's new?
Well....lots. First off the St. George Marathon. I ran 3:22 at the St George Marathon in Utah on Oct and considering that my last marathon in Victoria a year earlier I ran 4:02, I felt pretty good about it. I was 11 minutes and 3 seconds away from qualifying for Boston though, so let that be the quest for this year. I guess it was a little too much to ask to take almost an hour off of my marathon time in a year. I'm going to keep up the running blog a little better too, so for more details about how I took 40 minutes off, tune in to robcanrun.blogspot.com otherwise I'll spare the rest of you the geek details.
Some other big news is that I have finally left the Neil Douglas Guitar Shop after 10 years of faithful teaching service. This job has played a pivotal role in my development as a teacher, a guitarist, and an artist. First of all, the students that I have taught in New West have been some of the most talented, committed, and respectful students I've ever had the pleasure of teaching, making it an especially hard decision to move on and at the same time an easy one as a result. The selfish part of me wanted to continue teaching these students, but I really felt as if my ever busy schedule as a professional musician was interfering in the most essential part of the learning process: consistency. Neil and my students have always understood that a big part of my life is playing the guitar professionally, which can be a nightmare sometimes for scheduling. It's recently got to the point where I've had to cut my days from originally when I started there at 6 days a week teaching all the way to 2 days and even with 2 days, I was having to sub out and reschedule a lot. I simply felt it was unfair to my students to continue being their teacher. As hard as it is to give them up, I would rather have them have a set, consistent time and teacher. That coupled with my own teaching studio at home taking off, the amount of gigs that I've been doing, and the right sub being available to take over my job at Neil's, made my final decision for me. The studio at home has been awesome though! The commute is obviously fantastic and being my own boss and controlling my own schedule makes things incredibly easier to accommodate the busy playing schedule. For more info on lessons, check out http://www.robhamilton.ca/lessons/
The Soulstream 10 year anniversary went off like gangbusters. Thanks to all that attended and took in the festivities. A special thanks to CBC for hanging out and recording it and I will keep all of you posted on when it will air. One little thorn in my side though was the obvious lack of advertising for the event. Don't get me wrong, the place was packed and any more people packed in there would've made the fire marshall raise an eyebrow, but in telling some people to come down and celebrate the 10 year with us was met more than once with the reply, "You guys are still playing there?" Uhh.....yeah. Every Monday and Tuesday for 10 years. In other words, some people even close to me were unaware that the gig was still happening, let alone the general public!! What does this say about "getting the word out"? Now, here's this 10th anniversary. A great way to invigorate this gig for another 10 years. Hell, considering the roster and accomplishments of the members of this band, I'm certain that the Georgia Straight, Westender, Terminal City......hell, the Globe and Mail might have done a story. Maybe even a front page. In my opinion this was a golden opportunity for free advertising. A gift really. Oh well. I guess people don't want to make money.
Some of you having been asking about the book, CD, and stuff....
It's all still happening. In fact, quitting Neil's has afforded me some "me" time to focus on the book and getting together some tunes for an album/gig. Randall is going to be doing a regular Thursday at the Yaletown brew pub and so maybe that'll be a great way to start introducing some of the new originals. In the meantime, I've purchased Quicktime Pro which essentially make the laptop into a video camera and I'll be posting some of my lessons on my website as soon as I figure out how to.
OH....and only one week left of High School Musical at Centennial Theater in North Van so make sure you check it out. Kids are losing their mind seeing this show. It sounds like the Beatles at Shea Stadium with all of the screaming. They bring signs and hold them up as if this was the Stanley Cup....they're just loving it. As they should, URP always does great shows and this one is no exception.
So what's new?
Well....lots. First off the St. George Marathon. I ran 3:22 at the St George Marathon in Utah on Oct and considering that my last marathon in Victoria a year earlier I ran 4:02, I felt pretty good about it. I was 11 minutes and 3 seconds away from qualifying for Boston though, so let that be the quest for this year. I guess it was a little too much to ask to take almost an hour off of my marathon time in a year. I'm going to keep up the running blog a little better too, so for more details about how I took 40 minutes off, tune in to robcanrun.blogspot.com otherwise I'll spare the rest of you the geek details.
Some other big news is that I have finally left the Neil Douglas Guitar Shop after 10 years of faithful teaching service. This job has played a pivotal role in my development as a teacher, a guitarist, and an artist. First of all, the students that I have taught in New West have been some of the most talented, committed, and respectful students I've ever had the pleasure of teaching, making it an especially hard decision to move on and at the same time an easy one as a result. The selfish part of me wanted to continue teaching these students, but I really felt as if my ever busy schedule as a professional musician was interfering in the most essential part of the learning process: consistency. Neil and my students have always understood that a big part of my life is playing the guitar professionally, which can be a nightmare sometimes for scheduling. It's recently got to the point where I've had to cut my days from originally when I started there at 6 days a week teaching all the way to 2 days and even with 2 days, I was having to sub out and reschedule a lot. I simply felt it was unfair to my students to continue being their teacher. As hard as it is to give them up, I would rather have them have a set, consistent time and teacher. That coupled with my own teaching studio at home taking off, the amount of gigs that I've been doing, and the right sub being available to take over my job at Neil's, made my final decision for me. The studio at home has been awesome though! The commute is obviously fantastic and being my own boss and controlling my own schedule makes things incredibly easier to accommodate the busy playing schedule. For more info on lessons, check out http://www.robhamilton.ca/lessons/
The Soulstream 10 year anniversary went off like gangbusters. Thanks to all that attended and took in the festivities. A special thanks to CBC for hanging out and recording it and I will keep all of you posted on when it will air. One little thorn in my side though was the obvious lack of advertising for the event. Don't get me wrong, the place was packed and any more people packed in there would've made the fire marshall raise an eyebrow, but in telling some people to come down and celebrate the 10 year with us was met more than once with the reply, "You guys are still playing there?" Uhh.....yeah. Every Monday and Tuesday for 10 years. In other words, some people even close to me were unaware that the gig was still happening, let alone the general public!! What does this say about "getting the word out"? Now, here's this 10th anniversary. A great way to invigorate this gig for another 10 years. Hell, considering the roster and accomplishments of the members of this band, I'm certain that the Georgia Straight, Westender, Terminal City......hell, the Globe and Mail might have done a story. Maybe even a front page. In my opinion this was a golden opportunity for free advertising. A gift really. Oh well. I guess people don't want to make money.
Some of you having been asking about the book, CD, and stuff....
It's all still happening. In fact, quitting Neil's has afforded me some "me" time to focus on the book and getting together some tunes for an album/gig. Randall is going to be doing a regular Thursday at the Yaletown brew pub and so maybe that'll be a great way to start introducing some of the new originals. In the meantime, I've purchased Quicktime Pro which essentially make the laptop into a video camera and I'll be posting some of my lessons on my website as soon as I figure out how to.
OH....and only one week left of High School Musical at Centennial Theater in North Van so make sure you check it out. Kids are losing their mind seeing this show. It sounds like the Beatles at Shea Stadium with all of the screaming. They bring signs and hold them up as if this was the Stanley Cup....they're just loving it. As they should, URP always does great shows and this one is no exception.
posted by Hammer at 3:33 PM
5 Comments:
Paul & I were at the 10 year. Soul Stream are groovy beyond. Right on right on. :) I tell people about you guys all the time, I hope it helps get the word out.
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