amateur musicals?

so, the internet is down and i'm writing this blog via notepad, or at least the mac equivalent. anyway, things are going pretty well. slow, but well. i've been hit with a large influx of music from several of my favorite bands recently. copeland, forgive durden, and anberlin just to name a few. it's really crazy how great these albums are and to hear how each group has progressed so dramatically. over the last few days i've been reading about forgive durdens' new release, which is sure to be interesting. basically, three out of the four members in the band decided to quit which left the singer (and primary song writer) left to fend for himself. well, he certainly outdid himself by writing an entire MUSICAL! i mean wtf? impressive to say the least. i've listened to a lot of the stream they've got going on the blog about it and it sounds insanely good! it really makes me want to sit down for two years and just work on something from the perspective of an entire orchestra. i'm pretty sure i have no idea what i'm doing, but still...worth a shot. in fact, i might sit down with a few pieces of sheet music of something already composed and just convert it over the midi to get used to the software i have. after-all, i have all these capabilities i might as well try and use them to the fullest extent i can. it's not like i'm doing anything better with my time. so, it's wonderful to hear albums and be inspired to work on more of my own stuff. i'm sure all these artists would love to find out just how inspirational they are! **hmm looks like some sort of band is setting up to play downstairs here at ebenezer's. interesting....**

well, this is epically short as my laptop is about to die and the internet is continuing not to work at all....sooo.....until next time!