Firstly I want to talk about how I've just purchased myself a Macbook! For the past year since I've been with Ellipsis its been a world of Garage Band, Logic, Pro Tools (All music recording software) and basically me slobbering every time I saw a Mac and finally I am running not only Snow Leopard but I have dual booted it so I can also run Windows and effectively have the best of both worlds! I am already running Logic and working on getting Pro Tools soon. Logic Studio is going to take me forever to work out how to run but I have Garage Band to see my recording needs through until I have it down.
Now I really wanna talk about and amazing documentary I saw last week, Les Paul: Live in New York. Most people know Les Paul as a guitar brand but I'm talking about the person who created this guitar. Lester William Polsfuss was born in 1915 and up to the day he died in 2009 he was STILL playing. And not playing to sell out massive arenas hunting for money and eternal fame or doing special one off shows to gather tens of thousands of fans.. but he was playing in a small Jazz club on a Monday night in New York EVERY WEEK. Someone who suffers from arthritis as well as a whole bunch of degenerative disorders but he loved what he did so much that he carried on. His sense of humour was impeccable and it was almost a comedy show with some amazing Jazz, Blues and really classic Rock 'n' Roll. He gathered a full house every week and for a 90 year old man he had more energy than I do. And 18 year old on the cusp on my music career. I just hope I turn out like him.Ellipsis will be playing The Roadhouse in Manchester May 27th and I'm really looking forward to playing!
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