Kathy and I got involved in the music program at our new church. I am playing the bace in the band for the youth service and Kathy is doing back up vocals.

The stuff that we play is pretty up beat. It comes from contemporary Christian artists such as David Crowder, Audio Adrenaline and Sonic Flood.

For practicing on our own, we were each given a CD with about 19 songs on it. Since there isn’t any sheet music for the songs, I have to listen to the bace line and figure it out on my own.

After listening to the first few songs, it became apparent that they were using a 5 string bace. Since what they play on the 5 string bace is a lot easier than what I would have to play on my 4 string bace, I went out and bought a new 5 string bace. (Happy birthday to me!)

Anyway, last Sunday was our first day of playing and it was a lot of fun. I have felt so frustrated for the past few years as I did not have a music outlet. Now I do. And, since on any given Sunday there are 6 bands playing, Kathy and I are meeting a lot of new people.

I just hope that we don’t get over extended.