C#add7, Dbmaj9, Bbm7, E11. These are the chords I saw on the sheet music as I sat down at the church orchestra meeting last night. I was like, WTF. There is no way I knew how to play those chords. I know the theory to form those chords, but I can't do it in a split second. I ended up playing C#, Db, Bb, E bar chords to compensate. I could not follow what they were doing. It was amazing however when I did hit a right chord to hear a whole orchestra of strings and trumpets and trombones playing along. It's kinda funny how I can win at guitarmaggeden and then the next night be humbled by an orchestra. The biggest drawback to the whole process is that the orchestra people sight-read all their music. They might practice it Wednesday but they have to play it on Sunday. So should I give up and go back to the band world where its just a bass,drums,guitar and vocals making stuff up, or should I try to learn to read sheet music for guitar? I think it would be fun to play in an orchestra once I get good. I actually think I should take lessons in sight reading. I might be able to eventually be good enough for an orchestra or become a studio musician. It'll be good to fall back on that once my job burnout is complete. I am so glad I didn't bring my electric. I was playing acousticly and didn't plug in so the whole orchestra didn't hear what I was playing. I can imagine what it would've sounded like had I been mic'd. You would've heard "plunk, splat" and other noises coming from my guitar as I was trying to figure out where I was. It wasn't really a tryout of me for the orchestra. It was a tryout of the orchestra for me. They asked if I wanted to come back (obviously they hadn't heard) and I said maybe in the future when I can sight read better. We shall see.

Thought of the Day
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
Ludwig Van Beethoven