Want

 

That was nice of him to make those trophies for you, Grace.  Very creative, too.  I wouldn't have thought of that.  I don't have any trophies, I don't have any pictures on the walls, except for a calendar.  I don't have any mirrors either, except for one small one.  I don't really care about that stuff.

Anyway, I hope you are feeling good.  We can't always get what we want, but we can learn how to do with what we have.  That lady in the video has quite good taste in clothes but unfortunately, you need to have a certain body type to look good in them.

By the way Honey, that was a very solid blues solo you did at Bottlerock.  You are definitely accomplished in the blues, but it's not enough right?  Good thing about music, is that there is no limit to what you can do as long as you keep on doing.

Wah

 

Yeah, I went and listened to "Wine on Venus" like you told me to.  The point is Grace, that we don't want you to die.  We don't want you to drink that wine on Venus.  We are the people who love you, and we give what we have so you have a long, fulfilling life.  We do that for you while we are still alive.  Please care about us, and help us take care of you by you taking care of yourself.

Anyway, you didn't use your wah on your drone.  Here's another song that uses a single note drone.  On C, if I'm not mistaken.  Also if you wanted the celebrities to show up for your album release show then you should send them invitations, don't you agree?

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

129.  But if they turn away say, "Allah suffices me.  There is no god but God, on God is my trust, God the Lord of the Throne Supreme!"

The Repentance 9:129

Movie night

 

Hi Grace, how's it going.  Oh I'm just chilling, it's an easy and comfortable morning.  I have a fruit from the young tree, the nangka, the second fruit.  I had been watching this fruit and I was just about to pick it, when it dropped.  I thought I was right on time but when I opened it up just now, some of it was rotten.  It happened so fast!  And I had my eye on it, too.

Yes Honey, it is your responsibility to meet and greet the celebrities.  But when you want to move to LA it means you want to party with them, and partying is extremely dangerous.  There are a lot of evil people in the world, and they can be celebrities.  There are a lot of good people, too.  They will come to you, don't you realize who you are?  You don't need to be in LA to meet the big shots.  Given time Honey, they will want to party with you.  Partying is extremely dangerous, though.

It's movie night!  Please watch this movie.  "Mulholland Drive" (2001).  I don't know if your parents would approve of your watching this movie, but it is educational and you're almost 18.  Most people would regard this movie as surreal, but I say it's a very realistic portrayal of showbiz in LA.  It just needs more homeless people everywhere.  It also shows that there are so many lost souls among the rich and famous.  Supernatural!  This movie is a masterpiece.  So much wonderful detail.

Will she listen to me, folks?  I can't help nor protect her when she doesn't listen to me.  And she still doesn't have that NICE ring on her finger.  Your parents were very wise to move you to Nashville, Grace.  Don't move back to California.  You can gig there, but don't live there.  Fight evil from your home base in Nashville.

Blue sky at night

 

Hi Grace.  I looked at the images you put up of the Levitate festival.  Esi didn't go?  Congratulations on your album release show in LA.  Looks like a classy venue.  I don't see any homeless on the street.  Appearances can be deceiving, especially in LA.  I don't like LA.  Please don't move there.  If you wanted to challenge LA, do it from Nashville.  Nashville will love you for it.

Hey, check out the video above.  A meteor lit up the sky at night during a concert.  Was that really a Coldplay show?  "Viva la Vida" is a great song.

I am the drummer

 

Hiya Grace!  Hi, morning face.  I don't dare show my morning face to the crowd, because I'm not pretty like you.  Whose pants are those?  They look like they've been used to paint the house.  Probably your mother's.  You've been into the funk lately.  Which isn't a bad thing.  You have a great bassist, and Esi is the right singer for it.  The funk begins with the bass, so you must borrow your brother's bass and write from there, or write with your bass player.  You're becoming more and more jazz, though.  You're definitely straying away from the pentatonic scale.  I heard you solo over "Black Water", and you couldn't stay country.  You really are a guitar prodigy, with a genius ear.  Just don't do the same riffs over and over again OK!  I used to write a lot of funk bass, nowadays I'm into a different kind of groove.  Maybe I'll get back to the funk, but I have a backlog of stuff that needs to be published.  But yeah, get a funk drummer!  Simple and groovy.  Do you dance, Grace?  Wanna dance, Grace?  I have big and bad feet, but we can learn to dance with each other.

I can't be your drummer Honey, because I'm on the other side of the world!  Asia is where most of the people are.  I thought I would show you my drum set, though.  It's a great sounding kit, except for the cymbal.  I don't think I would ever give these drums up no matter how rich I may get.  I want Karen's old kit, though.  Or I will put up with a new set if I'm forced to.  I used to have a Slingerland kit which was also an antique.  I loved those drums.  Have you ever hugged a bass drum?  I should have taken photos of it.  Media is different today, you have all your memories on photo and video at the touch of your fingers.  I wouldn't want photographic evidence of my mistakes, who would?  I will try to help you minimize on mistakes while I'm around, Honey.  InshaAllah.  Hopefully you will listen to me.

The drummer

 

Oh Grace, I just noticed that you put your hand on Blinken's shoulder.  Buddies, huh!  He didn't know what to do with his hands, so he let them fall to his sides and stood there with a goofy grin on his face.  That's MY girl, folks!  She's got balls!

I've been meaning to ask you why you don't have a permanent drummer.  Do those guys want a salary or something?  Don't they realize how bad that looks?  Fucking sellouts.  But I suppose we can't all be ready to die for God or music.  People need to make a living.  You seem to me to have a more stable future as a musician than most others in Nashville, or maybe they just don't see it well enough to make a commitment.  Maybe it's a sexist thing.  Have you tried putting out an ad?  Maybe get a female drummer who's close to your age?  Maybe I don't have enough information, but it doesn't make sense to me that you don't have a permanent drummer.  Maybe you need more original music.

Here's an example of where the drummer totally pushes the band to higher ground.  It's the "My Generation" medley from The Who, Live at Leeds.  Keith Moon had his problems, but here is proof of how legendary he is.

More gain

 

Looking good, Grace!  That's a nice band photo.  I listen to "Wine on Venus" everyday lately.  I think you know that.  It's because I'm in love with Grace.  I can hear 3 stages of gain in the guitar solo, and you didn't bother with any fast picking.  It's a lovely song, Honey.  I would love to hear the whole album.  It sure seems that your music means something to me.  I could be your biggest fan, a bigger fan of yours than even your parents, if I weren't stuck here broke with tons of stuff to do.  Music is love.  Even with death metal (and what an uncomfortable love that is).

No, you don't need more gain.  Do you?  I estimate that it's about time that Grace Bowers clones begin to pop up.  You know what I mean, girls (and boys) who play guitar that look and sound like Grace Bowers.  What do you think of that, Honey?  Just regard it as another gain stage.

Ugh, I don't like this outfit!  I should have dumped it when I had the chance, but it didn't hit me until later.  Maybe it's the pose that does it wrong.