Ed, livemocha.com will teach you German, and that shit is free. Learn proper written German there and it'll at least give you a foundation to possibly test into a higher class than "Beginning German" or whatever. Site is HELLA legittttt
I'm the guitarist in an all-black Baptist gospel choir in Oakland now
Oh my God Patrick this is so fucking cool
These two sentences are the same exact sentences that keep running through my brain at all times in an endless loop. Right now I am just practicing. I always sorta wanted to do hella rad gospel stuff in a good and proper gospel band, I've always had a lot of respect for good gospel musicians growing up. The rhythm sections play
so fucking tight, always blew my mind growing up.
And contemporary gospel isn't a style I've ever been familiar with at all, really, so I'm really glad I made a good enough impression on the band to have them just be like "Oh, yeah dude, you're totally welcome to join us, let's get you the click tracks to play along to and we'll get you up to speed with us, and if you're confident you're ready, then you can join us for the big show we're playing in L.A. in a week and a half." Just like that, bam, I'm invited to play in a major show, HELLA short notice.
I'm probably gonna wind up going to the show and talking to some famous gospel musician 'cause I'll have enjoyed their performance, and then my new bandmates will be like "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THAT WAS?!!!" and I'll be like "Uh no who was that" and they'll be like "THAT WAS _____ _______, THE FAMOUS GOSPEL (instrument) PLAYER" and I'll be like "Oh rad" and still have no idea what the fuck is going on.