My nephew has been playing the drums for a little while now. I've been trying to go over to jam with him every other Saturday. I usually take one of my electric guitars, but today I decided to take my bass guitar. We typically play for about an hour when we get together. This is a short 1 min clip of us playing around.
My bass guitar skills need a lot of work. This was only first time playing through my Orange Amps bass amp at a louder volume. I defiantly need to get the tone a little more dialed in.
I recently started playing guitar again. I even picked up two new guitars and put together a new bass and guitar rig. I always wanted an Orange Amps setup, and now I have one for my bass and my electric guitars. I really love the current amps I have to play out of.
I started watching this guy named Ola Englund on YouTube and he does bi-weekly series called Sunday With Ola (SWOLA) and in this video he posts a riff challenge. Ola posts a 45-60 sec drum line that he makes downloadable. After you download the drums, you're suppose to write a guitar riff to it, and post a video of your creation. If you're lucky Ola will watch your submission during his SWOLA episode that is put on YouTube.
I decided to start doing this bi-weekly challenge and posting my submissions. This video is of my first of many videos.
On April 1st I headed out to Marin County to run (hike) 200 miles.
Back in October of 2020 I went out to the Marin Headlands with a small crew to try to cover 150 miles, but I fell short of my goal and headed back to Fresno feeling very disappointed. After about 2 days of feeling sorry for myself, I decided I would go back to Marin and try to cover the 150 mile distance one more time. I also decided that 150 miles were not enough and that I wanted to take a shot at doing 200 miles. I wanted to prove to myself that I am capable of doing the distance that got the best of me, and a little more.
I got a crew together and started planning. I decided to start on April 1st and try to finish on April 4th (my birthday).
The attached video is of that 200 mile adventure. I stopped taking video the final 15 miles of the adventure, but my wife took photos so my video ends with a photo montage of the run.
I planned on writing a very long and detailed blog about this 200 mile experience, but as life kept getting busier and busier, I was unable to deliver what I originally had planned.
So for now... this is my Headlands 200 blog entry.
