As I begin a new year, things are looking up. As I mentioned in October, the regular organist and choir director for the mass on the 9th clock in St. Augustine, Bob Boulanger, in the semi-partial retirement, and he has appointed me his successor as organist. The choir sings, now under the direction of the long-time choir member, Joe Murray. Because of this new position, I have not worked for Uwe Liefländer. In addition, I have
a new organist position that could take three months. Norman St. Louis, a friend of Bob and a musician himself, has hired me for three rehearsals from 4 to play February - and only the samples because he knows that I am already busy on Sunday morning. In fact, He was responsible for me to see in advance the position of organist at St. Elizabeth.
now I'm starting to prepare for my first gig in the Toronto area in nearly twenty years. A couple of my good friends get married on the 10th in Mississauga May, and they want me to play the organ for her wedding. I have already started work on a MIDI file of a song that they want me to play at the wedding, Kipp Lennon's "suspension", the theme of the TV series Buck Rogers from the late seventies.
My computer-based recording Arsenal begins auszuprägen. I bought the new computer on the eve of the new year, and already I'm starting to learn how to use the Live Lite software that came with my multi-track audio card. I am thinking of buying some USB-based MIDI interface, so I can have more MIDI Tonwahlflexibilität. When I set up my MIDI equipment, I can access a maximum of sixteen sounds at once. When I want to set it up, I could theoretically access to forty-two ! to win
I begin, a greater exposure to European pop music, thanks to a friend, Ralf Waldvogel who lives in Essen, Germany. He introduced me to Rosenstolz and Anja Krabbe me and a compilation of material from a host of European artists will soon be sending. As a result, you may soon see something of a shift in the European area of my repertoire. Stay tuned!
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