Not much for words

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible,
     is music - Aldous Huxley

If a composer could say what he wanted to say in words,
      he would not bother to try to say it in music - Gustav Mahler

Music expresses that which cannot be said
     and on which it is impossible to remain silent. - Victor Hugo

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music
       is the greatest treasure in the world. - Martin Luther

All good music resembles something.  Good music stirs
       by its mysterious resemblance
       to the objects and feelings which motivated it -     Jean Cocteau

To play without passion is inexcusable! - Beethoven

Music should strike fire from the heart of every man
        and bring tears from the eyes of women - Beethoven

Music bridges the spiritual and the sensual life - Beethoven

Always groove responsibly

How to keep track of me

So you may or may not be hooked up to various versions of social networks, but I a certainly am.

So just in case any of you happen to be, you can follow me in a few different places.

I have a Twitter account that you can follow, to hear snippets of what I'm doing as I'm running around doing ministry and music

@paulpmq
https://twitter.com/paulpmq 

I also have an Instagram account for those of you visual people out there.  I do love to take pictures at shows, whether I'm watching or performing.  I think it's a really cool way to keep up with what's going on.  you can follow that at

paulpmq
http://instagram.com/paulpmq

You can also see some of the videos I've got posted on youtube.  Including my CTI bass audition!  It's scary to look at that and see how much I've grown as a player!

and as always you can follow this blog, or find me on facebook

Always groove responsibly

Fundraiser fun

Ah yes, the fun of fundraisers, this one seems like it will be more fun, I've been doing more individual fundraising up to this point, and now it's time to plan a fundraiser night.

I'm kind of excited because my my Dad is going to be cooking for it, we'll have a silent auction and a concert.  It should be a fun time, and I'm hoping for a big turn out, partly for fundraising purposes, but mainly because more people at a concert is better.

It's exciting for pretty much all parties involved.  If I know musicians, they want to play and in front of people is always better.  There's something of a conversation between the performers and the audience.  As a musician you get to impart feeling and emotions to the crowd, really as a way of feeling together what could not be described in words.

My Dad has always been excited to cook for groups of people, the bigger the better.  For my grad parties from high school and college he had the best ideas for food, and made sure that he cooked everything fresh.  No, really at my high school grad party he made fresh pitas, by hand, for about 300-400 hundred people.  When I got to my parent's house the day of my college grad party he was cutting steaks, by hand.  So for him to get to cook for a group of people is always exciting.

I also said, silent auction, as an introvert silence is good, but having grown up in 2 small businesses in the house, and all the other ones around our family, I like to chance to have businesses donate but also get the advertisement for themselves.  So I'm only asking places that I have some level of relationship with or know they do a great job at what they do.  So places like my favorite coffee shop, the garage I take my car to, and other businesses that have a good rep are all going to be asked to be a part of the night.

As much fun as fundraising is for me, this one could actually be pretty good.

Always groove responsibly