Time for Three and some new tabs

So, my friends and I went to this concert about a week ago where Time for Three played with our orchestra-- and they were amazing. Solo, they played a bunch of songs, including a cover of Hallelujah. Miguel turned to me after they had finished, eyes and mouth wide open. The first thing out of his mouth was, "Can we play that?" He sounded like a little kid asking for the biggest birthday present. What could I say? Of course the answer was yes, I just had to find some tabs. Fast forward to Thursday night, when classes are over and a few of us are hanging in the lounge. Béa fell asleep on the couch, she was so tired, but Miguel and I stayed up listening to some music I hadn't shown him before.

And that was when one of his comments really struck me. First, we were testing out our ranges, and he was trying to figure out how high my chest voice goes-- kinda hard when you can't do scales. But after that, I was showing him some things we could try for Open Mic: Hang You Up by Yellowcard, Hallelujah (of course), Cascada by Jesse Cook. Then we were discussing Time for Three, and I remebered a song I wanted to show him. Cook's Bay by Regina Carter has the most gorgeous strings part. So, we're listening to it, and he's echoing it to figure out the notes, and pretty confident that he can learn it. Then he asked if there was a guitar part, and I said no, it's mostly strings drums and piano, and he responded, "Oh, well it's not worth it then."

That was what really got me. One, because I was thinking, how could it not be worth it to learn that song just because there isn't a part for me to play? Then I realized, everything we had been discussing was for practicing together and performing together. More than half the fun is having someone to collaborate with, having someone to help arrange the song. So I started thinking, what we might try is to translate the piano and percussion to the guitar, and work something out that way.

Cause that's where the fun lies, right? Taking on something you think can't be done. So go have fun with it!

-Kal