BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Some of you know that I got married last month. We had a small private ceremoney, then went on a nice long honeymoon. When we got back, my mom insisted on throwing a belated reception, so that the people who were not invited to the wedding could celebrate with us. That happened last night. And I got to see a lot of people that I had not seen since high school. And one of the guitar players that I used to work with came up to me, gave me his two latest CD releases, and said, "Do you realise that we started our first band 40 years ago this summer?" oy! Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hey gratz on the wedding, I didn't know you got married. I'm glad you found a keeper. My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumblyfingers Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I either was not paying attention or just really did not know....but in either event...CONGRATULATIONS!!! Awesome news. I don't know if this is your first time....for me I got married later in life by choice....in my 40's. I am enjoying it. Yeah, I recently got together with my first drummer and yeah a lot of time has gone by. It can be fun to look back but I think I prefer the now. Congrats again and all the very best to you and your bride as you begin this new part of the journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 congrats on the wedding. how did i miss that? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdrs Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Bill, May I join the club....and wish you a joyful and happy marriage. Congrats! Don "There once was a note, Pure and Easy. Playing so free, like a breath rippling by." http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=574296 http://www.myspace.com/imdrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Must be the forums "best kept secret"! Congrats on the wedding Bill! I know what you mean. When there is an event that you haven't thought about in a while and suddenly, someone points out that it was 20 years ago (or more), your jaw drops. Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strategery Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congrats Bill...and I don't even know you! :grin: Yeah, I know what you mean. I'll be 50 at the end of December this year. Damn, where does the time go? :grin: I went to my little sister's, daughter's high school graduation a few weeks ago. She went to the same school I did and it dawned on me. I hadn't be there for 31 years! WOW! What the heck? :grin: Anyway, congratulations again and....don't forget...You're as young as you feel! :grin: Randy "Just play!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Whoa! Congrats on makin them wedding bells clang! Just a pinch between the geek and chum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I was told once that when a boy and girl are dating, the boy does all the talking and the girl sits back and listens. When you first get married, the girl does all the talking and the boy sits back and listens. When you have been married for sometime, you both talk and the neighbors listen. Many happy wishes hope all is well, and remember communication is the key. all chucks children are out there playing his licks *Bob Seger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congrats BILL! R&R Girlfirend is NOW R&R Wife!! LOL all the best to you both!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbote Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 A belated congratulations on your wedding. May you have many happy years together. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytored Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 congrats on the wedding Bill. What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth a sound It's got wires that vibrate, and give music What can this thing be that I found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyguitfiddle Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 congrats Why do you lay down? I say that it beats standing up! whats got you feeling so down? I hold up my empty cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congrats, Bill! Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Madness Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I knew you were engaged but this is the first I hear of the wedding: congratulations Bill, much happiness to the both of you!!! And as for your first band, whenever you have to count the decades since you've been doing something you just have to know that the amount of your experience didn't just pop out of nowhere ! It must have been quite a trip to see all those people from long ago, I'm sure many stories were re-lived quite vividly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILLO Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congrats! "Without music, life would be a mistake." --from 'Beyond Good and Evil', by Friedrich Nietzsche My MySpace Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congratulations, Bill! To answer your question though, you know you're getting old when you are me... Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I was told once that when a boy and girl are dating, the boy does all the talking and the girl sits back and listens. When you first get married, the girl does all the talking and the boy sits back and listens. When you have been married for sometime, you both talk and the neighbors listen. And then when you've been married for a really long time, you both shut up and listen to the neighbors. Mazel Tov, Mr. and Mrs. Bill! Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 ...I don't know if this is your first time..... Yeah, I recently got together with my first drummer and yeah a lot of time has gone by. It can be fun to look back but I think I prefer the now. "I either was not paying attention or just really did not know...." You might have been busy. Yeah, it is both of our first times, and we are enjoying it big time. In fact, at the wedding people asked me if I was nervous and, the answer was absoutley not.... I was doing exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, and it felt perfectly normal and right. And the guitar player... I was the drummer in that band, but I taught him a lot of guitar... we're talking about getting together and seeing what happens. He and I wrote some cool pop songs back then, when writing your own songs was a pretty alien idea. Thanks for the good wishes. The R&R GirlFriend... er.. Bride... will be pleased. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Thanks, all for the good wishes. I'll share them with the Bride. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Mazel Tov, Mr. and Mrs. Bill! Thanks. Funny, but putting together a combined Presby/Jewish ceremony was tougher than I thought, and a real PITA. But I made it happen. I even wore a yamika as a sign of respect to her side of the family. She liked the idea so much that she tried to find a Scots/Irish plaid for me, but ended up getting a very cool black leather model, with guitars tooled into the leather. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifthorse Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Cool Bill, glad to hear. Congratulations. http://flagshipmile.dmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/gifthorse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Congratulations on the wedding. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdrs Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Mazel Tov, Mr. and Mrs. Bill! Thanks. Funny, but putting together a combined Presby/Jewish ceremony was tougher than I thought, and a real PITA. But I made it happen. I even wore a yamika as a sign of respect to her side of the family. She liked the idea so much that she tried to find a Scots/Irish plaid for me, but ended up getting a very cool black leather model, with guitars tooled into the leather. Bill Did you break the glass?? I'm half Jewish, raised catholic, but really BOTH!! My wife's catholic. I MADE SURE I BROKE THE GLASS. Mazel Tov Indeed!! Be happy!! Don "There once was a note, Pure and Easy. Playing so free, like a breath rippling by." http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=574296 http://www.myspace.com/imdrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifthorse Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 You know your getting old when.....never mind. http://flagshipmile.dmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/gifthorse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Did you break the glass?? Indeed. Much discussion went into the whole glass issue among variosu family members... kinda blew my mind. Fercripessakes, it's a glass! Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuben Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Kudos on the wedding. 30th year for me Peace http://www.spotcheckbilly.com http://www.littlefeat.net http://www.bonnieraitt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 My father told me once about these Jewish kids he grew up with. At a wedding, they exchanged the glass for a barroom type shot glass. The bloody thing wouldn't break, no matter how hard anyone tried! :grin: About the 40 years ago today thing... I've just had a bit of a fight with the lead singer of my first serious band, which broke up about 21 years ago. She described one of our gigs in her myspace blog, in a very pisstaking way. I PM'ed her correcting a lot of the details and she wrote back freaking out and basically telling me I was a total pain in the ass, have always been and always will be. Which reminded me of why I've always had a certain amount of contempt for her. So yeah, the years pass, and pass... and then you realize it's just like it all happened yeserday. Glad your relation with those guys is a little less acrimonious, Bill. Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroslav Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 ...when writing your own songs was a pretty alien idea. :grin: Yup...I remember those days. I walked away from two bands because of that "alien idea". Hey...best of luck to you both, Bill! I knew you were serious about her the last time we talked...but I had no idea wedding bells were coming this fast. Well...when it feels right...theres no point in waiting. So...how's the attic coming along at your new place? Is it a "recording space" yet...or have you been too busy with the wedding and all to make it studio worthy...? miroslav - miroslavmusic.com "Just because it happened to you, it doesn't mean it's important." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedogs Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 congrats... been married to the same woman for 33 years this year. She was 17 and built like a Goddess... I always tell her I don't see a 50 year old woman when I look at her - I see a 17 year old Goddess with "hair the color of a pale horse" (folk song I wrote for her back then)... Yer old as dirt too "well fellas... there's 1 other thing yer gonna need to make it in Rock & Roll besides all them guitars and amps and drums and things. They call it A SONG..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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