Well, here are a couple of firsts:
First attempt at a simple Windows Movie Maker project
First time I ever upload a video on YouTube
First time I share anything from my ongoing "solo" recording project with people outside my circle of family and friends/musicians
Visually, it's a snore fest. But at least you can see pix of me the night I got my first drum set when I turned 12, the night of a concert as a senior in high school...and some more recent ones.
Some of those recent ones show me in gig contexts from 2007 and 2009, some of my drum recording setup in my office, and some me in my pet-care-business-owner gig.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_T212Ufk-I[/youtube]
This features a very good friend of mine, guitarist Scott Hughes, whom I've been playing with since my days 20 years ago in the Jazz and Contemporary Music program at the University of Maine - Augusta. It also features a dear dear friend on a piano solo named Jim Goss. (Jim was the singer in the band from that old, grainy senior year concert photo, and he provided me with that picture.)
I've disabled comments on YouTube, because the only reason I uploaded this video is so I could get all of YOUR opinions on the tune. I hope you enjoy.