That night, I felt I pulled off the original ones GREAT! My equipment went south on me, but I felt ok about it.

The one thing that I wished that could have been achieved was, I wished that they recorded that beginning section of the night for them to play back later and see what I bring to the CounterPoint table.

This would have shown them that I have the proper insight and technical know how to approach their unique brand of prog. rock. As you know Domenic, I have tons of ways to move a song forward, chord progression wise, and really enhance songs. Unfortunately, they recorded ONLY the jam part of the evening. This portion of the evening, I felt like a fish out of a water to some degree.

Having played with me before Dom. and being of the same musical ilk, you know that I shine when I have obtained all the intimate details of a particular song and have perfected it to the max! This means PRACTICE THE HELL OUT OF A SONG, to the non-musicians out there. I refuse to give into anything less!

This way of practicing gives me the latitude to “Jam”, while playing in a band. I’ve never been one to just “Jam” for the sake of jamming, I honestly do not get a lot out of it as a musician. It’s fun and all that stuff everyone, please don’t get me wrong, but I’m not one for the spotlight. I crave to be the one in the background making the big FAT SOUND that brings the band to a much higher level! Besides, there is nothing more in the world that makes my blood boil then sounding sub-par!!!

So that’s it in a nut shell Domenic Nardone. Even if I don’t get the gig, I will be going over all the tunes they will play and just wait for my time to jump back on board with these GREAT MUSICIAN’s at a later date!

Please, keep on Jammin’ Domenic!

Dom

This is not a band that you can do one session with and then BANG, your in. They are the polar opposite to your average garage band. The guys in CounterPoint are unreal in their ability to execute any one of their songs. I was captivated by their level of playing from the very first chord they played at the Toronto, 2008 Nuance show! Plus, I wouldn’t expect or have it any other way!

Stay tuned for the results! And I promise it won’t last as long as the US elections!

They just asked if I wanted to jam with them, I think? … and yes I am eager for their response. Thank you for your reply to this because it shows me that someone else maybe interested in the outcome other then myself!

As I am more then aware, there are a number of other noteworthy guitarists in the Toronto (GTA) area in which to find a suitable musical kindred spirit to CounterPoint, but I hope that I’m the best suited!

Wish me luck JT!