For the first time in 2021, I picked up my baritone saxophone and played music. My husband had had two friends over earlier in the day to play music, and one of them stuck around and suggested we played a few of our brass band songs while he was here (a few years ago we were a 9-piece group called the "Brewin' Brass Band" but we reorganized last year as a 6-piece group- 3 saxes, trombone, tuba, and drums- called "Reset Button", because we specialize in playing video game music.
We started by playing a song called "Core" from one of my favorite video games ("Undertale"). And it was just like riding a bike. Core is one of the hardest songs we play (my part has six sharps!) but muscle memory served me well, and I did a decent job, even though we played along with the recording which is WAY faster than we usually play the song. Then we played "Bob-omb Battlefield" from Super Mario 64, "Casino Night Zone" from Sonic the Hedgehog, and the theme from "Ducktales". It was delightful to play this music again, and it got me inspired to try to get back into playing music regularly. I also was reminded that I haven't finished some of the arrangements I was working on, including the theme from "Animaniacs".
(The playing of music and the writing of this blog inspired me to arrange this beautiful song called "Sparring With Neighbors" from the video game "My Time at Portia". It was my first time arranging a song from scratch; usually I copy and paste from someone else's arrangement, but this time I actually listened to the song, and wrote down each note for each part. It was very exciting and has reinvigorated my love for music!)
With delight,
♥Jamie
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