The Wonder Jam

In honor of the Wonder Years kick that I am on, and the multiple episodes Aylon and I watched directly prior to tonight's jam:

"The Wonder Jam" - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V6XBZPS0

My dear friend Aylon and I have been jamming together on and off for nearly 8 years.

Tonight he came by to hang, and we watched 3 straight episodes of The Wonder Years.

I just downloaded all 6 seasons, and have been in absolute heaven watching them.

After he left, I watched 8 more episodes in a row without moving an inch.

I forgot how that show is so wonderfully filled with hilarious moments, chunks of life values, and wholesome truths which are rarely covered in today's sitcoms. It truly is one of my favorite shows ever on Television, and I feel so privileged to have all 6 Seasons downloaded to my external hard drive for viewing whenever I get the craving. Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold (who everyone told Aylon he looked like as a little kid) growing up & living in Suburban America in the late 60s and the realistic internal struggles which he, his family, and friends must go through is something that I could watch endlessly & still be filled with every possible human emotion, in the most genuine & authentic of ways.

However, the true reason why Aylon came over was to throw down a sick jam. He uses an extremely old Yamaha Keyboard which he got passed down to him by his close friend's brother about 8 years ago when we began jamming. The thing is beyond outdated, and even he has claimed that it "feels almost like a toy to him in comparison to what a top of the line keyboard sounds like when you try it in stores".

Yet, somehow we have managed to connect up & communicate together musically through his Keyboard & my Fender Mexican Stratocaster. Slowly but surely, things evolved. He began to utilize the beats more on the keyboard, and change the tempo or style of beat, which started to make things more interesting.

We are now at a point where he comes up at least 2-3 times a week in hopes of getting in a dirty, nasty jam where we each end up in the zone with both of our eyes closed, soaring on a delicious cloud of musical goodness.

For the first time ever, we are going to release a clip of our most recent jam, both having agreed of its worthiness. Never before have we exposed our private jams of personal intimacy to the public. We have always kept it in the jam room, but felt that the last 6 minutes of the jam was too wonderful to keep to ourselves. It gets real balanced, funky, and makes me wanna shake it.

Mind you, this is not a band. It does not have a drummer, bassist, etc. This is a musical jam which was built with a really old lower end model Yamaha Keyboard with cheezy sounding beats, together with my guitar. We also were using the microphone on my webcam to record with, so the sound quality is far from professional. Yet, we end up having a ball everytime, and realizing that with all of the right equipment that we could really have something to work with. We felt this clip was worth having people hear. Hope you enjoy!