Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Note to self

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

03 May 2011

Note to self

If you've been using a grungy Rock Organ sound on your keyboard for the first two songs in the set in the worship band on Sunday morning ...

... and if your next song requires a soft piano sound for the big piano introduction ...

... make sure you hit the button and change the sound from Rock Organ to Piano before that third song.

If you don't, you're just setting yourself up for humiliation.

6 comments:

Hippomanic Jen said...: Oh. How easy that would be to do.

...And how obvious...

Ouch.; 03 May, 2011 20:50
Tracy P. said...: It wasn't on Easter, though, right? So that's something. ;-); 04 May, 2011 01:13
Unknown said...: Haha! We've been having trouble with a sticking pedal on our keyboard and the notes resonate on forever! Thankfully I just play clarinet with no sound adjustments--only a few (ear-piercing) squeaks!; 04 May, 2011 06:04
Heather said...: I bet *that* got the congregation's attention! :-D; 04 May, 2011 06:37
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Better than hitting the Demo Song button by mistake. That used to happen to me a lot - some keyboard layouts just set you up for failure and embarassment.

Oh, the Transpose setting can also mess with you! At least once I've made my choir sing a subsequent song in a totally new key to what they're accustomed.; 04 May, 2011 07:42
tinsenpup said...: At least it wasn't a wedding...or a funeral!

This made me think of the episode of the Simpsons where Bart swaps the hymn in the church program for an Iron Maiden song - very funny.; 04 May, 2011 15:21

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03 May 2011

Note to self

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