Sometimes as a musician, I will accept a playing invitation and have no idea what I'm in for. Last Friday I mentioned about playing for a friend from my church. I always knew he was good, but DAMN he is an amazing player. It's a shame his section leader at our church gives all the specials to the trumpets, who are terrible in comparison to the saxes.

Here are some other things I learned so far:

I think I'm playing bass for a soca band called "Fyahorns and de Brigade."

My friend's cousin wrote the bassline for the greatest soca/calypso song of all time. That would be "Lorraine" by the artist Explainer. Look it up (he also does it with Bunji Garlin on Soca Gold 2005). It was a real treat to jam on this tune at the rehearsal.

The guitar player has played with Machel Montano at some point. Here is a clip I took of Machel Montano and Xstatic performing "Higher than High" at Harbourfront's CARNIVALISSIMA celebrations on June 10, 2007.

I'm sure there are more surprises coming, and I can't wait for them to arrive.