Ben Pettit

This week at Westside we are playing a new song for us. It’s called “Ready Now” by Jared Anderson aka the good singer in Desperation Band.

The song starts out very chill but builds into an awesome bridge that might by mislabeled and should be really the chorus.

I’m ready now, I’m ready now, I’m ready now, do what you will.

Now honestly, there is nothing fantastic about this song in the sense of a music analysis. The form is very predictable V, C, V, C, B, C, C. A long with a very simple form, the transitions from each section are predictable and simple. I wonder though if the quarter note rhythm is the reason it has a relaxed feeling. It some how makes us feel like we are walking at a comfortable speed. The instrumentation chosen gives a non-busy, minimalistic, and free feeling.

Fortunately for us at Westside we are very blessed to have two guys, Bill and Bill, who are our auxiliary percussion players. They are wonderful at everything they do. It’s amazing what having a shaker player does for your sound. Last night Bill played shakers on Ready Now and it literally made the song.

Rehearsal went well last night and if any one was out of it, it was me. After about 30 minutes into the rehearsal, major fatigue set in for me. I was so tired I could not see straight. I’m not just saying that, I got really confused about where we were on the chord charts. I felt disoriented. I had been running up the stairs to the sound console and back to the stage all afternoon. So today, the Lord is rest, and in him I lay.