Good morning to those with their manic Mondays! I’m not sure about y’all but my coffee has needed a little espresso boost today. Let’s make our coffee as strong as our motivation!



As I started writing today, I thought about the weekend and how my personal life somehow intertwines with my profession.

Over the weekend, I started my very first guitar lesson with my father. My father, the self -proclaimed Grammy winner, wanted guitar lessons for his birthday this past February. What do you get a man who has everything? A beer, a campfire, and apparently you hand him his guitar.

Knowing my father, he loves to do things in pairs when it comes to hobbies. For him, I gave him the gift of my presence along with my non-existent guitar skills. On Saturday, we tried our first class.

My father has been playing the guitar on and off for two years. Needless to say our skill set levels are opposite. The guitar instructor was fabulous. He had stories of many famous artists that he aspired to be or had actually met in person. His hand movement from the top of the neck towards the bottom captured my attention. The way his hand just moved so quickly like it was second nature to know which chords and strings to press in order to create his desired sound really captivated my interest. Scott, the instructor, really impressed me when my father asked him to help him play “Lyin’ Eyes by The Eagles”. Scott had never tried to play that song before, even though he had heard it growing up throughout the years. Once Scott found a You Tube video he started playing the song like he had been practicing it all his life!

I don’t know if I’ll ever be as great as Scott but I definitely have a new found appreciation. My fingers hurt and I realized I might not be the rock star I thought I could be after one lesson.

I started thinking shortly after I left our first lesson that our artists at Party Time Texas are amazing. At each event our live bands enculture each song almost like they were playing with the original artist himself. Our bands work long and hard to make each memory as if the guest was at the concert.

I’m a proud party planner. Before my lesson I thought yeah, yeah, guitar playing is hard and you have to practice. That couldn’t be more true, but as soon as I left the lesson I wanted to pick up my phone and text our artists. I wanted to say thank you for making my job so easy. Your endless hours of practice give so many of our clients the happiness I cannot give them.

To our bands, we appreciate the level of #PartyPower you provide endlessly!