absence makes the heart grow

this is the scale:

1. doing music
2. the above, with good instrumentalists
3. the above, plus good vocalists
4. the above, plus they are your close friends
5. the above, plus you're musically accustomed to each other and therefore mesh naturally
6. doing music with you

satisfaction might be not quite the right word. i find that it's much like the first ginger beer i had: it was delicious, but it made me want more, and so i had some more, which made me want more even more... repeat ad voluptatem.

i realize i was especially biased tonight. i realize i was deprived for what seemed like ages (a week or two), and the need had been sort of building. yes, i needed the opportunity for self-expression. and yes, my feelings for you compounded it all. plus they were both songs i like anyway.

but even when none of those circumstances are in place, the scale above is accurate. if i could do music with only one person for the rest of my life... i would make that person eggs and lightly sweetened iced black tea.

thank you for including me tonight. and for the maj7.