Today I'm thankful for ...
... sticking with this electronic music meetup group. We've really got some talented people! I was able to get General Fuzz's latest album. It's really mellow...
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
09 September 2008
05 September 2008
Oy, I need more time
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being able to go at my own pace for our music lessons. I need more time to do my homework, and it's starting to show.
... being able to go at my own pace for our music lessons. I need more time to do my homework, and it's starting to show.
21 August 2008
More 4-parters
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being able to have someone walk me through Bach. There are a lot of tricks that Bach is doing and we went through a couple pieces of his and analyzed them for motives and other interesting things. I'm learning a lot about orchestral weight and how composers like Bach used repeating patterns.
... being able to have someone walk me through Bach. There are a lot of tricks that Bach is doing and we went through a couple pieces of his and analyzed them for motives and other interesting things. I'm learning a lot about orchestral weight and how composers like Bach used repeating patterns.
13 August 2008
4-part awesomeness
Today I'm thankful for ...
... a good music teacher. I think I've gotten a lot better at learning to harmonize chords thanks to him!
... a good music teacher. I think I've gotten a lot better at learning to harmonize chords thanks to him!
06 August 2008
A deeper understanding
Today I'm thankful for ...
... a really good music session tonight. We ran over by a bit but it was good nonetheless. We went through a lot of examples and his feedback on my homework was very helpful. I like the way we kind of wander around topics and just follow the conversation wherever it goes.
... a really good music session tonight. We ran over by a bit but it was good nonetheless. We went through a lot of examples and his feedback on my homework was very helpful. I like the way we kind of wander around topics and just follow the conversation wherever it goes.
03 July 2008
Dance all night
Today I'm thankful for ...
... another really good after-work jam session with the boss. He and I laid down an hour-long set of good music and it was recorded. I've already listened to a little bit of it and it's actually really good.
... another really good after-work jam session with the boss. He and I laid down an hour-long set of good music and it was recorded. I've already listened to a little bit of it and it's actually really good.
03 June 2008
Play that funky music, Pt. 2
Today I'm thankful for ...
... getting access to a preview of Doc Pop's latest album: Me Geek Pretty One Day. Check it out!
http://www.drownradio.com/mgpod
... getting access to a preview of Doc Pop's latest album: Me Geek Pretty One Day. Check it out!
http://www.drownradio.com/mgpod
02 June 2008
Play that funky music
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being around people who are super-creative and just awesome artists. One gave me some links to a music competition he organized and it's really interesting with the results: $12 and 12 hours to produce a full CD of at least 6 songs of at least 3 mins each. Whoa!
... being around people who are super-creative and just awesome artists. One gave me some links to a music competition he organized and it's really interesting with the results: $12 and 12 hours to produce a full CD of at least 6 songs of at least 3 mins each. Whoa!
30 May 2008
Me time
Today I'm thankful for ...
... things working out so I had a little time to myself to unwind. Everyone left from work about 6:30p today so I plugged in the guitar and rocked out for a while with the drum machine. It's weird playing my own guitar...the feel of it is so different than my other colleague's. I think I need to lower the action a little so I can move a little faster up the scales---or I need to have callouses on my left hand so the strings don't sink in as much.
... things working out so I had a little time to myself to unwind. Everyone left from work about 6:30p today so I plugged in the guitar and rocked out for a while with the drum machine. It's weird playing my own guitar...the feel of it is so different than my other colleague's. I think I need to lower the action a little so I can move a little faster up the scales---or I need to have callouses on my left hand so the strings don't sink in as much.
23 April 2008
Polly wants a song, Polly wants a song
Today I'm thankful for ...
... iTunes' duplicate detection. I'm merging all of my music onto my little laptop's hard drive which doubled in size recently. As a result there are a bazillion duplicates since I'm copying several backups en masse to it. But there's a little menu option in iTunes now that lets me manage this mess. Yay.
... iTunes' duplicate detection. I'm merging all of my music onto my little laptop's hard drive which doubled in size recently. As a result there are a bazillion duplicates since I'm copying several backups en masse to it. But there's a little menu option in iTunes now that lets me manage this mess. Yay.
04 April 2008
Beer beer beer beer beer beer beer beer!
Today I'm thankful for ...
... being told about the Asylum Street Spankers. What a weird group! It has a folk feel and there's even a song using the saw. Yes, saw. And throat singing. But they're fun and good musicians. We were also really lucky to get seating in the front row of the chairs section. We had perfect visibility.
... being told about the Asylum Street Spankers. What a weird group! It has a folk feel and there's even a song using the saw. Yes, saw. And throat singing. But they're fun and good musicians. We were also really lucky to get seating in the front row of the chairs section. We had perfect visibility.
05 February 2008
Play that funky music...
Today I'm thankful for ...
... neighbors that don't mind a little loud jam session. Where we work is in a set of live/work studio apartments and apparently the neighbors are tolerant of us making noise. We typically play the stereo loud, but that's nothing compared to an amp blasting out tunes. We had an after-work jam with a laptop, a keyboard, and a guitar!
... neighbors that don't mind a little loud jam session. Where we work is in a set of live/work studio apartments and apparently the neighbors are tolerant of us making noise. We typically play the stereo loud, but that's nothing compared to an amp blasting out tunes. We had an after-work jam with a laptop, a keyboard, and a guitar!
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