I haven't really prepared a "year in review" post, but here are some random notes and thoughts.
On the job front there have been ups and downs but the year ended on an ( Read more... )

I went to the final Darkover convention this weekend. There'll be another convention in the same place on the same weekend starting next year, but this chapter is ended. (The founder and consistent organizer of the con died this past year ( Read more... )

Part of this meme:
On the Mark:
So it's like this. I enjoy making music, both singing and playing, and ( Read more... )

The baron of our local SCA group runs an occasional open-mic night at a local club, so he asked our choir to perform tonight. We said "renaissance choral music? really?" and he said yes, so we went and sang five short songs (two in English, three not). I couldn't actually see the audience very well (dark club), so I don't know how much of the ( Read more... )

I discovered two differently-embarrassing things while processing some old audio cassette tapes today ( Read more... )

The latest batch of music to be digitized came with challenges. This was a pile of tapes, most of which were copies of tapes that in turn were recorded from various albums and tapes, not always in pristine condition. I'm pretty pleased with the job I've done in cleaning them up, which I have mostly done with judicious use of Amadeus Pro's wave- ( Read more... )

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The interview meme is making the rounds again. kitanzi asked me some questions:
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On the Mark's final concerts at Darkover went well in some ways and not as well in others. Overall I'm a little disappointed, but I also had high standards going in. I think overall, people were pleased.
We had a moderate crowd Friday night and a bigger one Saturday afternoon ( Read more... )