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'Praeludium' By John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
Flavio Matani, guitar
An old take from 2007
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of guitars and things
Ah, a Tuesday I don't have to get up at 5:20 am. My Tuesday school has an 'enrichment' week so no lessons (and no income; if you're an instrumental music teacher you essentially and rroughly get paid for lesson given, if the lesson doesn't happen you don't get paid). Today will be a slow day, which I think I needed.Taking my old Yamaha GC15D guitar ( Read more... ) -
The going out thing
In spite of the entropy of, passing years I still go to clubs and stuff, although by the time I've been there for two hours I've had enough. There is also the fact that I nearly always have pupils having lessons the following morning -and that takes priority; the livelihood of a self-employed music teacher is rather precarious and if there is work ( Read more... ) -
Pupil done well
The news that my young pupil who just did a Trinity Rock electric guitar Grade 8 exam passed with a Distinction just rescued what had been a horrible day and turned it into a very, very good one.
(and yes, I'd posted this in several places. I needed to remind myself that what I do is worth the while, even if it can be a bit difficult to make a ( Read more... ) -
The Entropy of Passing Years
Trying to stay active, walk perhaps half an hour a day (that doesn't make ten thousand steps but it is better than 0, I s'pose). I find it hard to believe I've reached this age, twice as old as I thought I'd ever get to be -but if you're growing up in a place like Caracas those are your expectations.
Sometimes it feels like the universe and my own ( Read more... ) -
'Alman' by Robert Johnson
The guitar used is perhaps not my best one, it is an electro-classical Alhambra; I felt however that the lighter, thiner and at times a little rough tone of the instrument went well with the texture of the music, hopefully aided by the third string in F# and the capo on fret III, which would put it in the range and tuning of an English lute of ( Read more... ) -
Redux
I have been listening to Roger Waters' re-recording of 'Dark Side of the Moon' and... probably uniquely amongst my friends and people I know, liking it. It is not a rock album and, perhaps as suggested by the title ('Dark Side of the Moon / Redux') is a revisit of something he did half a century ago. He talks rather a lot, probably too much, ( Read more... ) -
A few days in the life
Not a lot happening here. We seem to have gone from summer to winter without having passed through autumn. Apart from that...
.. Had the two jabs last week (covid booster + flu jab). No side effects whatsoever as far as I could tell. Also had a hospital appointment, another follow-up for the cancer surgery of a year and a half ago. I had many ( Read more... )
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