One of the reasons I took up the piano last year was the chance to learn something entirely new: I was feeling that work (ie. IT) knowledge, even something like a new programming language, computer system or approach is largely a refinement or improvement on things I already know. Reading a book on a subject […]
My piano teacher has given me a flyer for the winter concert from her orchestra (in which she plays the viola): St James Orchestra, Paisley. I thought I’d spread the word to any Glasgow residents who might be interested. It takes place this Sunday (25th November, 2007) at St James Church, Underwood Road, Paisley (map […]
Radiohead have today released their new album, In Rainbows, and as is perhaps well known now they’re asking people to choose how much they want to pay for it. From nothing, to, well, practically whatever you want to pay. Gordon makes valid points about paying for it later if he likes it. I’ve done the same […]
Glancing at this weblog right now you might perhaps be of the view that after a hard-days work, I do nothing else but run around the local park, run races and get excited about how some metric is lower than it was a few weeks back. Whilst it’s true I’ve become quite carried away with running, […]
For a few weeks now I’ve been running a programme on my main computer that scrapes the music I listen to on iTunes, and collates various statistics and details about my listening habits. Presuming you’re actually interested, you can see what music I currently like here through last.fm. last.fm - A UK startup - was recently […]
I previously mentioned that Yann Tiersen was playing in Glasgow, and last night I went along The Arches for the concert. It wasn’t an auspicious start when we were redirected to another entrance by a barmaid who didn’t seem too happy with her lot. For some reason nobody other than her was informing people, and we […]
I imagine everybody goes through it every now and then: A growing frustration with your existing library of music. Especially if - like me - you listen to music whilst you work. I seem to recall reading somewhere that we don’t listen to much of our total music selection, settling on some favourites and playing […]
An interesting, and enjoyable, by-product of learning the piano has been an increased awareness of music, and a re-introduction to some music that I’d forgotten about. Scott Joplin is a case in point. Having pretty much reached the end of the first book of piano music, my teacher had suggested I have a think about […]
It’s funny how things seem to be working out, musically, right now. As I write this for publishing tomorrow, it’s not even 24 hours after having got back from seeing The Decemberists, and I’m booked up to my next concert, one I’m particularly excited about (but then I’m easily excitable and was just as excited […]
Bits and pieces
All go at the moment, so only time for a brief update: Wedding plans are proceeding well. We’re being cautioned by friends to stay calm as the day approaches, and I think we are managing that quite well. Got quite excited picking up the rings, as well as getting to see the finished product for something […]