Today I bring you a story of music, courage and love. Earlier this week, I came across a link to this story; I’d heard of …
One of several things I do for money (working for a living is so inconvenient!) is transcribing audio from business meetings, conferences, interviews, etc. It’s …
Musical magic sneaks up on me when I least expect it! I can be rather jaded and cynical when it comes to music; it’s an …
Victoria Requiem: Introit Last night, McDoc and I attended the Solemn Requiem Mass for All Souls Day at our local Anglo-Catholic joint, which we visit …
I’m a big fan of ambient knowledge. In the course of my various pursuits, both musical and non-, I occasionally find it necessary to re-look-up …
Pianists are so misunderstood! :'( As an itinerant accompanist and sometime starving-pianist-without-my-own-instrument, I’ve played a lot of different pianos. A few have been very nice; …
Literally! I’ve just returned from Netroots Nation, the annual progressive bloggers’ conference. And I don’t know if I need to adjust the settings on my …
I admit it — I fell for it. How ’bout you? Yes, I believed that this was an amusing stunt pulled off by a bona …
Earlier this week, while on a visit to our country estate (a.k.a. my sister-in-law’s house northeast of Cincinnati), McDoc and I stumbled upon an amazing …
McDoc wants to take piano lessons. He asked me the other night what I thought the general prognosis was for adult piano students – how …