Gitaroo Man's "Legendary Theme" is a good song. I found lots of guitar tabs for the melody but nothing for the harmony except for a youtube video that had mistakes. It was helpful nonetheless. For my own reference, here are the chords that I like. I don't think they match the recording exactly, but I like how it sounds. I suck at figuring out ( Read more... )

Music is probably the one subject in the past year that I give two shits about ( Read more... )

wheel of time - I just finished book 14 of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I started this series in back 1992. Like an old friend, we've had our ups and downs. Adieu, and thanks.

layla - I finally had a good piano experience, I wanted to learn the piano coda for the original "Layla" performed by Derek & the Dominos. I always thought it ( Read more... )

After a 1st lesson with a new piano teacher, I have a new angle to look at music. He's a jazz guy and showed me very different stuff from what I am used to. I think this could potentially be more fun than what I was doing before ( Read more... )

I think my piano teacher is firing me, or at least she is never available. So I started looking for another one. ;__; Sux because I liked her and I was paying a great rate ( Read more... )

What an amazing year. So much happened, and I don't think I have ever experienced so much change in a 12-month period. Those of you who know me are aware of major changes in my personal life. I feel like a whole new person, and one that is generally better and happier than the old person. Some highlights ( Read more... )

kindle - I finally got used to reading books on Kindle. The books cost about the same as a print copy, which seems kinda bogus but I can live with that. But the fact that one can't effectively lend books (2wk max, if it's allowed at all), and you can't give away your books... That definitely is bogus. I liked to give away my books when I was ( Read more... )

I was in Austin last weekend, visiting my cousin and her hubby and kids. Nice trip, and Austin is a nice town. I had been there once before, but this time I saw all different stuff. Swimming at Barton Springs was a highlight, as was the Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood ( Read more... )

I just got a new phone. I am migrating Apple world into Android world, and I wound up getting the Samsung Galaxy S3. So far so good. Once I port my contacts to the new phone, I'm looking forward to ditching iTunes for good. :3 ( Read more... )

Sunday, I did a two mile open water swim race up in Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding, CA. It was a vast improvement over my first open water swim race in Donner Lake. For the small amount of training I did, I'm pleased with the result. There is still a lot of room for improvement ( Read more... )