Greetings, whoever-reads-this! For some reason, I've been behind the 8-ball as far as blogging. Several attempts, all of which have been saved to draft and then forgotten.. This time I' m forging ahead. .
Music news. Just maintaining at the moment. With me, it seems to be either feast or famine. But even in these lean times I still try and keep the YouTube page well-stocked. A whopping 428 subscribers at the moment.
And I still do my calisthenics every day. My workout, as such, is just scales & arpeggios, all keys. Something I got out of a Clarinet Method Book. Clarinet music is perfect for guitar, because it covers the written range of the instrument, from low E all the way up. I do those a couple times through, increasing the tempo every time.
I read somewhere that Jim Hall used to practice Clarinet music. So I'm in good company. The real challenge is adapting your technique to something completely different. So there's some that falls right under the fingers, and some involving great leaps and bounds.
It feels a little bit weird that there isn't some kind of musical project going on, but I figure soon enough. I've had one gig this year, at Harvest Market, which was a lot of fun. Hope to get another call sometime to fill in.
Domestic news. Crain Manor is getting itself a new roof. It got itself a new roof last year, which took care of some of its leaks.. But it wasn't installed properly and is starting to come loose from some of the windstorms we've had. So I spent a couple hours this morning with a sales rep from Erie Homes. He gave me a price that's doable, and we're off to the races.
So I figure this will all happen in the next week or so. It was kind of a charged morning, having the sales rep here going over things. Lots of information. I somehow contained the stress of the moment, but am still unwinding.
So this is what's been going on with me. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Happy Friday to you! Much love. Later.