Greetings, whoever-reads-this! I didn't know what to call this blog, so I just looked at the calendar.
Remembering the original 9/11, back in 2001. Our office closed at noon. I spent the rest of the day riveted to the TV, watching in horror. That was 22 years ago, but I still remember it as if it were today. It was my generation's Pearl Harbor.
I have friends who worked in New York City, in the middle of what must've been pandemonium(even for NYC!). It took them six hours to get home- and they live 8 miles from the city. In Nutley, New Joysey.
This is a musician's website, and as such, usually has nothing to do with current events--or even not-so-current ones. With the exception of U2, and maybe a few others, musicians are notoriously unaware of such matters. Mozart, in his correspondences, was supposed to have never had anything to do with the political climate of his time. He just talked about whatever piece he was writing.
But I couldn't fail to mention this day, no matter how musicianly oblivious I may be to what's going on around me..
Okay! Back to Music News. I'm still practicing most every day, and posting to my YouTube page. I'm still getting new subscriptions, one or two at a time, and also getting some nice comments from listeners. This will never be a money-making venue--you need at least a thousand subscribers, among other things--but it is a way of getting it out there.
My next move is getting some folks--bass-playing and drum-playing folks-- over here. To make more videos, and just to be making music with other humans. I figure if I do this every so often, it'll take care of both these needs. And maybe even lead to some playing outside the house. What a concept, right?
This has been a helluva year. Domestic and family problems out the ass. The house has had its major problems fixed, but I'm still helping with family matters. Most every weekend, one day or the other, plus a few appointments here and there during the week. Between that, and trying to maintain an exercise regimen, I'm about as busy as I need to be.
So in between all this, I'm still committed to making music and sharing it. More to come. T
Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading! For now, I'm outa this place. More later. 