Lots of very random musical stuff today. Apparently, I hadn't sync'd my ipod since I got the new computer, so when I decided an hour before work that I really wanted to take the Tom Waits I just added to itunes with me, my ipod thought I should sync it with the "new" music library. Long story short, it did the whole 13,000+ library, and I felt very odd going to work sans music.
Aside from that, I had fascinating discussions with my brother about some of the things he's been working on learning (mostly classical), and he went so far as to send me some mp3s of songs he's trying to learn, and name dropping the book he's learning from. This is helpful for someone who works in a bookstore. Just saying.
Also, it got me thinking about my desire to learn a bit about Brian Setzer's playing, and his styles & approaches. He does some really cool stuff with swing, jazz, & blues, and it would be awesome to incorporate some of that into my playing.
And finally, not sure if I mentioned this in the last few days, but I really need to get on the stick and set up some sort of solid practice regimen. I've been taking it as it comes all year long, and not seeing the kind of progress I had hoped for. That's my goal for the next few days to a week: set up something that's formal and official, and will lead to the results I want/need to see. And I need to contact my folks in WI & NJ to see about starting everything up again.
Aside from that, I had fascinating discussions with my brother about some of the things he's been working on learning (mostly classical), and he went so far as to send me some mp3s of songs he's trying to learn, and name dropping the book he's learning from. This is helpful for someone who works in a bookstore. Just saying.
Also, it got me thinking about my desire to learn a bit about Brian Setzer's playing, and his styles & approaches. He does some really cool stuff with swing, jazz, & blues, and it would be awesome to incorporate some of that into my playing.
And finally, not sure if I mentioned this in the last few days, but I really need to get on the stick and set up some sort of solid practice regimen. I've been taking it as it comes all year long, and not seeing the kind of progress I had hoped for. That's my goal for the next few days to a week: set up something that's formal and official, and will lead to the results I want/need to see. And I need to contact my folks in WI & NJ to see about starting everything up again.
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