December Studio

I implemented geo location for the address based on the name and city of a venue for the 'Global Piano Network' community pages. Cool.

I have been reading a book called "Awareness" by SJ Anthony de Mello. The following story is from that book:

There was a little town in America where people gathered in the evening to make music. They had a saxaphonist, a drummer, and a violinist, mostly old people. They got together for the company and for the sheer joy of making music, though they didn't do it very well. So they were enjoying themselves, having a great time, until one day they decided to get a new conductor who had a lot of ambition and drive. The new conductor told them, "Hey, folks, we have to have a concert; we have to prepare a concert for the town." Then he gradually got rid of some people who didn't play too well, hired a few professional musicians, got an orchestra into shape, and they all got their names in the newpapers. Wasn't that wonderful? So they decided to move to the big city and play there. But some of the old people had tears in their eyes, they said, "It was so wonderful in the old days when we did things badly and enjoyed them."

That's the story anyways. However, why can't you have your cake and eat it? Presumably you can still go to the original venue and enjoy a jam session with your old or young friends...

Here's a song I made for a Golden Retriever that my son and I had the pleasure of raising from a puppy and sharing a home with. It's called 'Goodbye Old Friend'.