I was inspired to write this post because I saw this video of a Suzuki parent. There are some very good points in this video. Maybe the title shouldn't be confessions of a parent but rather how I helped my son on his musical journey. (yes, I think that's a much better title).) The idea [...]
Well folks, the time has come! tomorrow on Facebook I will broadcast live an introductory to the Play A story programme from InnerMusician. Thanks to Lyndel who has allowed me to use the powerpoint in addition to me going on about it. I just hope it works. Register your interest and then keep an eye [...]
I have been so busy lately that I have not been a regular presence on any social network or blog. I'm still here, yes yes, I'm here... as the sondheim song says. I continue to work for AUT as an electronic notetaker 2-3 days a week. This makes me a little money but, more importantly, [...]
I Have talked here before about my digitisation project and the software I use to make it possible. I recently took this up again. I have imported all my CD audiobooks on to my Mac. It is amazing to me that I read so much trash when I was younger. Now I read mostly nonfiction. [...]
So in 2015 I wrote a blog post. It was about social networking and how there were so many and I wanted certain things to happen. surprisingly, not much has changed since then. I still want something that will post across a bunch of accounts. There are too many social networks and it just gets [...]
The point of this post is to talk about the fact that, though we would all very much like to be, we are not musical savants or have savant-like abilities. Find out about a musical savant in this video. But don't let this discourage you from taking up the piano. In lessons, I will show [...]
Hello to everybody after such a long time I am updating this blog to tell you what is going on. Last year I took a day job to make a bit of extra money. I returned to my alma mater, AUT, to work as a notetaker. I had done the same job while I was [...]
Note this blog post -as well as being a note of thanks to some people - could get rather technical. You can skip it if you like.
Come with your questions! I will be periscoping at 8pm NZ time. I will be talking about the Inner Musician improvisation programme. This is how we star piano for life. Come and check it out in this virtual introduction! You can clik this link to find me on periscope and hopefully catch the live broadcast. [...]
Now the time has come to report on the GoPro experiment. Some of my friends have been eagerly awaiting me to write about this . It has taken so long just because of life things getting in the way. When I decided I was going to buy an action camera there wasn't much about blind [...]