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Monday's jazz duo gig with Andy the Sax was weird - partly because we used to play there about 15 years ago, and also because they now supply PA and posh Roland electtric grand piano - which was fine once I;d got to grips with the programming in the 2nd half. I hadn't done a gig I could walk to for years and years - maybe the Belmont Hotel years. It all went pretty quick - the food there still doesn't suit me - either meaty, fried, or chillied or both.
Tues - was website day - updated quite a few pages especially the monthly news page. My 5th Dimension reissues came in - Soul & Inspiration and Individually & Collectively/Living Together - hadn't heard them since I heard them on vinyl - neither is them at their best but they all have one or 2 gems it was nice to hear again.
Weds - went for checkup at hospital about my hand - not a lot to say - they want to monitor it, take more tests & xrays in the winter. It's been a lot better since I got the new piano. Got a new CD player - weird not to have to hit the CD player to make it work like I;ve been doing for over a year.
Tried out 2 free widget download sales systems. Set an album up on each to see which had the most hassles - the answer - they both had hassles, but different ones. I looked at Soundloud.com and Blastmymusic.com.
S. looks glossier, had the easier track loadup, but once in there the catagories were annoyingly rigid and the interface hung a few times
B. was a bit more basic, a bit dumber uploading tracks, simpler interface, but they take more of a cut.
Might try it with a few albums - donlt really know if it;s worth my time. The German Potato System is nicer in a lot of ways except it's all in Euros. In evbe dropped in on the open mic at The Donkey - nice to see some guys from the old Soft Touch band in a new configuration - 5 piece brass band, guitar, drums.
3 gigs came in on the phone - I turned down tour of Estonia & Finland in the winter with Jazz Orient.
Finished my book - Paradox by John Meaney - I liked his 1st book but this - part 1 of a trilogy - just didnlt connect for me. Good on imagination but all the clever stuff - techie things, is only skin deep - the other stuff, characterisations, plotting, scene setting was dumb. I also wasn;t sure if a one armed man can rockclimb - I guess he can but I doubt he;d be good at it. Don;t think I'll continue with the trilogy. It wasn't quite bad enough to give up earlier.
I really noticed it when I moved on to a William Gibson - Pattern Recognition - What a difference - from the 1st few pages you know you are dealing with someone smart - who observes and thinks - good evocative writing from page 1.
Tues - was website day - updated quite a few pages especially the monthly news page. My 5th Dimension reissues came in - Soul & Inspiration and Individually & Collectively/Living Together - hadn't heard them since I heard them on vinyl - neither is them at their best but they all have one or 2 gems it was nice to hear again.
Weds - went for checkup at hospital about my hand - not a lot to say - they want to monitor it, take more tests & xrays in the winter. It's been a lot better since I got the new piano. Got a new CD player - weird not to have to hit the CD player to make it work like I;ve been doing for over a year.
Tried out 2 free widget download sales systems. Set an album up on each to see which had the most hassles - the answer - they both had hassles, but different ones. I looked at Soundloud.com and Blastmymusic.com.
S. looks glossier, had the easier track loadup, but once in there the catagories were annoyingly rigid and the interface hung a few times
B. was a bit more basic, a bit dumber uploading tracks, simpler interface, but they take more of a cut.
Might try it with a few albums - donlt really know if it;s worth my time. The German Potato System is nicer in a lot of ways except it's all in Euros. In evbe dropped in on the open mic at The Donkey - nice to see some guys from the old Soft Touch band in a new configuration - 5 piece brass band, guitar, drums.
3 gigs came in on the phone - I turned down tour of Estonia & Finland in the winter with Jazz Orient.
Finished my book - Paradox by John Meaney - I liked his 1st book but this - part 1 of a trilogy - just didnlt connect for me. Good on imagination but all the clever stuff - techie things, is only skin deep - the other stuff, characterisations, plotting, scene setting was dumb. I also wasn;t sure if a one armed man can rockclimb - I guess he can but I doubt he;d be good at it. Don;t think I'll continue with the trilogy. It wasn't quite bad enough to give up earlier.
I really noticed it when I moved on to a William Gibson - Pattern Recognition - What a difference - from the 1st few pages you know you are dealing with someone smart - who observes and thinks - good evocative writing from page 1.
