Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Music Composition
I thought I’d do something a little different this time, and post a bit of music I’ve been working on. It’s still pretty rough around the edges and only about half done, but you can get an idea of what it currently sounds like from this mp3 file. The working title is Beowulf and Grendel, [...]
Snow Day! (plus catch-up)
So Dave tells me that you guys don’t want to read long messages about much of anything, especially Twilight. (Except Emily. Thanks, Emily! I know you’re asking yourself why I’m blogging and not finishing Breaking Dawn. Never fear—I’ll get there.) Anyway, let me catch you up on our lives, in reverse chronological order. With as [...]
DIY Sax Repair and High-Energy Particle Physics?
Growing up I wasn’t a really handy guy. Of course, if you ask my mom, she’ll tell you how good I was as a small child at taking things apart. For whatever reason, I just wasn’t that excited about putting them back together. There are a number of stories here, but not this one!
That changed [...]
In a Band
When I tell people that Dave is in a band, they get all excited, until I explain that it’s a concert band. And yes, the band does play some Sousa.
Well, said band has not had a French horn player for a couple of years, and due to circumstances that I’ll get into in a moment, [...]
Two Haircuts and A Little Bump
Dave and I both got haircuts this weekend. His was the standard Great Clips $14-with-a-$2-tip haircut. He seems to have quite a bit of skin behind his ears this time–his haircuts are always variable. Well, the arms of his glasses fit right into the space, so that’s all right.
You all know how I feel about [...]