Category: music
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Be yourself
Today I watched Rick Beato’s interview of Flea, the bassist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I have been big fans of both of them for many years (much longer for Flea). I learned quite a lot from the interview. I knew that Flea had started on trumpet, but I hadn’t realized how much he…
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Musical November
Over the last couple weeks I have been very musically involved. Nearly every day I was either playing or listening to a concert. And when I wasn’t doing one of those, I found time to practice drums and/or keyboard most days as well. Monday, Nov. 3rd – jazz jam session at the Kuckucksnest in Aachen.…
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Producing midi with Lilypond
I have been continuing to learn more about Lilypond. For my second project, I decided to arrange a version of When the Saints go Marching in, as the first song for the new drum and bugle corps I am trying to start. I thought this would be a good song because it is well-known, quite…
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Learning LilyPond
I have been a musician for over 30 years. During that time there were periods where I practiced up to 8 hours per day and performed several times per month. There were also periods in which I didn’t practice or perform for months or years. In the past year or so I have gotten back…