The nasty comment on your music made me laugh a little. Because I have been particularly loving some of the music you've used recently. One I caught and treasured is the one where the background music plays a series of slow movements from various Beethoven piano sonatas. So much fun to hear music one already knows about
Thanks, David. I get the giggles too…when I’m not irritated by the audacity of stupidity. :-) Glad some of the music is making a good impression. Cheers!
If I do not like it, I just mute it. You sometimes pick very nice things from the serious European classics, and sometimes interesting things from modern times; so I enjoy it as I wish. When being engaged visually, silence can be golden. You are doing fine, Clint.
. Jumping topics, Rowan Atkinson is also an electrical engineer, and is reported to have drawn the circuitry for several appliances we find indispensable today. He would rather spend hours at his drafting table doing that than doing public things like acting, but the show business is so lucrative! Rather an inversion from many people who long to be on stage, but must endure day jobs to subsidize their craft.
Thanks, Sam…silence can definitely be golden. Thanks for the reminder. Also…I had no idea Mr. Atkison was an electrical engineer. He’s always amused and charmed me, so I’m not surprised he’s more than a talented actor. Cheers!
Judging other people's taste in music, food, the clothes they wear and other deeply personal stuff is silly and arrogant and... simply wrong. No need to go on.
I don't compliment your music, as I do not feel moved to do so. I don't recognise some of it. I might not always feel delighted by some of it. However, I do not feel it is an inappropriate accompaniment with the images. I like most of it. Maybe some people are unaware that there is a sound volume control which can mute the music if they don't like it. Personal tastes, preferences and opinions are not established facts about the absolute and universal value or quality of anything. Opinion is not truth, it is purely individual opinion.
I feel you, Ray…my music isn’t for everyone. But it’s intended for the work I do. For some it’ll work. For others it won’t. Not my business. So not sure why some feel the need to pop off…disagreables irk me so. Sad but truth. :-)
I completely agree Clint! I'm not a fan of people who claim such and such is the "best" album or song of the year. I've always created my own lists that contain my favorites - those songs and albums that mean something to ME! I've been doing it for decades!
And I LOVE the way you do it. You share the list without reservation or expectation. I've listened to several new artists thanks to you. Which is a rarity for me. New-to-me-music is hard for some reason. Any thoughts on why that might be? I watched the Grammy's last year and was shocked at how few I knew...and of the ones I did know how few I--still--liked. Live is hard. Even if it's pre-recorded. lol
Thanks! I’m pretty unconnected to most of what gets nominated for Grammys. Every week I look for new music on Spotify and Apple Music. It definitely takes more work than it did when I was younger! But, it’s more rewarding because I’m finding what I want not what’s being fed to me!
Well music is one thing I have no shortage of. Everything from classical, big band, pop/rock, soul, quiet storm, songwriters, traditional country, disco, HiNRG, dance, instrumental, theatre pipe organ, TV theme's, movie scores, and many complications of several genre's. In addition I have literally many hundreds of pieces of sheet music and books of music to play from on piano/organ. The only genre's I don't listen to is hip hop/rap, and anything religious. I have SiriusXM in my pickup and my large commercial truck which is tuned to everything from the 60's-80's, pop/rock, classic rock, 80's big hair bands, and every now and then dance. When I fly in commercial airliners, it's usually classical music which begins with Ride of the Valkyries on the take-off roll up to cruising altitude. I don't know why I'm so messed up but I am and I love it. Keep on keeping on man, I can dig it.
Ride of the Valkyries for flying? I love it, Jim! Like you, I'm a motley kinda guy. I'm no musical prodigy or tastemaker, but there are few genres I don't have a favorite or two in. My mom was freaked out when I fell in love with reggae in high school. Bob Marley specifically. Once she realized I wasn't interested in smoking pot, she bought me his "Songs Of Freedom" CD set. Still one of my favorites. But it's MY kinda music...maybe not yours. And I respect that. Cheers!
Oh that's crazy, my mother back in the 60's & 70's was heavy into Bob Marley as she was only 4 years younger than him. While I was never much into reggae, the song in 2000 "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring Rikrok (who I am crazy about) kinda sent me in that direction. As a visitor of the Island House in Key West kinda puts a person in that mood, it all kinda works together. While I am a smoker thanks to the U.S.Army, I never got into pot and that other junk. I was a heavy drinker however from about 1987-2008 where I took my last regular drink at the Tool Shed in Palm Springs, gay clubs and drag shows will do that to a guy. While I do not drink per'se today, being that I live in a gay campground in Tennessee, and we have huge events regularly here, maybe two or three times a year I'll have some concoction to loosen me up however usually after about 4oz, I start getting dizzy and feeling sick. While I don't drink, I keep a carton of Budweiser bottled beer in my fridge at all times which almost never gets drunken, and I typically throw it out after 3-4 years and replace with fresh. As long as I know the alcohol is within easy reach, I won't touch it nor go out looking for it. My days of drinking are over. When I go to the 440 Bar or The Edge in San Francisco, or any of the bars in Palm Springs, I usually drink soda or a coffee and Kahlua, here at home I don't go to any bars. I am supposed to visit S.F. sometime this year for the grand re-opening of the revamped Castro Theatre as my friend David is the house organist but I've not made up my mind yet. The new organ console built for that theatre was made right here in Tennessee.
Go rasta mama. If you ever decide to sample more Marley, consider this orchestral version of "Redemption" that came out a couple of years ago. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Nbhxjds3h3cwLwjjj8FHt?si=a6fcb0e78556430f As for Shaggy/Rikrok, I love that song. Wasn't me. :-) Sounds like you've got a system that works for you on the booze. I'm no smoker and only a casual drinker and enjoy an occasional edible. Otherwise, I'm square as a chubby middle age guy can be. lol Glad to hear the Castro reopening is coming up. Hopefully the TN-built organ blows the socks off the audience. Cheers, Jim!
The nasty comment on your music made me laugh a little. Because I have been particularly loving some of the music you've used recently. One I caught and treasured is the one where the background music plays a series of slow movements from various Beethoven piano sonatas. So much fun to hear music one already knows about
Thanks, David. I get the giggles too…when I’m not irritated by the audacity of stupidity. :-) Glad some of the music is making a good impression. Cheers!
If I do not like it, I just mute it. You sometimes pick very nice things from the serious European classics, and sometimes interesting things from modern times; so I enjoy it as I wish. When being engaged visually, silence can be golden. You are doing fine, Clint.
. Jumping topics, Rowan Atkinson is also an electrical engineer, and is reported to have drawn the circuitry for several appliances we find indispensable today. He would rather spend hours at his drafting table doing that than doing public things like acting, but the show business is so lucrative! Rather an inversion from many people who long to be on stage, but must endure day jobs to subsidize their craft.
Thanks, Sam…silence can definitely be golden. Thanks for the reminder. Also…I had no idea Mr. Atkison was an electrical engineer. He’s always amused and charmed me, so I’m not surprised he’s more than a talented actor. Cheers!
Please forgive me, Clint, as I misspelled Rowan Atkinson's name. It is now corrected and I do not mean for you to appear incorrect. Peace be with you.
Judging other people's taste in music, food, the clothes they wear and other deeply personal stuff is silly and arrogant and... simply wrong. No need to go on.
The Audacity of Arrogance and Assholes…sounds like a book I’d buy. :-)
I don't compliment your music, as I do not feel moved to do so. I don't recognise some of it. I might not always feel delighted by some of it. However, I do not feel it is an inappropriate accompaniment with the images. I like most of it. Maybe some people are unaware that there is a sound volume control which can mute the music if they don't like it. Personal tastes, preferences and opinions are not established facts about the absolute and universal value or quality of anything. Opinion is not truth, it is purely individual opinion.
I feel you, Ray…my music isn’t for everyone. But it’s intended for the work I do. For some it’ll work. For others it won’t. Not my business. So not sure why some feel the need to pop off…disagreables irk me so. Sad but truth. :-)
I completely agree Clint! I'm not a fan of people who claim such and such is the "best" album or song of the year. I've always created my own lists that contain my favorites - those songs and albums that mean something to ME! I've been doing it for decades!
And I LOVE the way you do it. You share the list without reservation or expectation. I've listened to several new artists thanks to you. Which is a rarity for me. New-to-me-music is hard for some reason. Any thoughts on why that might be? I watched the Grammy's last year and was shocked at how few I knew...and of the ones I did know how few I--still--liked. Live is hard. Even if it's pre-recorded. lol
Thanks! I’m pretty unconnected to most of what gets nominated for Grammys. Every week I look for new music on Spotify and Apple Music. It definitely takes more work than it did when I was younger! But, it’s more rewarding because I’m finding what I want not what’s being fed to me!
Very important distinction there…you’re finding what YOU like and want. The PR machines are having a fit with all this choice. Keep up the great work!
Well music is one thing I have no shortage of. Everything from classical, big band, pop/rock, soul, quiet storm, songwriters, traditional country, disco, HiNRG, dance, instrumental, theatre pipe organ, TV theme's, movie scores, and many complications of several genre's. In addition I have literally many hundreds of pieces of sheet music and books of music to play from on piano/organ. The only genre's I don't listen to is hip hop/rap, and anything religious. I have SiriusXM in my pickup and my large commercial truck which is tuned to everything from the 60's-80's, pop/rock, classic rock, 80's big hair bands, and every now and then dance. When I fly in commercial airliners, it's usually classical music which begins with Ride of the Valkyries on the take-off roll up to cruising altitude. I don't know why I'm so messed up but I am and I love it. Keep on keeping on man, I can dig it.
Ride of the Valkyries for flying? I love it, Jim! Like you, I'm a motley kinda guy. I'm no musical prodigy or tastemaker, but there are few genres I don't have a favorite or two in. My mom was freaked out when I fell in love with reggae in high school. Bob Marley specifically. Once she realized I wasn't interested in smoking pot, she bought me his "Songs Of Freedom" CD set. Still one of my favorites. But it's MY kinda music...maybe not yours. And I respect that. Cheers!
Oh that's crazy, my mother back in the 60's & 70's was heavy into Bob Marley as she was only 4 years younger than him. While I was never much into reggae, the song in 2000 "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring Rikrok (who I am crazy about) kinda sent me in that direction. As a visitor of the Island House in Key West kinda puts a person in that mood, it all kinda works together. While I am a smoker thanks to the U.S.Army, I never got into pot and that other junk. I was a heavy drinker however from about 1987-2008 where I took my last regular drink at the Tool Shed in Palm Springs, gay clubs and drag shows will do that to a guy. While I do not drink per'se today, being that I live in a gay campground in Tennessee, and we have huge events regularly here, maybe two or three times a year I'll have some concoction to loosen me up however usually after about 4oz, I start getting dizzy and feeling sick. While I don't drink, I keep a carton of Budweiser bottled beer in my fridge at all times which almost never gets drunken, and I typically throw it out after 3-4 years and replace with fresh. As long as I know the alcohol is within easy reach, I won't touch it nor go out looking for it. My days of drinking are over. When I go to the 440 Bar or The Edge in San Francisco, or any of the bars in Palm Springs, I usually drink soda or a coffee and Kahlua, here at home I don't go to any bars. I am supposed to visit S.F. sometime this year for the grand re-opening of the revamped Castro Theatre as my friend David is the house organist but I've not made up my mind yet. The new organ console built for that theatre was made right here in Tennessee.
Go rasta mama. If you ever decide to sample more Marley, consider this orchestral version of "Redemption" that came out a couple of years ago. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Nbhxjds3h3cwLwjjj8FHt?si=a6fcb0e78556430f As for Shaggy/Rikrok, I love that song. Wasn't me. :-) Sounds like you've got a system that works for you on the booze. I'm no smoker and only a casual drinker and enjoy an occasional edible. Otherwise, I'm square as a chubby middle age guy can be. lol Glad to hear the Castro reopening is coming up. Hopefully the TN-built organ blows the socks off the audience. Cheers, Jim!