READIN started out as a place for me
to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly)
how to design a web site.
There has been some mission drift
here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of
the main things I write about here are
reading books,
listening to (and playing) music, and
watching the movies. Also I write about the
work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.
The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.
See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.
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Debut performance!
"Rainy Day Woman, Leave the Door Open" by J. Osner
Jeremy #tincancello
Oliver Shapiro cello
Rebecca Turner sings
Elefante Music, 6/23
So I gave my song its debut performance, it was also my debut performance with either of my partners (and their first time meeting one another!), and I really think it was a success. Waiting (impatiently) to listen to the recording that Sylvia shot, that she's sharing with me as we speak... [off to check messages] (I mean it sounded as I was playing it like a successful performance... and Sylvia and Ellen and Rebecca all were happy with it with it as well. Waiting to hear the recording of it for myself for confirmation.)
A big step in my songwriting progress: next Sunday I'll be playing my song Rainy Day Woman at my teacher's recital in New Providence with Oliver Shapiro (my teacher) playing the first cello part and Rebecca Turner singing. So exciting! This will be the first public performance of any of my compositions that I've written since I started using Noteflight in earnest a few months ago, and is my first time having another cellist play my composition.
I've rehearsed it separately with Mr. Shapiro and with Rebecca, and feel confident/hopeful that the two of them will fit together seamlessly :). (Mindful of course of how it could not work out. Got my fingers crossed!)
The practice tape with Rebecca is fun to listen to. There are a couple of hiccups but overall the song moves very nicely.
6 favorites of mine... -- by Dylan, whose position as the musical idol of my youth is incontestable. Dylan was it as far as I was concerned ages 16 - late 20's (and even still for that matter though my tastes have broadened a good deal).
"from a buick 6"
"Outlaw Blues"
"Meet Me in the Morning"
"Two Soldiers" (trad.)
"Ballad of Hollis Brown"
"Hwy. 61 Revisited"
(I really wanted to do "Maggie's Farm" as well, but I haven't quite gotten there yet on that one. May add it to the playlist at some point.)
I've been fretting for some time about how to make a gig bag for the tin-can cello -- then somebody on the FB Vintage Musical Instrument Cases group pointed out that I could just cut a hole in the back of a regular cello gig bag and sew an extension in to it. Great idea! I've ordered a cheap bag from Musician's Friend... Here's how I'm carrying it around currently, without a bag:
I'm getting to where there are songs I'm confident about playing. I want to start building a songbook. I want to play some songs at open mics. Once it gets warm out, I want to start busking. I want to play Maplewood Porchfest this summer.
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