One of the cardinal sins of blogging is to just link to another blog. It implies laziness or a total lack of creativity in the blocked brain. Drop back 3 yards and punt the ball to live and fight write another day. However, sometimes you just gotta do it. The highlight of the Joy of […]
“What a long strange trip it’s been.” –The Grateful Dead I was chatting with Mrs. Blogmeister over a very palatable Californian pinot noir and she asked, “So, how many different languages has the Choral Society sung?” Good question. Luckily all of the songs from all of the concerts are on the WCS web site (http://www.thewindwardchoralsociety.org/about-us/about-us-past-seasons/) […]
During the announcements portion of the Windward Choral Society’s April 4th rehearsal an appeal was made for volunteers to assist with a huge mailing. Hands were needed to fold paper and stuff envelopes and that sort of stuff (and in the interest of full disclosure, sipping wine seemed to be on the agenda). 24 hours […]
So there you are, lost and confused. Your voice part is supposed to start at a measure that follows the accompaniment doing something goofy and you can’t figure what your starting note is supposed to be. Horrors! Fear not, this too can be defeated (99% of the time, sometimes you just have to hear and […]
The centerpiece of the “Frozen Friday” concert, “Hodie”, spent very little time in straight old 4/4 time. Nope, it drifted all over the place. It took quite a while to get the rhythms all straight (practice, practice, practice) and Joanne should get a medal and a martini for how she played (maybe not in that […]
In honor of April Fool’s Day and because sometimes you just need to smile… I hate it when I’m singing along with the radio and the artist gets the words wrong. My neighbors listen to some excellent music…whether they like it or not. I can’t understand how people get eaten by sharks…can’t they hear the […]
(Blogmeister note: a couple of posts went off into the ether so I’m reposting them in case somebody missed ’em.) Fair warning…this is all a little weird BUT very fun. Stay with me. Let us consider the bagpipe (but not too much, there is a limit). This particular instrument has drones that give a constant […]
(Blogmeister note: this appears to have fallen into the black hole of the internet where things go to die so I’m reposting it. Weird.) I stumbled upon this stuff looking for other stuff (which is what the internet is about; you start by trying to find a recipe for chocolate chip cookies and find yourself […]
A JOM entry earlier in the month than usual for a message from Briggs and the JOM Steering Committee: Aloha all, the Joy of Music is starting…well…now. The Steering Committee has been meeting already and things are gathering steam as the plan comes together and the list of tasks takes shape. Although this is all flowing […]
Costco had fresh strawberries this week and, as with all things, they came in a box that required a forklift to get into the back seat of the car. Assuming that 1) they’d already done a fair bit of travelling and 2) once one berry goes bad all the rest follow like lemmings over a […]