No post tonight as taking an evening’s break from writing, though there is music playing in the background as I type. I’m tired and am going in to work early tomorrow morning so I am going to do something really unusual and get to bed early. Seeing as I can’t think of anything else of interest to write about tonight, I will draw the attention of UK based readers to the forthcoming tour by Jason Kahn, who will be in the UK for more than two weeks in February, and will be playing no fewer than ten concerts in different cities about the place. Jason doesn’t visit these shores often, Continue reading →

Just a few thoughts on today now that the annoyance of the ten hour listen going wrong has left me, and an evening of cooking and eating with the woman I love calmed me down and let me put it in perspective. Just to be clear on what happened- there is some issue with the files on the Wandelweiser CDs that mean that when transferred into iTunes, even though they begin with a different file name, the software somehow only manages to play the first part when you try and play the fourth. No matter what I did, the minute I clicked on Part IV, Part I opened and played. renaming the files didn’t help at all. It seems the only way I will get to hear the final part through my hi-fi is to burn the files, using a different programme to iTunes onto a series of CDs. I will do this soon. I am now just considering whether to listen only to the final part of attempt to do the full ten hours again from the beginning. I suspect I won’t do anything as dramatic, but its possible.

Whatever the end result today, I did hugely enjoy listening today. the time actually passed ridiculously quickly, Continue reading →

No review tonight. I have written six consecutively again, so on the seventh day Richard rested. He also drove all of the way up to Cambridgeshire today, to see a friend, play with some dogs, buy a stack of books and listen to some music, so although he had a good time in excellent company, he’s a bit tired. Its been a good weekend, a complete break from work, which has been as tough as ever, but I’ve put in about ten hours of driving as well, so I am looking forward to bed. Reviews will appear again from tomorrow, and I hope I can manage to write five or six again. I am actually doing quite well with whittling down the stacks of stuff awaiting my attention for once, so I hope I can keep up this pace for a while.

I hope this coming week to try and write about some of the many freely downloadable pieces that have come to my attention in recent days. Continue reading →