From Yahoo News: “Washington – Whether you loved or hated the classical music played at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, unless you were sitting within earshot of the celebrated quartet, what you heard was a recording made two days earlier.” “They were very insistent on playing live until it became clear that it [Continue]
71 year old Tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with cancer today. Of all the opera singers, he was my favorite. In the three Tenors concerts, he out shined the other two. Yahoo News has a link as well. [Continue]
There was a little problem downloading files. That is now fixed. Enjoy! [Continue]
Yes, we’ve moved to WordPress. We’ve ditched Slashcode. I think most all of the comments transfered. Some of the lame discussions/comments got dumped. All users have contributor status. So, you can start new discussions and what not. Enjoy!Some of the files are not working yet, like II-V-I patterns for Clarinet. Hopefully soon. [Continue]
Fellow local guitarist and singer Mark Stanley was struck ill on May 2 with meningococcemia (bacterial Meningitis). There is a good weblog detailing his struggle with this. It nearly killed him.I found out today that he is going to lose the tips of his fingers. What that means for his playing…..who knows. I wish him [Continue]
