Great mini essay on genuine writing, Terry. The analogy between music and writing is thought provoking. My takeaway from it is "Play (write) with abandon."
The first video was hilarious. I loved the woman's reaction. The Tom and Jerry cartoon is amazing, especially considering that it was made many years before before the advent of computer generated imagery.
Nathan's piece is brilliant as usual.
So much great stuff here to start the week! Thanks, Terry
Cheers, Jim! Funnily enough, when Elaine and I were watchiung it, I said isn't it amazing that the animation was done the old way and yet is so precise. Quite something isn't it.
Thanks, Kathleen. No scriptwriters experience, but a creative writing tutor, and @thomas bevan, of the Soaring Twenties Social Club, have told me that I have an ear for dialogue. What projects? I used to be a contender, now I'm just a bum 😂
One of my favourite of your posts I think. Music and writing from the heart always work best. Cerebral stuff is all very good, but doesn’t touch the listener and reader in the same way. And I loved the videos, particularly the Tom and Jerry piece. Ah the memories. Thanks so much Maestro Terrence. 🤗🤗
I'm afraid I have no experience with digital saxes. I did google it and I see that most of them do not use the standard key layout, so if your goal is to practice without annoying people you probably need to get the Yamaha, unless there are others that say they use the standard key layout. I've been practicing the overtones a bit which may not translate to the digital instrument and really needs to be practiced all the time, but if your just looking to practice playing in the "normal" range I would think it would work pretty well. And the prices I saw are not too excessive - at least not compared to real saxophones.
Ps I'm not sure what overtones are, but from what I've learnt, none of these digital ones are good for breathing, only fingering via a midi, producing a range of sounds. Eack model appears to have its adherents! Thanks again for your advice. Cheers
Thanks. Yes, the ones with the correct key arrangements are yamaha yds 120, and 150, and something called Travel sax 2. They're useless for embouchure and breathing techniques and they don't sound like saxophones unless you use an app, but at my stage I think every little helps!
Wonderful, Terry. Thank you. I'll send your sax section especially to my husband Victor (he's downstairs in his man-cave), who loves to play sax also! I know he'll enjoy your "Will you still love me tomorrow" story too.
Thanks Susan. Would you mind asking him if he has an opinion on digital saxes? I'm considering getting one so I can practise the fingering in unsociable hours.
Love your analogy of music to writing. I have no patience for flowery writing that pulls me out of a story or a novel that needs a compendium or dictionary. (Michael Chabon, ahem.)
I think so , it depends I think on if the district has employed the company to install it. The website says Look out for any street object or urban environment with a QR code on it.
Chat and say hello
Scan the QR code or send a message via SMS, Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
Keep talking
You’ll soon get a reply. Keep chatting to learn more and provide your feedback.
I think you're getting closer to sharing with us your saxophone playing. It's just a matter of time.
The videos were great. I like the one where the guy knows everything about the car but not his wife! It's hilarious. I haven't seen Tom & Jerry in forever. Brought back a lot of childhood memories of always watching them. The lamppost texting is cool. The buses that run in my area are supposed to arrive exactly on the time that they say on their website. They have a pamphlet with all of the bus numbers and the running times. I used to hear them on my scanner and they would run into some problems with irate people on the bus, where they would have to call the police. Sometimes people would have medical issues and that would slow down the times. Other times, they would be running way behind because of traffic due to accidents and they would have to tell another bus to tell the riders to wait for them.
How you could miss the wife, I don't know. I think I'll pass on this one. I don't want to get on Elaine's bad side. 🤣
What a terrific post - it's lovely to meet Terry the musician, and I love the comparison you've drawn with writing.
The 'Will you still love me tomorrow?' story is brilliant! I asked a friend once what her Desert Island Discs would be, and she told me that she had dozens of favourite songs, but didn't know which one topped the lot.
It's a song I go back to again and again. When I was very young indeed my brother and I had our own little record player, and there were certain records we played over and over again. I don't remember ever playing side A of 'Atlantic Crossing' - the 1977 album by Rod Stewart - but we would listen to side B again and again and again, and 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' was the first song on that side. I swear it's part of my DNA now!
Congratulation on performing something you were proud of, Terry. A milestone! It is almost time to present it to US! And, yes, you are so smart about the corollary: "When WRITING, stop thinking about yourself, and trying to make a good impression, or at least not making a poor impression. Forget about the audience, and relax. Just WRITE it for yourself." Always the best plan, I think. Not only is the writing better, but it eliminates all the second guessing, the worry about metrics, the fear of criticism, etc. etc. By the way, could you please spell out the word saxophone. My old eyes always read it as sex rather than sax and that can't be good for my heart...
Please bring the sax along when we meet, just kidding😊. Agree 💯. When you think of the outcomes, it’s typically anti doing your best! Inexcusable that you’d not recognize Elaine. I’d neither be as forgiving nor as gracious as her;) Did the cats recognize her?
Great mini essay on genuine writing, Terry. The analogy between music and writing is thought provoking. My takeaway from it is "Play (write) with abandon."
The first video was hilarious. I loved the woman's reaction. The Tom and Jerry cartoon is amazing, especially considering that it was made many years before before the advent of computer generated imagery.
Nathan's piece is brilliant as usual.
So much great stuff here to start the week! Thanks, Terry
Cheers, Jim! Funnily enough, when Elaine and I were watchiung it, I said isn't it amazing that the animation was done the old way and yet is so precise. Quite something isn't it.
These conversations are great! Scriptwriting in your future? (Or past?)
Lovely reflection on playing with feeling as well. Something we can all learn from.
My, you have a lot of projects! 😁
Thanks, Kathleen. No scriptwriters experience, but a creative writing tutor, and @thomas bevan, of the Soaring Twenties Social Club, have told me that I have an ear for dialogue. What projects? I used to be a contender, now I'm just a bum 😂
Brilliant. We are searching for those blue notes hidden in the forest, like precious mushrooms...
Thanks, Rafa.
Great analogy of music and writing! So true.
Never knew that about the lamp posts etc in Bristol. Very clever.
Thanks, Nathan. The lamppost thing has been done in Australia too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LboSB_DY4s&t=2s
Hah, there you go. Thanks.
My pleasure, squire
Thanks Terry, I love the music/writing analogy and the entertainment!
Thanks, Donna!
One of my favourite of your posts I think. Music and writing from the heart always work best. Cerebral stuff is all very good, but doesn’t touch the listener and reader in the same way. And I loved the videos, particularly the Tom and Jerry piece. Ah the memories. Thanks so much Maestro Terrence. 🤗🤗
😁 Thanks, Beth. Yes, the Tom and Jerry video makes me laugh, especially Jerry in bed with all his clothes hanging up! Bonkers.
I'm afraid I have no experience with digital saxes. I did google it and I see that most of them do not use the standard key layout, so if your goal is to practice without annoying people you probably need to get the Yamaha, unless there are others that say they use the standard key layout. I've been practicing the overtones a bit which may not translate to the digital instrument and really needs to be practiced all the time, but if your just looking to practice playing in the "normal" range I would think it would work pretty well. And the prices I saw are not too excessive - at least not compared to real saxophones.
Ps I'm not sure what overtones are, but from what I've learnt, none of these digital ones are good for breathing, only fingering via a midi, producing a range of sounds. Eack model appears to have its adherents! Thanks again for your advice. Cheers
Thanks. Yes, the ones with the correct key arrangements are yamaha yds 120, and 150, and something called Travel sax 2. They're useless for embouchure and breathing techniques and they don't sound like saxophones unless you use an app, but at my stage I think every little helps!
Yes, he just came upstairs and says he'll write back to you. Let us know if it doesn't get to you!
Thanks very much!
Oh, forgot to say, so glad you're feeling better. I was experiencing quite a cold myself, but nothing like what you described which sounded terrible!
Thank you. This awful bug has been doing the rounds in London. Virtually everyone we know has had it.
Wonderful, Terry. Thank you. I'll send your sax section especially to my husband Victor (he's downstairs in his man-cave), who loves to play sax also! I know he'll enjoy your "Will you still love me tomorrow" story too.
Thanks Susan. Would you mind asking him if he has an opinion on digital saxes? I'm considering getting one so I can practise the fingering in unsociable hours.
Love your analogy of music to writing. I have no patience for flowery writing that pulls me out of a story or a novel that needs a compendium or dictionary. (Michael Chabon, ahem.)
Great videos. Can you still talk to post boxes?
I think so , it depends I think on if the district has employed the company to install it. The website says Look out for any street object or urban environment with a QR code on it.
Chat and say hello
Scan the QR code or send a message via SMS, Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
Keep talking
You’ll soon get a reply. Keep chatting to learn more and provide your feedback.
That’s awesome. Could be a fun movie short or animation. One box is truly alive while the rest are all bot boxes.
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I think you're getting closer to sharing with us your saxophone playing. It's just a matter of time.
The videos were great. I like the one where the guy knows everything about the car but not his wife! It's hilarious. I haven't seen Tom & Jerry in forever. Brought back a lot of childhood memories of always watching them. The lamppost texting is cool. The buses that run in my area are supposed to arrive exactly on the time that they say on their website. They have a pamphlet with all of the bus numbers and the running times. I used to hear them on my scanner and they would run into some problems with irate people on the bus, where they would have to call the police. Sometimes people would have medical issues and that would slow down the times. Other times, they would be running way behind because of traffic due to accidents and they would have to tell another bus to tell the riders to wait for them.
How you could miss the wife, I don't know. I think I'll pass on this one. I don't want to get on Elaine's bad side. 🤣
As it happens, Matthew, I almost did this time, but I'm not quite there yet! Sensible decision regarding Elaine 🤣🤣
Thanks, Terry! I'm honored.
Sorry if I've missed it, but do you play alto or tenor?
Neither
. I am ENDEAVOURING to play alto. I'm at the stage where I could earn a living as an inverted busker, ie getting people to pay me to shut up
Take heart - they said the same thing about Charlie Parker.
Not really, but take heart anyway. 🎷
🤣🤣 thanks!
What a terrific post - it's lovely to meet Terry the musician, and I love the comparison you've drawn with writing.
The 'Will you still love me tomorrow?' story is brilliant! I asked a friend once what her Desert Island Discs would be, and she told me that she had dozens of favourite songs, but didn't know which one topped the lot.
'What's YOUR favourite song?' she asked me.
'I Don't Want To Talk About It', I replied.
The conversation stopped right there. 😳🤣
That made me laugh out loud! As it happens, I really like that song too; would love to perform it!
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It's a song I go back to again and again. When I was very young indeed my brother and I had our own little record player, and there were certain records we played over and over again. I don't remember ever playing side A of 'Atlantic Crossing' - the 1977 album by Rod Stewart - but we would listen to side B again and again and again, and 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' was the first song on that side. I swear it's part of my DNA now!
It's a beautiful song, and I like Rod's rendition of it
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Congratulation on performing something you were proud of, Terry. A milestone! It is almost time to present it to US! And, yes, you are so smart about the corollary: "When WRITING, stop thinking about yourself, and trying to make a good impression, or at least not making a poor impression. Forget about the audience, and relax. Just WRITE it for yourself." Always the best plan, I think. Not only is the writing better, but it eliminates all the second guessing, the worry about metrics, the fear of criticism, etc. etc. By the way, could you please spell out the word saxophone. My old eyes always read it as sex rather than sax and that can't be good for my heart...
OMG.
LOL Sharron - saxophone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎷
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Please bring the sax along when we meet, just kidding😊. Agree 💯. When you think of the outcomes, it’s typically anti doing your best! Inexcusable that you’d not recognize Elaine. I’d neither be as forgiving nor as gracious as her;) Did the cats recognize her?
I can't remember 🤣
Actually, they go by smell mainly, so the appearance wouldn't have made much difference I think.
😂