That Moose Group

I've been sick for two weeks which has given me lots of times to think about my dreams, and how out of reach so many of them are. One of my goals was to read 100 books this year and here it is December and I've read about 20. I don't regret the books I read or having the goal, but I do regret that I didn't do better at it. There is a saying that man plans and God laughs. I believe it.

Musically I've been inspired by a duet my boyfriend shared with me on Youtube. I'll go find an example and post it here. I have a lot of instruments and would love to do something like this, but I don't know how to do the electronics. I don't know how to lay down sound tracks and harmonize with my own voice and so on. I can never remember the band's name, only that it has the word Moose in it.

CIrcular Breathing

Here is a breathing tutorial that makes a lot of sense.I'll try this next.
 

Make a Didgeridoo

I took my didgeridoos out in public last Sunday and the general consensus was that I'd made the mouthpieces too big. Drats. So today I melted the beeswax with my hair dryer and reshaped them. I'm letting them cool now. I still can't figure out the circular breathing to save my life so it's discouraging. Especially when I see a kid on youtube that must be all of 16 playing like he was born with a tube in his mouth. Let me see if I can find that for you.

Tone Deafness

I thought maybe the problem with my singing was that I was tone deaf. Not according to this: Hearing Test Results

You correctly identified 26 tunes (out of 26) on the Distorted Tunes Test. Congratulations! You have a fine sense of pitch.

Thank you for taking the Distorted Tunes Test. More information about the the NIDCD's research into tone deafness is available from Dr. Dennis T. Drayna's web page.
So what is my problem then?

Write a Song a Day

As a personal challenge, I've been writing a song every day. Today was day five. Then I put it on youtube or Flickr. I wish I could say I sound great but I don't. I guess all those years of being in choirs didn't really stick. But I still want to be a singer. But it's kind of messing with my head. We all want to put our best selves out there but what if we don't measure up to even our own expectations? So I keep trying to squirm away from writing a song a day, which is the very reason I should keep on making them. Conquering my fears is a big part of it. Some people fear skydiving. I fear singing in public.

If you want to hear the rest of my songs, just double click on the video and it will take you to my Youtube page.

Book About Bob Dylan

I'm still hanging in there with my 100 books a year goal. I'm fascinated by Bob Dylan. Tonight my boyfriend said the reason he was mad at me last night is because I wouldn't shut up about the person and the book. People either seem to love Dylan or hate him.

My Day (Wed)

Yesterday I wrote an article on Hubpages that made me think I should keep better track of how I use my time. So I thought this blog was a good place to put such an experiment.

So today started at 7:30 when I got up to move my truck for the street sweepers. I'm pretty tired. The birds were making a racket this morning and I didn't sleep well from 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM.

8:30 Check email
9:00 Boyfriend needs me to make a post office run.
9:30 Joann's for a book
11:00 Eat at Panda Express
12:00 Stop at dollar store for craft supplies for embroidery project
1:00 Race home sick from food I ate. Ugh.
2:00 to 3:00 Read the new books I just got.
4:30 Work on line.

My daughter just called saying her plane from Jamaica/Florida is landing at LAX at 9:30. I thought she was coming back on the 6th, not the 3rd, so I've had to drop everything to go get her. It's an hour drive each way at least. I still have 4 1/2 hours to do stuff though.