You have a way with words, Scheherazade.

You have a way with words, Scheherazade.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Mission: The Business

I have ordered my piano teaching software and in the meantime am using this next slot to get my business going, or at least pull it down from its nebulous form to match up against practicality and see if the brilliance holds.

Website check.
 Website design scheduled.
 Business model...don'ts: read
Business plan: next step

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Mission: piano proficiency, status update: A keyboard is not a piano

I am comfortable enough with chords and tabs...now time to work on combining them more effectively.  This step will, hopefully, involve the acquisition of a piano.

Piano proficiency progress report: Attempting arrangements.  Mostly I am trying, in vain, to mimic this man:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3zr6ylKwEU&feature=PlayList&p=670ED5EE577523A0&playnext_from=PL

(Ted Hu covering my favorite Okkervil River song )

Saturday, June 5, 2010

The chord progression, like a perfectly constructed sentence...only louder ;)


Task One: Learn to play the piano

Piano proficiency progress report: First 12 hours

-Learned chords
-Taught myself a song

Output:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_dpGIRdi0

Plan for next lesson:
-Learn finger placement and practice it.
-Attempt different chord patterns

Insomnia Peace Treaty

I have decided to take advantage of the surplus in "time" my body's Hypnophobia affords.  Instead of sitting in bed idly or wikipedia-page-jumping I will now be organizing this time in a structured manner around a list of tasks that fall into the category of things "I want to do/I want to learn/I want to know." 


 Each task will be divided into manageable steps, with each step conspicuously contributing to the goal of completing the task.


  I will document the progress of each task and will attempt to create time lines, although one cannot plan bouts of insomnia :)