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

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 )

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 :)

nine extra floors

my sentimentality is waning but I thought I'd sneak this in (after all it is one of my favorite cinematic sentimental moments ;) )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCJdWN6Uqpk

A review of writing tools

For anyone in need of some organization for their writing:

top ten creative software review 

and some free tools:

http://www.teresciaharvey.com/hea/software.html

I don't have a clue why it took me so long to click a few buttons and get myself the software, guess if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself...especially if you want it done perfectly ;)

Plan to test it out now on organizing the mess that is my thesis!