Dusty Chalk

Unrelated, Matt Berry's trio project Milkbone has hit streaming: https://album.link/us/i/1638000363

...with Trevor Horn's inimitable production.

Passed the first round of interviewing on my dream job!

This is everything I know by Heilung -- their onstage charisma is unarguable: Tried to listen to one of their albums once, failed. I ended up just going back to the above video.

...studying/doing homework/interviewing...

Happy belated! (party favour noise)

David Gilmore

Would it surprise you to learn that she's done some soundtrack work? Probably not. And production, apparently. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315448/#composer

Awesome. I love a good cry. I'm eating Jalapenos with Habanero sauce right now. Gonna peel some onions later. 🤣 Maybe watch Old Yeller.

Funny, you don't look a day over 18,000. Me right now: Happy 19,946th unbirthday! (drinks)

@Hopstretch -- who was that guy who had a really groovy sound and French female backup singers and keyboardist (perhaps he was French)? I can't remember his name and I need to look him up again, and hear more music by him. I vaguely remember finding a video of an entire concert from him at a beach house or something.

Thanks for making me look -- Tidal now has it, too: https://tidal.com/browse/album/239031935 Haven't heard this in forever (I did buy it on CD way back when, so it's probably in my collection somewhere, still with the shrinkwrap on).

Happy belated! (party favour noise)

What a natural pairing!

I'm going to have a side project called, "God's Won't".

I, too, was entranced by a picture of a jazz pianist, but in my case, the picture looked like Connie Han: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/f02f7017-d981-424a-a85f-082b69694d2b She's no Hiromi, but she's perfect for homework, which is what I'm doing right now.

Never was a huge fan, but she affected so many people so positively and brought so much joy to the world, I still feel the world just got a little bit darker.

LOL negatives on that list

Homework! The interview I had earlier this week gave me homework, so that's a good sign.

Audiobooks are books that are read to you. So yes, they do count as "books", but don't count as "reading". 😜

"...there's one underneath my bed..." - Alan Parsons, or whoever wrote the lyrics

I have not, I have not played any besides the one I have. But that's a good point, you should -- if at all possible, go try play one in person. (I have a ginormous beast of a keyboard controller that I inherited for free, the Akai Professional MPK88. Honestly, I would not recommend it, it's not a good beginner's keyboard. And most of my others are "synth action" / non-weighted.) Yamaha and Casio totally dominate the digital piano market, and for a good reason. I think the hard part would be deciding on which one, but I think you're perfectly good choosing just from those two brands. I happen to be happy with all of my Alesis gear, and I found that one on a page of best MIDI controllers, and it was the only one with built-in sound, but I agree that you should stick with digital pianos, that way you get what you want straight out of the box. Something else I noticed is that some digital pianos come without a built-in stand, so if you're comparing standless pianos with pianos with built-in stand, I would add the cost of a good stand to the ones without, or just stick with ones with built-in stands. Sorry for the long delay in replying, I had an interview today. It went well, I think.

Fernando Perdomo made an entire album in the yacht rock style, and he's done others as well: https://fernandoperdomo.bandcamp.com/album/yacht