Robert may look like Jesus, but I look like Hanuman!

 

I'm off to do some double bass practice shortly. You know how I have a repertoire of 10 unaccompanied violin pieces, well I'm putting together a repertoire of 6 unaccompanied double pieces. All written by me!

They are:

• Sii Gentile
• Almost Blues
• Gypsy Feet
• My Gentle Giant
• Things Aren't What They Seem
• Shelley, My Dear (aka SMD)

Except for Sii Gentile (Be Kind) I think I wrote all the other tunes around 1998! Sii Gentile is dedicated to Jacinda Ardern and was written in 2021. 

I bet that, in her wildest dreams, she never expected to have a solo double bass tune written about her!

I'm expecting to see Peter this morning.

I wonder what god he looks like? Probably Zeus. Especially in that helmet.

Here's the photo of Robert looking like Jesus, in case you haven't seen it.

Is the vanity of thinking you look like Jesus a sin?

Ah well, the painting was probably done by someone who didn't really know what Jesus looked like. Maybe Robert really looks like a French man who lived in the 1800s?

Well, I suppose I'd better play a few notes on that bass.

I think I need to check out SMD first. I remember playing that at a double bass clinic over ten years ago and it was very well received by some important bass people. A bit of showing off there. I have no music for it, so I'd better go and see if I can still play it.

Ciao tutti.