giovedì

Wind and a bit of rain in Nuova Lazio.

Mio figlio e la sua moglie have returned from the South Island a day or two early to avoid the stormy conditions. It's good to know that they are safely home.

The man who was going to give me a quote for replacing our spouting hasn't got back twice. Okay, I know he is probably busy but all he has to say is, "Sorry but I can't get to that job for at least nine months." It's when you are left in the air that a lack of communication can be frustrating. Maybe tradespeople should take a course in social skills as part of their training. I mean, he did say he was coming around about three weeks ago.

I plan to dive into some serious double bass practice this morning. 

Actually, people often don't get back to me about music things either. I offered to help a couple of folkies with their jazz playing (non-existant at the moment) back in November. I even wrote them a little course. I was going to help them to play some gypsy jazz.

One is a violinist and one plays guitar. To get ready for the guitar part, I did about 30 plus hours of guitar practice (yes, I count my practice hours) because it's not really one of my main two instruments, although I have played it for years. Many years ago I even played in the show Les Miserables - this show has a really full on guitar part. The end result, for me, has been that my guitar playing has improved quite a lot - I even did a gig in January. 

Maybe they found the mountain too high, but I could have helped them.

Anyway, the end result is that I've really enjoyed working on my guitar playing with the down side being that my double bass and violin have had less attention. Hence the need for a good morning of double bass playing.

Better go.

Ciao tutti.