Well, here I am for another day.

 I've got the day off work today (because of exams) but I do have a couple of arrangements to do for the school violinists. 

Obviously, I also have violin practice to do. Lots of it.

Robert wrote a big, long comment, on my last post, about the words to the song I played. He said nothing about my playing, so I suspect he didn't like it. That's fine. Anyway, it appears that he is going to show me how it should be played when he gets home. 

Peter will be back in line now, with the boss at home, so I won't expect any new posts. At least he won't have many more opportunities to fall down banks at golf. Well, to be safe when he does turn up, he is taking a chair.

Good thinking, Peter.

It is a bit warmer in the Nui this morning. I've decided not to bother turning up to play the Last Post on November 11th. Last time there were only three other people there and none of the organisers turned up. A little while back I wasn't treated too well by a lady who told me that she was now one of the organisers. If she does show up on the 11th. at 11am, she'd be wise to bring her bugle.

As you know, I have twelve tunes that I am working on to play solo on my violin. The chords I played on Besame Mucho are more complicated than a lot of people play. There are quite a few m7b5 and dom7b9 chords. These chords lend themselves to different sounds that I love. For example, the chord made up of G Bb D F# (a minor with a major 7) works really well over Em7b5. I didn't actually use that sound in yesterday's recording. Actually, I'd had a couple of Cleanskins before I did that recording.

They seemed to help.

Yeah, yeah, that's not good policy.

Well, that's about it from me for this morning. I might record one or two tunes sometime today. Hey, it's a really good thing to do in your practice time because recordings don't lie. 

Have fun and don't waste your time worrying about sin. Remember that the Catholic religion is just bullshit. You'd be better off meditating or doing box breathing (breath in on four counts, hold for four counts, breath out on four counts, hold for four counts - breath in through your nose and out through your mouth). 

Sii gentile.