Posted: February 16th, 2013 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: Network, Products, Things | No Comments »
I was just about to succumb to one-click purchasing an antenna upgrade for my wifi router to boost reception to the far end of the my house, when I came across a simple DIY project to build parabolic reflectors instead. It took about 15 minutes to do, was fun, saved about $40, and ended up working pretty well. Check out the template and video with Patrick Norton where he explains what to do.
Posted: March 15th, 2011 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: People, Products | No Comments »
Just watched Bela Fleck’s DVD, “Throw Down Your Heart“. Lots of good music. Q: How do you I know when it’s good music? A: When it gets my mind bubbling and wanting to create something lovely. Some concerts, especially with loads of subwoofers and repetitive thumping bass are depressing for me, they make my brain slow down. On the other hand, music (especially live performances) from Bela, Bobby McFerrin, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Conlon Nancarrow, and others makes me want to make something, or give my wife a hug. Good news: Bela, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer are coming to my neighborhood next week to give a masterclass. What a lovely treat!
Posted: March 6th, 2011 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: Ideas, Products | No Comments »
João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim
I found a video of Tom Jobim that evidently had the video reverse somehow, so that his left hand was playing the melody in the upper register. I commented on it on YouTube and got a reply, that there is a company in Germany (Gezo Losa) that makes pianos for left handers.
Check out the interviews with the company, and the teenagers who are learning to play reversed pianos: Pianos for left-handers. Could someone please explain to me why this is not crazy?
I think I may make a movie where I demonstrate a new piano that I pretend to have developed, supposedly updating a design from which a few instruments were built in the 1940′s. Show Erroll Garner playing it (it was easier for him to switch because he was ambi-dextrose). The footage would just be reversed, no need to actually construct an instrument.
Posted: February 3rd, 2011 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: Ideas, People, Products | No Comments »
Hermeto is a Brazilian albino multi-instrumentalist wizard. Trying to find a source to purchase his DVD “Chimarrao Com Rapadura” which he made in 2006 with Aline Morena. In the meantime, check out the clip on YouTube. Be sure to stay until the end to the bits with battery-powered animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwRPP2KM7RQ
Posted: October 19th, 2010 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: Products, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Brazilian Piano: Choro, Samba, and Bossa Nova. A method book and play along CD helping keyboard players and other musicians improve their feel in playing Brazilian music.
For more information, visit http://brazilianpiano.com
Posted: October 16th, 2010 | Author: lovelythinking | Filed under: Books, Happenings, Ideas, Media, Movies, Music, People, Places, Products, Science, Things | Comments Off
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