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| I'm Back!!
After the flight landed and getting my bags, I was off for my first 'reunion' - with the subway.
First New Thing - no more money. So, to get from the Airport to Cambridge, the attendant recommended a Weekly Pass, or 'Charlie Ticket.' So, for one price, I can ride the subway, the bus, the ferry or any convenient carrier pigeons they happen to be using. From baggage claim to Central Square only took 40 minutes. Pretty good, I think.
The first three days of this trip I'm staying in the spacious loft room of Bob & Katherine Doolittle. There will be some pix of the house and family in another post.
Later this week the International Suzuki Association Teacher Trainer's Conference happens in Bedford. Til then, I hope to meet with some Berklee pals.
The first order of business was kayaking!! In order to accomplish that, I had to reunite with the Green Line all the way to Riverside and then walk 20 minutes to 'Charles River Canoe and Kayak.'
Here are some Beautiful Pix from that trip:
Here is one of my favorites -
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| Guitar Houston hosted the first of it's Concert Series this evening at Emerson Unitarian Church. The featured performer was Paul Galbraith. You should google him - he plays an 8 string guitar which he designed and he plays it like a cello. He has transcribed lots of keyboard pieces and felt he needed the extra range.
Anyway, the reason for this post is that someone asked him after the concert how much he practices. He said he's lucky because the schedule at the school he's working at now gives him the mornings free. So, he gets in about 4 1/2 hours a day before he goes to work.
The person asked if he practices whole pieces or just practice-spots. He said he rarely plays an entire piece, it's almost always just parts of the tune. He said if you play entire pieces in practice, "...you're just repeating yourself, really."
This is some very interesting food for thought and insight from a GIANT of a performer.
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