Sunday March 30, 2008

What's new? In working on this new record of mine, I've learned many new things about music and record production. I've cut some really great keyboard tracks for this one that I'm very excited about. I spend so much time playing keyboards these days that the calluses on my fretting hand are softening a bit. I've had rough hands for almost twenty five years. Sure, I'd just play bass if I could, but that doesn't get those big arrangements out of my head and into digits for you to hear. I'm lucky enough to be able to make records without help (my own labor is free!) so I shouldn't ever complain. 

Well, my piano needs tuning and I still haven't found a tuner worth his (or her) salt in my central New Jersey locale. I had a great guy a few years ago, but he doesn't work this area. He used to tune my piano and perform regular maintenance like re-gluing hammers. Lately I've been finding tuners who charge by how out your piano is. That was a new one. I get a tuning pretty regularly, so I'm never too out, but I still felt weird when I heard a pricing schedule based upon how many cents flat or sharp the thing is. The last tuner I had didn't even carry a toolkit and glue. Sheesh! I have a synthesizer, but no synth is gonna come back under your hands like a the vibrating parts of a real piano.

It sure is time for a facelift around here. A picture in which you can see my face would be kinda cool too. I must get on that. I've added a guest book. Nothing fancy, but at least you can say hello if you drop in.