October 2010
2 posts
iDigress
Okay, so what’s up with this trend of redoing songs as of late? I mean, I dig both versions of these three songs, but where’s the ingenuity, the creativity? I find it so vexing to listen to them, but at the same time I can’t decide which versions are superior (although this would be quite the subjective aspect that one associates with music).
Alas, a futile rant from yours...
Finding an Old Friend
It has been more than a decade since I last crossed my thumb under my third finger. Growing up, I practised this technique, repeating it over and over, until I mastered the legato of transitioning my right arm with fluidity, preparing for a steady angle into which I would displace my tiny fluttering fingers onto the weighted keys. Then puberty hit, and my once slender, flexible fingers, suddenly...