I have had a long and successful and diverse career in software development and IT, encompassing more than thirty five years. I wouldn’t trade my chosen career for anything. Wouldn’t trade it for the world. But, with that said, here are my latest “dream jobs”: Orchestra conductor Hollywood film composer Musician in a (successful) Latin […]
Music
Listening to music
For the most part, I don’t listen (much) to Piano music. Sometimes, it’s a bit “too slow” for me. However, today, we’re listening to music from a disk called “100 Best Film Classics” – this is disc four of a six CD set I received last year via a donation to MPR (MN Public Radio). […]
Composing music – John Adams
This is how my mind works. A friend attending a concert tonight posts a picture of a (living) composer giving a talk before/after this particular concert and mentions their name: John Adams. I just happen to know or believe that I vaguely remember there are two composers (living) having that name. One of whom I […]
Listening to Herb Alpert (or…)
In the sixties, when I was a little kid, I was brought up listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass – my dad had all their albums (“South of the border”, “The lonely bull”, “Going places”, “A taste of honey”, “Whipped cream and other delights”, etc.), as well as the various hits by Sergio […]
Pandora and an irritating limitation
Pandora thinks one hundred stations is enough for a Pandora listener. I wonder if this was just an arbitrary decision by the developer (who, obviously doesn’t like lots of different music/artists), or did someone actually say in ‘The Requirements’, “the maximum number of stations for each user should be 100”
