Adventures in music
An Introduction The (very) early years As a youngster, my life completely revolved around music. I’d played piano from the age of 6 (that’s when I started having lessons). As I worked my way through…
Music
A blast from the past
As a youngster and before I went off to become a scientist (for a while) I occupied my time doing more art-y things. Now, putting the record straight, I was not very good at ‘art’…
Kitchen demolishion and the great outdoors
It’s suddenly September. I don’t remember asking anyone to fast-forward the summer, but it seems they did it anyway. The kitchen is being emptied ahead of the re-ft next week. I’m a little concerned as…
Music – evolution, revolution or pollution?
I’ve always enjoyed my music and my tastes in it are as varied as the next person. My Banshee library runs from Classical to metal, folk to pop and punk to electronic darkwave. I think…
Running for Easter and Bach again.
It’s the Easter weekend and as luck will have it, my weekend off has coincided with the bank holidays which gives me a 4 day weekend. Yesterday was a domestic day. I started off with…
Muffins, meatballs and scones
The last couple of weeks have been hideously busy so this weekend was reserved for doing NOTHING. And lots of it. On the whole I think I managed quite well. I was persuaded out to…
Maestro!
In between thinking about science today there’s been quite an influence of music. The poor neglected piano that sits in the lounge has had some recent attention whilst I try to learn to play a…