Been doing far more piano repair than piano practice. The good news is – the lovely wife started a savings account for a new piano. So someday I’ll be doing far less piano repair.
M@'s Life List
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1. Play Beethoven's Pathatique from beginning to end
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2. dishes before computer
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3. be the cool uncle
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4. write and illustrate a children's book
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5. start a company
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6. learn the constellations
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7. invent something
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8. Learn to whistle with my fingers
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9. Watch a space shuttle launch
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10. sharpen my knives
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11. live in New York City
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12. Learn how to remember peoples' names
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13. Watch the Cubs win the World Series
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14. hang glide
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15. learn to play the violin
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16. Extend Egg Nog Season
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17. find a mentor
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18. Create a book of poems for the kids
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19. run another marathon
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20. teach anna to bow
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21. Grow my own Hedge Maze
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My mom convinced me to read “Grand Obsession” and now I hate my piano… I’ve become much more sensitive to it being out of tune and every time I sit down to practice I spend 15min tuning, get frustrated and walk away.
Made it to line nine today – In the last video I decided to stop playing it from the beginning and focus on the section being learned. This will cut down on the length of video I need to upload etc.
At my current rate I should be done before opening day – but I fear there are some hard parts coming up that might take a lot more time then what I’ve laid down to date.
I am very much enjoying this goal BTW: It’s motivated me to find all the missing ivory chips from the keyboard and fix them. Who knows – I might get the piano tuned someday soon!
As usual: To track my progress start here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pCoR2s6yl9fw3B1rC1N1vdw
