Comments on: Maria in NYC Music Project – Day 13 http://textures-tones.com/2010/07/10/maria-in-nyc-music-project-day-13/ she says "mutatis mutandis," he says "festina lente" Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sean http://textures-tones.com/2010/07/10/maria-in-nyc-music-project-day-13/comment-page-1/#comment-496 sean Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:49:13 +0000 http://textures-tones.com/?p=982#comment-496 It's not that I don't think I'll improve, as far as get used to playing and singing with the guitar again goes, through this project, it's more that that's not the goal per se. I mostly like the positive reaction I get from you when I send you these. That's what I'm looking for, acknowledgment that you appreciate something that I am doing for you, and it makes me happy, makes me happy thinking about it even, which is why I record the songs in the first place. And it's also a sort of trip down memory lane of sorts for me and my history with singing with the guitar; I'm re-visiting many old songs and old memories associated with them and though it's kind of like wallowing, I enjoy the nostalgia. A bunch of these songs I even think about you now when I'm playing them! As far as happiness indicators of the Sean, I'm not sure there are any; I'd like to think he'd have a kind of serene aura about him when he is happy; that's kind of how he feels when he is, more serene than anything, in a peaceful kind of simple way. It’s not that I don’t think I’ll improve, as far as get used to playing and singing with the guitar again goes, through this project, it’s more that that’s not the goal per se. I mostly like the positive reaction I get from you when I send you these. That’s what I’m looking for, acknowledgment that you appreciate something that I am doing for you, and it makes me happy, makes me happy thinking about it even, which is why I record the songs in the first place. And it’s also a sort of trip down memory lane of sorts for me and my history with singing with the guitar; I’m re-visiting many old songs and old memories associated with them and though it’s kind of like wallowing, I enjoy the nostalgia. A bunch of these songs I even think about you now when I’m playing them!

As far as happiness indicators of the Sean, I’m not sure there are any; I’d like to think he’d have a kind of serene aura about him when he is happy; that’s kind of how he feels when he is, more serene than anything, in a peaceful kind of simple way.

]]> By: maria http://textures-tones.com/2010/07/10/maria-in-nyc-music-project-day-13/comment-page-1/#comment-482 maria Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:59:22 +0000 http://textures-tones.com/?p=982#comment-482 I also recently experienced deja vu deja vu! (It's a glitch in the Matrix, you know.) I realize you're responding to my question about whether you felt your song quality was improving with the practice. Fun and progress are not mutually exclusive (discuss). As you're aware, I often find my enjoyment of a leisure activity enhanced by the feeling that I'm building something, even something as flimsy as my Garmin running-route records. This helps structure my life, or at least helps conceal my true character as an aimless wanderer. Yet you, at least at first, roundly rejected my suggestion that you might improve by this practice. I inferred that improvement obtained by this activity would actually be negative for you. Are we so different, you and I? ;) [Exercise 1. How do you know when you're having fun? Is there an indicator light? Can you measure relative quantity/quality? Please create a formatted spreadsheet.] I also recently experienced deja vu deja vu! (It’s a glitch in the Matrix, you know.)

I realize you’re responding to my question about whether you felt your song quality was improving with the practice. Fun and progress are not mutually exclusive (discuss). As you’re aware, I often find my enjoyment of a leisure activity enhanced by the feeling that I’m building something, even something as flimsy as my Garmin running-route records. This helps structure my life, or at least helps conceal my true character as an aimless wanderer.

Yet you, at least at first, roundly rejected my suggestion that you might improve by this practice. I inferred that improvement obtained by this activity would actually be negative for you. Are we so different, you and I? ;)

[Exercise 1. How do you know when you're having fun? Is there an indicator light? Can you measure relative quantity/quality? Please create a formatted spreadsheet.]

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