still in school

     TUESDAY 10/27/2020 6:43PM--still learning about Phish...there is a LOT of Music to hear...
8:45PM--still listening, although I did a couple of Beatle joins, if for no other reason, to make sure I still knew how to do that..
WEDNESDAY 10/28/2020 8:30PM--listening to Phish--on Spotify...in some ways it's easier than listening on youTube...Spotify users assemble playlists...I just go down the list...each of the playlists seems to be a "mish-mosh" of songs...no concept that I see...and there seem to be several dozens of playlists--YIKES!!!
9:36PM--yet again, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open...the sound on Spotify is better than the sound on "phish.in", but I far as I can tell, the downloads are free--and there's 1,628 live shows to choose from...over 4,000 HOURS of Music...
SUNDAY 11/1/2020 5:17PM--well, it took about an hour, but now I have (in the phone) the main riff from SIMPLE as an alarm ringtone...I think I can navigate the Phish Musical Universe by myself...it's the non-musical stuff I might still need some kinda help with...
SATURDAY 11/7/2020 9:05AM--got a message from Lou--he wanted me to come over and jam...I lightly declined..."maybe NEXT Sunday (?)" if it doesn't rain...but I hope it does...
                    First it was "joins", now it's loops to use as wake-up alarms...I've got about six so far...the best one is MR. SOUL...that one was the first or second one I ever did...
11:18AM--I looped a piece of SURF'S UP, but it sounded "off" to me...sure enough the VDJ app lowered it a half step--*I* dunno why...so I corrected that...I don't feel like playing Music, but I still like to listen to it...

it feels like a manic episode...maybe because it is...

 

        WEDNESDAY 10/14/2020 11:22PM--in the past couple of days I've re-discovered Phish...and I have access to a HUMONGOUS amount of downloadable LIVE recordings...I'm talking about several years' worth of shows...And of course I have no idea whatsoever where to begin...
SATURDAY 10/17/2020--still discovering the music of Phish...still got a long way to go...I got word today that Ray is coming to town, to play outdoor gigs...I have mixed feelings about going, and Dianne doesn't want me to go...besides, I haven't touched a guitar since March, aside from some (but not much) home recording, a "reunion" with Lou and an attempt to jam with my ex-brother-in-law...none of that activity was all that satisfying...since March I've seen/heard one band, outside at Hershey's...I admit that I fantasized a bit about being IN that band, but those feelings faded away the next day...
SUNDAY 10/18/2020 12:28 AM--I posted an admittedly cryptic comment on Ray Weaver's FB page, hopefully indicating I wouldn't be attending any of his upcoming gigs...I think he deleted it, I dunno why...I unfollowed him then reversed that action...but I WILL be ignoring his posts for the foreseeable future...I haven't recognized him for quite awhile anyway...
FRIDAY 10/23/2020 11:37PM--I haven't yet heard from Ray, and I'm OK with that...Like I said, I don't know the guy now, if I ever did...
12:15PM--I'm taking a bit of a Phish break...I suspect I'll start up again tomorrow... 
SATURDAY 10/24/2020 8:23PM--I'm still struggling a bit with speech to text when it comes to the tablet; but I should be back behind the laptop in a couple of hours...if not sooner...and that’s where I am now at 9:37 PM…
SUNDAY  10/25/2020 10:22AM--Dianne went upstairs to bed, which has become the unofficial cue to take a break from Phishing...I'm watching some shows I DVR'd...I found what had been the missing Jonatha Brooke DVD; I should/will check out the DVD player to make SURE everything works properly...
11PM--as far as I can tell, in spite of years of inactivity, the DVD player works the way it's supposed to...for which I'm grateful...

still joining and doodling

 

        FRIDAY 10/2/2020 12:34PM--it didn't occur to me until about an hour ago that there was a Chicago song I could join to itself to make it longer than about a minute and a half...and I didn't have to buy a second copy of it to make that happen...it is beyond perfect, probably the best one I've ever done...and I didn't even come up with the idea until about 11:00 this morning...
         4:29PM--I just made a join which connects the Chicago song (GETAWAY) three times...any more than that is overkill--I think...wow...
SUNDAY 10/4/2020 1:16PM--can't believe it didn't occur to me until this morning to connect SHATTERED to SATISFACTION...but now I have...