I have to admit, the tin whislte part had me laughing, but man what a story!

I was almost the same. I really wanted to play guitar, but my parents, for some reason, thought I wasn't serious. My grandmother, who liked to stir the pot, gave me a cheap guitar for my 13th birthday and I fooled around on it until I taught myself to play.

Great story, Murph.

We are kindred spirits.

Corinne Bailey Rae

I decided to give this one a spin again. It's not a kind of music I generally listen to, but I find her pleasant. I like a couple of the songs a lot, but most of it I would probably only use as background music. I bought it because I liked her performance of "Put Your Records On" on SNL. She looked so happy to be performing.

I see she's going to be on the Live From Abbey Road: Best of Season One Blu-ray. Anyone planning on purchasing that one? I would love to know how the quality is. The price is decent.

Murph,

A really nice story, thanks for posting that. I always wanted music lessons too (piano), but we could not afford it growing up. I hit the daily number in NY in 1994 ($500), and used that money to buy a guitar and amp, and lesson books. I was lucky enough to work with a couple of guys who could play guitar also, and they taught me the basics. After years of practice, I'm no pro, but I can play 90% of the chords without need of the chord chart, and thoroughly enjoy playing along while listening to music (Rhythm only, no lead).

My sons will not have that disadvantage. I want to give them every opportunity to be able to play music, as well as listen to it.

Edited to add this picture:

Now thats a well applied phrase. I never played professionally, but I can't think of anything else in my life that has brought me such pleasure over a long period of time.


I feel exactly the same. I had my mothers violin rebuilt (it was in pretty rough shape) so that it is available for my daughter should she want to pick it up as well.

Nice picture!

Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"

Electrelane - The Power Out

Both this album and No Shouts No Calls stand out to me as Electrelane's best. I would highly recommend either. The sound quality on both are good, too, though I noticed hiss on this one at higher volume. Still, the vocals in "The Valleys" and the drums and piano in "You Make Me Weak at the Knees" do a lot to make me appreciate my Axioms. I would use both tracks to showcase my system.

Rush R30 on now.