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I prefer the WX5 with the VL70m synth. What bugs me about the EWI is that the lip vibrato speed is not controlled by your bite pressure, but by a capacitor discharge. That makes for less control of the vibrato. The WX has true lip vibrato, and the physical modeling of the VL synth makes it feel like I'm playing a real instrument rather than controlling a synth. Unfortunately, both are no longer in production, but I have enough spare parts to last me until I reach my coda. Roland is coming out with a new Aerophone pro that looks promising, but it's going to retail at almost $1500. Since I play music for a living, I might evaluate that to see if it will give me enough more than my WX/VL combo to justify the price. After 9 months of unemployment, I have to think about these things. Notes

Diana Krall - Full Concert at the Newport Jazz Festival I've not heard this before, but I like Ms.Krall live better than on her studio work, so I'm expecting it to be good. Here goes!

Yep it takes a long time, but then it also sits around a few days to a week before we watch it. I suppose with streaming, sooner or later the DVD in the mail will cease. For us, a streaming subscription doesn't seem worth it to watch perhaps 2 movies a month. Plus the DVD rental covers pretty much all and I don't have to subscribe to multiple streaming services to see what I want to see. One more thing, I often like the BVDs; that's what I call the short features on the DVDs like 'making of', interviews, and commentary. (B in the BVDs for 'brief' which gives me a double pun.) I like to be busy - again - I know I'm weird. Instead of watching TV I learned to write styles for Band-in-a-Box, learned to start and run a mail order business, learned to convert that mail order biz to Internet order, learned to write HTML, created my own 2 web pages, created over 600 backing tracks for my duo, learned to play wind synthesizer, and learned to play lead guitar (still working on that). I guess for some people when they do what they enjoy for a living, and it's also their hobby, the pull to 'play' is stronger than the pull to sit and watch. NN

Gallows Pole - Willie Watson

Thanks. When it comes to TV, I'm rather lost. No TV, no cable, no antenna, no digital converter. I like it that way. Obviously I have a severe personality defect. ;) After 3 years gigging on cruise ships before the technology allowed them to receive TV signals, I got out of the habit of watching. When I got back on land, I found I'd rather do something than sit and watch. Full disclosure: I do rent Netflix movies with the old-fashioned one disc at a time in the mail method. It's the only time the TV gets turned on. That's about once a week or so. NN

Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw took this Cole Porter Latin American rhythm song and made it one great swing song

"Heart Of Stone" - The Rolling Stones

Is The Last Kingdom a TV Show?

Heart Of Glass - Blondie

WTF are you all talkin' 'bout?

Band Of Gold - Freda Payne

Symphony #7 "Lenningrad" - Dmitri Shastakovitch - Valery Gergiev / Marinsky Theater Orch.

My favorite version of "Call It Stormy Monday" "Stormy Monday Blues" - Bobby 'Blue' Bland

6:30 is the best time on the clock. Hands down.

In the middle he holds the guitar like a lap steel on a strap "Call It Stormy Monday" aka "Stormy Monday Blues" - T-Bone Walker (the original)

Harvester = heavy machinery = Steamroller Steamroller Blues - James Taylor

I use the custom fit earmolds that I get at an audiologist's office. IMO they are worth the price. Insights and incites by Notes

India - Gal Costa (she got in a bit of trouble because of this album cover)

I rip my own CDs to WAV files and put them on a drive. I put them in album folders and keep the track numbers first, so I can listen to an album with the tunes in order. I use the format 01, 02, 03, etc. so if there is more than 10 tracks, they still play in order. For a 2 CD set I put them in the same folder and start the second CD with the next track number available after the first one is ripped. My old car doesn't have a USB port, but it does have an aux jack. I have a digital Walkman with over 10,000 tones on it ripped from my CD collection. For the car I use mp3 files since there is so much road noise that super hi-fidelity is a waste. I drive a mini-van because doing one-nighters for a living, I need it to haul the PA, guitars, saxes, and synths around. Insights and incites by Notes

"The Best Is Yet To Come" - Frank Sinatra (and others)

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Placebos? they: "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell