Notes_Norton

On The Road Again – Canned Heat

Agreed. If that's the case, I try to find an alternative. I have an old, paid for, and owned version of Microsoft Office. There is nothing in the new, rental plan, that makes me want to subscribe. If there was, I'd try Open Office, Libre Office or something else. I don't mind paying for the tools I use, I just don't want to pay again and again and again and again and again and again. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

I Put A Spell On You – Animals (I like this version better than the Screamin' Jay Hawkins original)

French Disko - Stereolab

RIP Tina. Thanks for the tunes and the show. But on the other hand. Happy birthday today to Jazz Saxophonist Archie Shepp 89, Tommy Chong 85, Bob Dylan 82, Patti LaBelle 79, and Rosanne Cash 68. We are sad for the ones we lose, but happy for the ones who are still here.

Bring Back The Boston Rag – Steely Dan 'cause after all Boston is in Massachusetts

Black And Blue – Louis Armstrong

White Room – Cream

Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles This song by Carole King and Gerry Goffin was banned by many radio stations because although it was never stated, it implied that the guy in the song was going to have sexual ***** with the girl subject of the song. My have times ever changed since then.

White Bird – It's A Beautiful Day (In a golden cage)

Bye Bye Blackbird – John Coltrane (For a triple word score--a standard, done by many, but I chose the 'Trane version 'cause he was a great sax player)

C C Rider – Ma Rainey

Exactly. I know they need cash flow to keep on making a living, but IMO that's not the way to do it. I usually get the updates on the software I use, but they have a challenge to make the update worth the price. With a subscription, there is less incentive to improve the product. Also, I do a lot of MIDI work, creating styles for Band-in-a-Box, and creating backing tracks for my duo, The Sophisticats. I have an old copy of Master Tracks Pro. It's orphaned as it is no longer being produced. Microsoft bought the company for some video software they created to use in an early version of PowerPoint, and abandoned MTPro. I love MTPro because (1) it has great editing tools and (2) without audio bundled with the MIDI, it's very fast. There are menus but no sub-menus and no sub-sub-menues. Every edit is available with 2 mouse clicks or less, and with no hesitation. That way, I spend less time with the mouse in my hands, and more time with a musical instrument in my hands. The latest version I OWN is from the early 2000s. I do not lease or subscribe to any software at all. That's just me, YMMV. My saxophones, guitars, wind synths, flute, bass, keyboard, drum MIDI controllers, microphones, PA system, and all the software that allows me to make a living doing music and nothing but music is paid for. I have a saxophone that will be 100 years old in 2 years. I paid $50 for it from a widow, spent a few hundred getting it in playing condition, and other than normal maintenance (pads, corks, springs, etc., that eventually need replacement) and it's mine. It has the voice of an angel, and is worth much more than I paid for it decades ago. Owned, not leased, the monthly payments would have been astronomical by now. I do have some unavoidable subscriptions though, ISP, web host, telephone, and a one-at-a-time DVD subscription from Netflix. In the early days of leasing an automobile, by father-in-law, who was a traveling salesman, leased instead of buying. It ended up costing him much more money than buying a car, and when the lease was over, he had nothing to show for it, and nothing to trade in for a new vehicle. At the end, the leasing company charged him for every scratch on the car, every mile more than the allotment, and a bunch of picky charges, all designed to make sure he pays more. He said he would never lease another. That might be why leasing a car is no longer as hot as it once was.