Tag Archives: music

As Time Goes By

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Coming East

Last month we had a visit from the son of our dear friend, Barbara, who died in April at the age of 83. (Click on her name to read my post about her.) Her son paid us a visit to … Continue reading →

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YouTube, You’reWonderful!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Coming East

I’ve been spending a lot of time on YouTube. It started with my desire to play the bodhran, a traditional Irish drum.  A wonderful drum teacher, Michelle Stewart, who teaches bodhran in Scotland, has 51 videos explaining and demonstrating how … Continue reading →

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My Bodhran Has Arrived!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Coming East

Yesterday my bodhran was delivered to my front door, and it was agony not being able to play it for more than thirty minutes. I’m working on the April newsletter for my writers’ organization, Hampton Roads Writers, and the first … Continue reading →

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The Soul of a Musician

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Coming East

Adele, Adam Levine, Jason Mraz, and Ingrid Michaelson are just a few of the musicians I’ve been listening to lately in an attempt to update myself on popular music, so I won’t seem so square to my granddaughters. Music is … Continue reading →

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We Were Young Once

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Coming East

On Valentine’s Day my daughter and her family went to a Maroon Five concert. Whenever I visit them, my daughter and granddaughters play music in the car that I have never heard. They know all the words by heart and … Continue reading →

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Oh Horror, Horror, Horror

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Coming East

Image via Wikipedia A piercing screech shattered the silence of the quiet afternoon, setting my teeth on edge, like fingernails on a chalkboard.  My shoulders tensed, anticipating the next shriek.  It came, even more curdling than the first.  The blood … Continue reading →

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Get This Worm Out of My Head!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Coming East

It’s starting all over again.  My head was finally clear of all constantly repeating tunes, and then I sat down at the piano and played Vangelis’s Hymne.  Now, a day later, it is still roaming around inside my consciousness, pushing … Continue reading →

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Name That Tune

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Coming East

Crepe paper streamers dangled at the entrance to the Passion Pit, the name my brother and I dubbed the finished basement we used for our party room when we were in high school.  It was a misnomer because nothing more … Continue reading →

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As Time Goes By

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Coming East

I used to be a fairly decent pianist when I was younger.  Much younger.  In fact, I was my piano teacher’s top student, and she, herself, had been a student of Bela Bartok.  She wanted (expected!) me to continue my … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Mediocrity

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Coming East

My pedicurist just bought a beautiful old Steinway, not a baby grand, mind you, but a full-grown concert grand.  She intends to have a piano roll installed and make it a player piano since she doesn’t know how to play. … Continue reading →

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