Tuesday 11 April 2006

I'm sitting in the garden enjoying the evening sunshine and the spring light between torrential showers. This afternoon Lisa came over and we had our first blast through some Janis Joplin numbers, which seemed to go very well, in that we spent a lot of time laughing and ended up sitting around listening to Ella James and Loretta Lynn records.

I also found out the circumstances under which my new Suzuki melodica will prove most useful, as my usual Yamaha instrument just isn't loud enough to compete with Lisa in full Janis mode. It's fine for old instruments and early music, but for this I'll need to expand my lung capacity and get those big reeds vibrating.

I also discovered that I can't play the intro to 'Half Moon' properly unless I stamp my right foot on the floor. Unfortunately at the moment I can't play it properly even when I stamp my right foot on the floor, so I will need to practise this.