Blog Prompt – Today the Music Died – On this day in 1959, the plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Do you know their music and if so, what song would you sing right now?
I love Ritchie Valens music, especially La Bamba. Since they didn’t have videos back then, I found the video from the movie of Ritchie’s life singing this song.
I hope you enjoy,
Blog Prompt – What’s one skill you’ve wanted but don’t have?
I always wanted to learn to play the piano decently. Yea, I can poke a simple song out on the piano and I use to take lessons. But, I started in high school and I already knew how to read music and my mind was reading the music faster than I could make my fingers play. It was very frustrating. I could only learn to play a song and that was it. I couldn’t just open a book and play. Only one song at a time. Make that song the best it could be and move on to a new song. The only song I really played well was Moonlight Sonata and I was attempting Fur Elise. I guess its a good idea to start very young to learn to play.
I always admired anyone that could play anything you ask them to play. My son learned how to play in college in a couple of semesters. *sigh* And the piano players that can’t read music and still play wonderful music, just amazes me even more.
Kudos to all you great piano players out there. Speaking of great piano players, the very first concert I every went to was to see Liberace. Oh my goodness his playing was wonderful. And of course, his 2 million dollar wardrobe he wore was even more spectacular. I loved those diamond buttons! He would play his piano while dancing waters was in the background. I was a little disappointed when I saw his candelabra was lite with lights and not real fire. Didn’t realize it was a fire hazard!
I thought I would post a video of him playing chopsticks.He takes a simple song that all of us have played on the piano before and turned into something magnificent. I know you younger folks might not have ever even heard of his playing. So, I hope you enjoy.
Today is National Kazoo Day. What is your favorite musical instrument and why?
I love so many different kinds of instruments. I played the clarinet in school and pecked at the piano. But I can’t truly say I have a favorite one.
Watching my son grow up and learning different instruments, I have enjoyed each one he has accomplished. First it was the tuba, the piano and then the violin. He also plays the hand bells and because he is a music major, he had to learn all the instruments to teach.
Music is a big part of my life and I constantly have some kind of music playing while I work and especially while I am cleaning the house. I don’t care for rap. It’s just not my style of music.
I must show a layout of my son while he was in high school playing the tuba. This is one of my first digital layouts I did a few years back. Very simple, but at the time, I thought it was wonderful!! I see so many things now that I would change about it. Shadows and my word art where it shouldn’t be. But I keep it around to remind me how I have improved over the years.
I have so many pictures of my son with his instruments and I need to make a new layout for that.
The kit is a freebie from DST.
Blog Prompt: What is your favorite fall memory?
It’s football season! I always love this time of year.
When I was in high school, I was in the marching band and this was always a busy time of the year for us. Marching contests, Homecoming and half-time shows. I was the drum major for 3 years in high school and I loved my outfit. We worked hard as a marching band. All those early morning and evening practices, so we could get our show just right.
The year after I graduated, the marching band received new uniforms. I went back to the school and asked the director if I could have my old uniform and was told the old uniforms were all burned!!!!!!! That just broke my heart. I had a lot of fun times wearing that uniform and wanted to just have it. Now what in the world would I do with it. Who knows.
My son also inherited my joy for the marching band and was part of his high school and college’s marching bands. I loved going to all his half time shows, except for the one when it was below zero with hurricane force winds. I don’t know how he marched all those years carrying that huge sousaphone, but he did and did it very well. Now that he is teaching in high school music, he helps other schools with their marching programs. His school is too small for football.
This layout was made with Clever Crow Designs Vintage Football kit and shows my son during one of his half time shows at the college he attended. I always loved singing their fight song.
Blog Prompt: The Grand Ole Opry opens on October 18,1925. Have you ever been to a music concert? Describe the experience.
I LOVE music and have been to a few concerts in my life time. My first concert was Liberace in St. Louis in the 80′s. Oh my gosh could that man sing and of course, that 2 million dollars worth of costumes that he wore during the performance. He also did one section where there were dancing waters while he played the piano. I loved that concert.
My next concert was Tina Turner when she made her comeback. I’m tellin ya, I have never seen legs like that in my life on a woman of her age. She wore really high heels through the whole 2 hour concert, really tiny outfits and danced her heart out. I was truly impressed with that woman and how she made it on her own after the hell that Ike put her through.
I have also seen Richard Marx two times. I love his soft rock music and I hate that he doesn’t cut music anymore. He writes for other artist’s now. I have also seen Foghat and Night Ranger for the rocker side of me in the 80′s.
When I started working at the Rodeo, they had great country singers all 4 nights. I have seen a lot of country singers during that time and have enjoyed every one of them. My favorite is Tracy Byrd and I saw him on my 40th birthday and again at the rodeo. He has got this really sexy deep voice that just…..uuuuuummmm……….wow! And oh my!! He is prettier than a glob of butter melting on a stack of pan cakes!
I guess why I love country music so much is because it reminds me of where I am from and what kind of laid back, redneck I am.
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I used the Autumn Harvest kit by the Plain Digital Wrapper team and what a kit this is!! There are over 60 papers and 30 elements to choose from. The 2 layouts below is just an example of the different colors in this beautiful kit.
Did you listen to a lot of music as a teenager? Did you have a stereo, radio, cd player or reel to reel? Who was your favorite music artist? Favorite song? Which one still moves you today?
I have loved music, I guess, since day one. It all started with Dick Clark and I loved watching him for years until he went off the air. But, when The Monkee”s started their tv show, I fell in love!! To this day I can still tell you their names and all that personal stuff you would read about them in those teen magazines. I was in high school during the 70′s and disco was a big hit, along with what I called “drug music”. I really liked the disco music, but I wasn’t into the other stuff. I loved watching MTV during the 80′s, but when the music made a drastic change in the 90′s, I stopped watching it. Today I still listen to a lot of soft rock music virtually everyday, along with country music. I guess I basically love all music, except for rap.
Since I am a computer nerd, I love my mp3 player and cd’s. My husband though loves his records and will get them out every once in awhile and play them. I constantly have the soft rock channel playing on Direct TV while I am in the house. Great music and no commercials!!
I guess my love for music, I passed on to my son, because he is a music/band teacher and truly loves it as much as I do.
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