June 2010
10 posts
Caltrain have a heart
I was riding the caltrain home tonight and there were two of us sitting on the ground in the bike car because of a lack of seats. Two stops in, a little kid in an oversized Giants jersey came down the steps to say, “hey guys a few people got off the train and there are some open seats upstairs if you want to grab a seat.”
I want to be more like that kid.
“Fun is good”
– Dr seuss
Jazz improv piano
I signed up for some jazz improv piano classes at Stanford and was quickly humbled when I sat down in my group lesson beside a 11 year old with a bowl-cut. A bowl-cut, perfect pitch and an honest feel for jazz.
I thought I’d be safe in the “intermediate” class but when they started throwing around B flat augmented seventh’s with flatted 9ths and sharped 13ths, and...
