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Up just before 6 - tonight's proposed rehearsal cancelled due to a chest infection from drummer Johnny...
Stuff awaited...
Started the day with John Coltrane's "Ascension" (Edition II - Take 1) (Mono) (Side 1) - post some posts yesterday on the piece....
It would have been his birthday today...
Luckily, I was in the correct mood, so it was fantastic...
I have a few versions/editions from which to choose...
Worked out that I have earned around 60 times as much on Bandcamp as my streams there would have done on Spotify - in reality I'd earn zero from the latter as to earn, any track must achieve at least1,000 streams in a 12 month period...
Virtually impossible for around 80-90% of the music on the platform...
The simple answer as to how artists could be paid more from streaming services is... Subscribers need to pay more! That's it... But what are the chances that Ek won't just keep that extra revenue? Hmmm...
And so, if your music's on Spotify, you should remove it. I'm pretty sure you earn zero from it in any case and it's only really on there so you can say "yes, I AM indeed on Spotify" to your family & friends, who use that service to access music and who have never heard of Bandcamp...
Anyway, breakfast - mushrooms and an egg, with toast....
Nice...
Some stupidly complex work trying to create instrumental versions of a track from Tangerine Dream's "Cyclone" which the stupidly had singing on...
Some measure of success but, yes, this is how I waste my time...
Went into the 2nd season of "Swedish Dicks" only to find that Prime wanted £Q15 to watch it - on top of the £9 a month we already pay (mind you, see above re Spotify - ironic)....
They can whistle...
At 12, along to Stockbridge with Anne...
We parked on the roof of Waitrose...
...and availed ourselves of some lunchtime goodies there, eaten along the road on a bench - here, my hot smoked salmon and rice salad - very tasty indeed...
To the Shelter shop, while Anne perused shops she likes...
Various CDs and a big book taken, while Anne bought a sister Jane turning 60 related DVD...
Home to the garden...
...and next door's being looked after 83 year old (apparently) tortoise...
In...
I foolishly didn't check the CDs - one (unpictured disc of Mexican Baroque music) was empty...
The rest of the haul...
Played the first disc of this box, only to find the third disc had been replaced with the best of Cat Stevens...
Back to the roof of Waitrose...
Back to Shelter and two replacements granted - and some nice biscuits bought re my parking on Waitrose's roof...
The replacements...
...enjoyed Biber upstairs on the wee CD, while leafing through the book...
Steak pie for tea - should really have taken the pic before I mixed it all up like a child...
This evening, the other three new CDs listened to, while I made a list of all the chamber pieces in the new second hand book (published in2007 so nothing beyond that included)...
132 of the 1,0001 works were deemed "chamber", of which 37 were my favourite type of classical music - string quartets...
Here, the pieces created in my lifetime...
Maybe one day I'll do something with the list...
Maybe...
England Ladies were playing Sweden's ladies tonight and struggled back to 20-2 with two late stupidly given away goals...
There then followed dreadful extra time and, then, quite frankly, the worst penalty shoot out I've ever seen - of course England scraped through (3-2 after around 8 penalties each) but, really, on the basis of the shoot out, both teams should have been sent packing...
Highlight of the Day: New old classical music book...
Today's New Music:
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