Interviewing, scrobbling, practicing bow grip.
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006I will be spending tomorrow and Monday in New York City, seeing the Flaming Lips at the Hammerstein Ballroom. I’m going to get Stevie D to do an interview with me for my Steven Drozd Appreciation Club. I’ve also just added an automated member-joining system to the site, and a mailing list for announcements relating to the club.
I confess I’m addicted to Last.fm. (I’ve been scrobbling King Crimson’s “Discipline”.) I recommend it to anyone who’s into recommending things to other people, or discovering new music from other people, and meeting people with similar taste. I’m especially glad I joined because I’ve met some interesting new friends there, including Dominik Müller, a fellow teenage prog musician who records by himself (and is very good). Better yet, he’s German. I will be writing more about his work in a future entry.
On Thursday I had my first violin lesson, which went well. Yup, I’m taking up another instrument! Right now I’m renting a cheap violin through October. If I’m still into it by the end of the month I’m going to buy a vintage violin and become the next Ray Shulman / Stephane Grappelli / Allen Sloan. (Just kidding.)