One Step Forward....Two Steps Back |
For those of you who might have wondered what I've been up to for the past few months/weeks, I have been trying to relearn repertoire, and work on some new ideas. Unfort...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:46:00 PST |
Ozzfest 2007 |
Dammit. I always hit the wrong key close to the end of these things. Another good blog down the tubes. Guess I'll start again....
Albuquerque has seen another Ozzfest come and go.&nb...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:42:00 PST |
# 3 |
This is now my third attempt at writing a blog today. Technology is wonderful. Perhaps the techno god is telling me not to write what I was previously writing...or maybe...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:42:00 PST |
is it wrong? |
So, we had another student recital today, and of course, we just had our faculty recital. We had many many piano students, and only three of my students, who all did wonderfully. Howe...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Mon, 28 May 2007 06:16:00 PST |
re-learning |
As I unwillingly and unenthusiastically sat down to practice yesterday, I discovered that apparently, due to an old injury, my index finger on my right hand does not work the same as it used to. ...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Thu, 17 May 2007 12:07:00 PST |
In a musical funk |
Haven't been "blogging" in a while, but here we go.
I am finding myself terribly uninspired today. It seems this has been building for a while. ...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:21:00 PST |
I got through it.... |
Well, another faculty recital has come and gone. I played the Rondo "alla Turka." All I can say is I got through it. I'm not 100 percent happy with my playing, but for the first time...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:26:00 PST |
Going to the movies |
I went to see Grindhouse on Friday. All I can say about the movie is that I absolutely loved it. I don't know what that says for my mental state, but let's face it, cheesy movie violence a...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:58:00 PST |
booger |
Yesterday, I sold my Marshall, affectionately called "booger." I did not make this decision lightly. Poor "booger" had been sitting in my garage for almost 2 years now, waiting patiently t...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:24:00 PST |
Morphing |
So, as I sat working on the Mozart, of which hopefully my MP3 player can record and do some justice.....I began working on another thing. I've begun writing some new stuff, not so much in the ro...
Posted by Russell Chase Turek on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:28:00 PST |
