September 11, 2003 at 7:29 PM

Played all of the bach d min and b min sarabandes completely from memory, still needs work but at least I dont have to stop to remember notes anymore. There are chords in the B min I could never play at all until recently, I just went really slow and played each note one at a time and after a while I started to get a feel for it.

I plan on working on finishing liebslied and the second movement of winter just havent gotten to it yet, mostly because I started working on the gavotte 1 and 2 from bach's third lute suite, yes I played it on guitar but its great music that I may arrange for violin and cello one day. The change in tempo in the middle eats away at me so bad I can not stop practicing until I have it down. I go through phases where I want to play something so bad that I go into mad scientist mode and cant stop practicing. Of course no one in the world will be able that gavotte on guitar as well as john williams. Im still amazed I was able to see him a few years ago, his playing is always emotional and completely effortless. I remember hearing williams plays bach when i was like 16 and even then it was one of the best records I had (remember records?) I swear Im obsessed with bach, one day I will know all of the lute suites, all sonatas and partidas for violin, cello sonatas, some of the preludes and fugues and some of the inventions.

911 - my thoughts go out to those who died and to the soldiers over there. It amazes me how people do not support a war after what happned, maybe because they arent from here or maybe because they would rather bury their head in the sand and pretend there is no problem.

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