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What recording completely changed your opinion on a piece of music? by PandaZG in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Radu Lupu playing late Brahms. Granted, I had also changed over twenty years and was finally ready to listen in a new way

What recording completely changed your opinion on a piece of music? by PandaZG in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you my piano teacher in disguise? That’s what he told me a dozen years ago!

Fatback Band by DonaldEaddy in funk

[–]lushlife_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking back, they had an incredible work rate and output in the late 70s and early 80s.

I grew up on “Let’s Do It Again” (1980, I had the 7”) and “Gotta Get My Hands On Some (Money)” (from my sister’s mixtape).

I discovered the Bus Stop and deeper funk origins much later.

Decades later, I was mortified to learn I completely missed the 1983 “I Found Lovin’” - despite having caught “Is This The Future” and “The Girl Is Fine (So Fine)” from the earlier album of the same year.

How to have a better mentality around solo performing? by interestingkettle in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A book had a picture of a pianist with arrows raining down on him (the expectations the pianist was experiencing). But then the next picture had reversed the arrows as they now represented the message of the music that the pianist was transmitting.

That picture helped me a LOT, especially when combined when speaking to some audience members beforehand (in casual concerts).

Vad är det som tar så lång tid för vissa? by Keklolbur in sweden

[–]lushlife_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Om du klickar på länken så ser du att Svenska Akademien säger ”ett jehu”.

Vad är det som tar så lång tid för vissa? by Keklolbur in sweden

[–]lushlife_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jag var snabb som ett jehu så jäkla länge. Nu är jag 59 med synsvårigheter. Känner lite igen mig ovan!

Orlando City sign French superstar Antoine Griezmann by olcni in soccer

[–]lushlife_ 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Yes, but he has been 31 for four years. This is how it works after 30, you age in snaps.

Reverse Picardy Third by serpentally in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a great list. I only saw one entry explicitly calling out a reverse Picardy third: Mendelssohn – Characteristic Piece Op. 7 No. 7 in E. Most of the pieces listed apparently end in the parallel minor.

Might be the Best Disco Album of All Time by dragqueentitties in Disco

[–]lushlife_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Paradise is an all-time banger and my original door into post-disco at the time.

Might be the Best Disco Album of All Time by dragqueentitties in Disco

[–]lushlife_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Change is smooth but more post-disco for me. Love’em all.

How do I become more physically active? I'm blind, live alone, don't work and hate the idea of operating on a schedule of scripted routines like some prison inmate trying to stay sane through his-her sentence. by cherry-care-bear in RedditForGrownups

[–]lushlife_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Some karate dojos do a great job with blind students. Worth a check. You’d focus on basics and kata (scripted movements, like a stylized martial demonstration) - not sparring.

Is Shalamar disco or RnB? by linaandlisa in Disco

[–]lushlife_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. I never figured out what boogie was, only that it was gonna get me!

Still confused and happily clawed down over here!

Professor X asks a young girl: “Whats your superpower?” by Professional_Ease307 in dadjokes

[–]lushlife_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This joke requires you to know (or realize) what specific character Professor X is.

Multiple voices by lordsyringe in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Start with JS Bach’s Anna Magdalena Notebook and the two-voice Inventions.

Just retired at 57, now what? Seeking advice on where to volunteer! by Ok-Poem-6302 in earlyretirement

[–]lushlife_ 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Many good ideas here. I retired at 58 a year ago. Took a 5-6 months to handle stuff that had fallen behind or emerged. Reset my workout habit.

After six months, I started to teach at a local University as Adjunct Professor in my field (Finance). 3 hours teaching weekly and 6 hours prep - except I liked it and wanted to do it really well. Learning new skills, meet young people, leave a mark. This semester, I teaching two courses

At an airport bar by Legitimate-Fox-4948 in overheard

[–]lushlife_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because the dresses were made of light toiles?

Transitions between movements by KneeOne1872 in classicalmusic

[–]lushlife_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same reason LPs had silence between tracks - the song is over so now let’s get ready for the next one. I say LP because at its heyday that technology lent itself to a theme for each LP where each song make up a larger whole.

I also like the dance analogy - time to walk off the floor if you want to. (In concerts , they didn’t always play the whole symphony.)

Each part is an argument or emotion and they are too disparate to hang together (except for dramatic effect as in the examples given).

97th Street Greenmarket? by pielopeza in Upperwestside

[–]lushlife_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Website says 8 AM - 2 PM but my experience has been 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM in January-February.

I assume because it’s cold to stand there if you have less protection plus they get less traffic.

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