NAMM, Catching My Breath

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

I had a great time today at the music trade show extravaganza that is NAMM. I’ll write up a complete report when I get home, but here’s a highlight for today’s post. The morning started off with a concert by Mark Wood, of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He plays an electric rock violin. Fretted, 7 strings. [...]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Friday, January 18th, 2008

I arrived in sunny California late last night (well OK, it wasn’t sunny at night) after an uneventful flight. We’d been delayed by about a half hour at each end, because of congestion. Other aircraft had to be moved out of the way so we could get through. At both ends of the flight. By [...]