07-02-2022, 10:45 AM
Thank you both very much. Yeah I played around with it too and this is the best I could get. It took me hours. I even had that same thought about ‘hence’.
Thank you rowens for all the interest in my plight, art, life. Sharing it in art is a huge catharsis. I am also ears to anyone who wishes to share theirs as well. Without boring everyone with too many details, I’ve struggled with rapid cycling bipolar disorder my whole adult life. I’m 47 now. Cognitive behavioral therapy and Buddhism have helped, both alluded to in my poem.
You made an accurate assessment of my musical capabilities, rowens. I actually studied the tuba as my instrument in college. But I play the piano okay. My major in college was film scoring and composition so I had to use the piano for my theory courses, which at Berklee, includes tons of jazz. When I moved back to Texas, my brother in law asked me to play jazz with him. He has played bass in Houston professionally since 1979. I said ok. I had about 50 jazz tunes I wrote in college so we play those at gigs occasionally and recorded them. As you can tell, everyone else he plays with is a pro.
Thank you rowens for all the interest in my plight, art, life. Sharing it in art is a huge catharsis. I am also ears to anyone who wishes to share theirs as well. Without boring everyone with too many details, I’ve struggled with rapid cycling bipolar disorder my whole adult life. I’m 47 now. Cognitive behavioral therapy and Buddhism have helped, both alluded to in my poem.
You made an accurate assessment of my musical capabilities, rowens. I actually studied the tuba as my instrument in college. But I play the piano okay. My major in college was film scoring and composition so I had to use the piano for my theory courses, which at Berklee, includes tons of jazz. When I moved back to Texas, my brother in law asked me to play jazz with him. He has played bass in Houston professionally since 1979. I said ok. I had about 50 jazz tunes I wrote in college so we play those at gigs occasionally and recorded them. As you can tell, everyone else he plays with is a pro.