Please have a look at these CDs to see if you’d like any of them.
Drop me an email with your list if you do.
I’ll be giving them away first-come, first-served with priority to those who can pick them up from my place in San Francisco.
They are in alphabetical order by the first name of the artist or band name excluding the word “the” at the beginning. You can click on the pictures and/or expand your browser view to enlarge the CD label text as needed.
A-D–
D-H–
H-M–
M-R–
R-W–
Video at http://bcove.me/a5tinxei
To get you into the mood for the Panama-Pacific Centennial Concert at 8pm this Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street, info and tickets at sfprideconcert.org
“As of March 6, 2015, it’s official and no longer at the discretion of the various airlines. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, musicians who board planes must be allowed to carry on their instruments provided they fit in the overhead bin. If this space isn’t large enough, the musician is also permitted to purchase a second seat in which to stow their musical companion. One caveat: the airlines don’t have to prioritize musical instruments ahead of any other carry-on luggage, so if the bins are full, you’ll still have to check your instrument at the gate. To remedy this, the DoT suggests that musicians may want to pay the airline’s fee for priority boarding to ensure that there will be room for their gear.
Read the final ruling here, and for additional information, please review the Transportation Security Administration’s guide for traveling with musical instruments.”
More at BMI
Awesome Mongolian throat singer.
O dear! My beloved Kawai upright piano has a problem with the retractable keyboard cover.
Here’s what the piano looks like:
The retractable cover has three hinges each with three screws on each side to attach the outermost section of the keyboard cover to the main portion of the keyboard cover. (Click on the photo to see a larger version.)
The left and middle hinges are completely unattached from the outermost section of the keyboard cover, leaving the right hinge, which is only partially attached. In fact, the outermost section of the keyboard cover is close to falling off completely.
Here’s a closer look at all three hinges (left to right): 
All the hinges on the sheet music holder foldout section and elsewhere on the keyboard cover are fine.
I have some, but not all of the screws that have fallen out.
I visited my family in Seattle January 11-15, 2013. Thanks so much to Douglas for asking his brother Steve and friend to play music to cheer up my mother and other residents at her adult family home. Videos and photos below.
What a wonderful and sad occasion… time for my good friend Bernhard to head back to Switzerland. We sent him back with lots of memories of his friends and a rousing party and performance salon.
When I visited my family in Seattle, I got to hang out with everyone and attend a couple of recitals in which my nephews performed. My sister did a great job organizing one of the recitals.
Pictures from the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band camp from September 17-19, 2010, at Camp Cazadero.
