That's our boy

After a few years of 'fallowness' regarding music, Ezra has started up drumming again, this time with two mates; the band being 'The Few'. I saw them rehearsing about a month ago in a friends grungy garage/recording space, and it was the raw start of something. Last night at their inaugural gig I was amazed by what they have achieved in the time; a tight set, no nervous rushing, that I could detect, and a great stage presence for musical debutants.
Maybe I'll dust off the banjo in his room and get out a few Indi band tracks featuring the instrument (deemed to be too 'Bluegrass') in the hope he might remember how good he had become at playing it . . .

Sometimes you just need to be be shown the way

The banjo had been languishing in a web-filled corner of Ezra's room. Dropped, I think, due to lack of peer interest mainly - not a great Bluegrass scene in our region . . .

Some encouraging words, a few swift demonstrations, and a palpable enthusiasm for stringed instruments from a visiting friend was all it took. Yeehaa! Back on board.

Housework

Music can effect everything even housework.
I have favourite well-worn 'tunes' I put on for the morning whip round with brush and mop.
If everyone else is out on the school run I usually put on a CD of a live OKGO concert: something about it just makes stuff like sweeping less tedious. Somebody, Mark probably, has hidden the CDs or there is some new cataloging system I'm not aware of . . . anyway this morning it was Philip Glass.
Best mopping music: Radiohead, if you feeling a bit manic, Skyscrapers by OKGO as seen in older post, if you want to pretend you are in some majestic tango grapple with your own special mop.
Bluegrass for cheerful hastiness, the blues, if you are melancholically resigned to it, or late 70's early 80's minimalist music with a driving rhythm. Dear Mr Glass I'm sure you didn't compose this for housework efficiency but it really is the best.