So  I managed to get my iPod to play through my surround sound system in the house.  I have one of those cables that allows you to plug your ipod into your car's aux jack.  Which I don't actually need because I don't have a car with that capability.  That's okay though.  I found in my office a splitter of sorts for speakers.  It has a headphone-jack and an RCA (you know the red white and yellow) out jack on the otherside.  Except it just has red and white.  With an iPod do you really need the yellow?  So I took the aux cable, plugged it into the iPod headphone jack and the other end into the headphone jack on the splitter.  I had some spare RCA cables in a cabinet under my TV and ran those to the audio in ports on the back of my surround sound system and turned on the iPod.  Voila!  Surround sound Lynyrd Skynyrd!  Really cool!


As in music, so in life...

So Lauren had her first band "concert" tonight. We found out about 2 hours before it was supposed to begin because the band teacher failed to add us to their email list. She's a fourth grade flute player and considering that she NEVER practices except on Monday when she actually has band she's pretty good. The band as a whole, however, is not. I never realized how bad the young bands sound to the listening adults.

I loved the fact that she was up there playing an instrument. I remember when I was playing a concert for the first time. It was great. I thought I sounded like John "Dizzy" Gillespie. Now I realize that I sucked. I loved every minute of it though. Totally worth going to hear my daughter play four songs that were like 20 measures long.

Then there was the show choir. They did this one number that was a little dance thing to Jingle Bell Rock. It reminded me of when I was in fourth grade and did a dance thing to Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. I was taken back.

As I was laughing on Elaine's shoulder all I could think of, at that point, was when my parents were laughing their fool heads off as I was portraying W.C. Fieldston (Yes I know the real life actor was W.C. Fields.) in Jack, Beanstalk and Chicken in first grade. I couldn't keep a straight face. It was as though my life had come full circle. *whew* It was a fun night.


As in music, so in life...

I've found myself listening to the local jazz station and now I listen to BBC radio online.  Specifically the Big Band jazz channel with Gary Copley.  Benny Goodman and Harry Connick, Jr. on the same channel.  Who could ask for more from their jazz choice?


As in music so in life...