Music

  • Saxophone Monday

    Saxophone Monday

    It’s Monday and on Mondays, for some reason, it always seem to be that little bit more difficult to get out of bed and on the way to work.   The other day I was fortunate enough to have had the chance to listen to an inspirational story of how dreams and perseverance can lead to…

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  • The past two days the hot topic on everyone’s lips has been “Steve Jobs has died.”  It’s strange that I should find out about this on my iPhone, a few  minutes after waking up. When talking to others the first reaction is a little ‘gasp.’  Everyone knows him. Even those who are not Apple fans.  He’s dead…

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  • Bangkok Night Out:  Jazz @ Saxophone Pub

    The weather is kinda blue, the sky is cloudy, the rain drizzles.  It sounds like a perfect evening for a night out listening to Jazz/Blues.  I’ve been in Bangkok for years and heard about this “Saxophone Pub” as the place to go listen to jazz/blues, but never had the chance.  Finally, one drizzling evening, I…

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  • Music for the Soul

    When it rains, the soul gets soothed especially so if you are indoors listening to music.  It is even more soothing when you are indoors and playing an instrument.  It’s been awhile since I’ve played the piano or touched my flute, but something about the rain made me want to play the piano today and…

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  • The Trumpet of Health

    Ever since I’ve moved house earlier this year, I’ve had the opportunity to see another part of life I had never previously seen.  I now live next to a military base that is also open to the public. Cars pass through in and out to get to the main road on the other side of…

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  • Vienna: A City with Many Faces

    What better month to start my virtual trip to Austria than in the month of love?  Amongst the number of european cities I’ve visited, for me Vienna, Austria was by far the most romantic city of all.  Even more romantic than Paris.  You could wonder if it perhaps depended on whom I went on the…

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  • And so my week long vacation in Japan has ended and what a better end to the vacation than going to a live piano performance by Yundi, the 2000 Chopin Competition Winner, at Bangkok’s Cultural Centre which happens to be built with a grant by the Japanese in celebration of our King’s 60th Birthday.  All’s well that…

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