UpGrade!

Today nearly the entire band went on an expedition to get me a new keyboard.

It had been time for this move on my part for a while, but last nights band rehearsal clinched the deal with yet another keyboard proving to be totally unusable.

So today was spent going from music store to music store and checking out what everybody had to offer.

In the end I decided to go with the Akai Miniak synth, which looks like this:

After the purchase we had band rehearsal where I got to check out what this puppy can do, which is a whole lot!

I'm excited to continue to learn about this instrument, but right now I'll have to wait my turn because Anthony has commandeered it for the time being.  Oh well, we all like to play with new toys!

David Byrne Drops some Knowledege!

A fantastic Ted Talk with one of my heros, David Byrne.

Unhealthy New Addiction

No, it's nothing that bad.  Just not great for my pocketbook.

Somewhere on my internet travels I stumbled upon a website called Svupply.  It's basically like a huge, visual wish list of various products you would like to buy.  It's set up a little like a social networking site in so far as you can follow other people and get updates on what products they have added to their list.

I have, as the title to this post stated, become addicted to this site.  It's kinda like window shopping, which I like, but it can also end in spending a lot of money, which I don't like.

I have yet to break down and start buying, but my resistance is weakening.

Some of my favorite finds thus far:

Oh so many amazing finds.  Here's hoping that these types of items will find their way to me via more financially healthy means, a.k.a., thrift stores and vintage shops.

More to come...unfortunately.