Whenever I think of a completely disagreeable person, a despot, a tyrant, (you know who I'm talking about), I imagine if they played an instrument. It wouldn't matter how well, but at least with commitment, skill and compassion - and could share their joy of it with others, so there would be at least some trace of a redeemable quality to that person.

But of course, then they would be someone else entirely.

#PlayMusic #LearnAnInstrument

Communication Breakdown. (One of the other bands in the practice space tonight was a very loud Del Nileppez cover band, Lenny Gonzalez and I are fine.)

#BandPractice #Oakland #PGAndE #Substation #PlayMusic

Band Practice in Oakland.

#BandPractice #PortOfOakland #JackLondonRehearsal #PlayMusic #SupportMusic #SupportMusicians #Photography #Amtrak

Hypnotizing snakes.

#Music #PlayMusic #SopranoSaxophone #ErikEllestad #CircularBreathing #ImprovisedMusic #ExperimentalMusic

https://youtu.be/ZSMecn1DG_4

Later-toot, from last night's band practice band in Oakland. Finding nightime shooting of moving Caltrain (or is it AmTrack?) pretty fun.

#ErikEllestad #LennyGonzalez #bandpractice #PortOfOakland #Caltrain #PlayMusic #SupportMusicians

Listening back to recordings from one of last month's practices with Lenny Gonzalez, I thought this one was pretty cool. #Music #PlayMusic #ErikEllestad #LennyGonzalez #SupportMusicians #SuportMusic #Guitar #TenorSaxophone #Duo
https://soundcloud.com/ellestad/2022-10-10-erik-and-lenny-0006

Monday night band practice in Oakland with #LennyGonzalez.

#PlayMusic #SupportMusic #BandPractice #PortOfOakland #JackLondonRehearsal #Oakland #California #Caltrain

#Google #PlayMusic erlaubt keine Uploads mehr.

Habe nochmal #YoutubeMusic probiert, und mich sofort geärgert. Mehrere Versuche, mir ein Abo anzudrehen. Offenbar absichtliche Fehlleitung weg von kostenloser Nutzung hin - wieder - zum Abo.
2- oder 3-Mal so viele Klicks wie eigentlich notwendig um ein Album herunterzuladen das ich zuvor hochgeladen hatte.

😡

As I expected #YouTubeMusic appears to have been deliberately designed to be awkward to use, far less intuitive than #PlayMusic.
Search keeps defaulting back to ad-supported / premium content, you always need an extra click to search your own uploads.
Artist and album lists are sorted alphabetically, with no way to change to e.g. recently uploaded. These lists load on the fly, it took my 7 or 8 swipes to get past A in my artist list.

Google #PlayMusic wird zum Ende des Jahres eingestellt, Anwender müssen dann #YouTubeMusic benutzen. Bin ja Mal gespannt, nichts an YouTube Music suggeriert dass ich es so verwenden kann wie Play Music.
Beim Alten Dienst hatte ich meine komplette Musiksammlung hochgeladen und konnte die streamen (oder zum offline Hören aufs Handy laden). Die neue App scheint nicht so viel Speicher anzubieten, läuft wohl auch nicht im Hintergrund, und spielt Werbung ein - außer man abonniert kostenpflichtig.