Easy is with your eyes and finger tips

I’ve tinkered around with all kinds of instruments. Yes I have done the guitar thing, and its fun, along with the drums. I attempted to play the harmonica, and that’s been sitting on a shelf for a while.

The one instrument that always calls me back is the piano with sight reading music. I don’t have a piano per say, but a keyboard, hey I’m a bachelor with limited funds. No matter what the mood, I always play my piano to give me comfort and joy. I discovered a site that lets you learn to play piano while you watch a video. At first I thought this is bunk, but try it and see!

You just follow along with the video, and soon you are playing. It helps if you have played piano before. But even if you have never play any notes on the piano, it will come easy. Soon you will be playing just like I am typing this blog. You don’t need to peck at the keys, just follow along and bam, your playing. How does that one guy say it “Try it, I guarantee your gonna like it”

Russell gets clobbered

You all saw it; the worse team in the NFL gets clobbered on their home field, by the Denver Broncos. It’s hard to pick which team is worse between the Cleveland Browns, and the Oakland Raiders. I’m going with the Raiders. How bad is this team? There is not a word in the dictionary that describes them, just awful.
Gee the quarterback was 12 of 21 for 61 yards with 2 interceptions for the game. This QB is the, well if I had to describe how he looks out there, a huge rhinoceros trying to throw a football. This has to be one of the biggest busts in a long time. Ryan Leaf comes to mind. Russell was a first round draft pick, and a high one at that.
The Raiders’ will always be losers until Al Davis lets other knowledgeable personal manage the team. No my team isn’t the Denver Broncos; I like any team that is smart, and makes good sound decisions.
For the last few years I have liked and follow the New England Patriots. They just win, and win, and win. New offensive coordinator, no problem. New defensive coordinator, no problem. Half of the offense gets hurt, and no problem. That team is 2-3 deep on every position. Loose their all pro, super bowl quarter back, no problem; they go 11-5, with a back up that never played a professional game in his life. They started 3 rookies on the offensive line, and the quarterback sets a team record for passing that year! I could go on, and on, they just win, and are a smart organization. Later all you Raider haters.

Playing my piano at home

All my friends have had the chance to play the guitar on the new game that’s out. That’s a lot of fun; I’ve done it a hundred times. But it’s not like really learning to play the instrument. There is opportunity for everyone to learn to play the piano at home, almost the same way as that guitar game.

I stumbled on to this late one night when I was looking at how to play the piano. I have an electric keyboard that I like to mess around on. Well anyway it’s really easy to learn to play the piano with out the music sheets, just a DVD.

I looked at some of the samples on the video and started following along with the instructor. Before long I was playing the Piano Chords with the song on the video, it was really simple. I am still amazed at how easy it is. It makes all the difference in the world when you are actually using your fingers on the keyboard correctly. I would sit there a peck at the keys on the piano, now it’s like I am typing on my computer keyboard. I enjoy the easy way it is to learn playing my piano at home.

CU vs Wyoming

Last weekend went to watch the college football CU vs Wyoming at Folsom Field in Boulder.Colorado won the game, but it was boring. It dont seem like they have any type of offense. And quarterback is really small and playing way over his head. To small for Big 12 football. It was a final of 24-0, but still the offense is so vanilla, and has no team speed. Really need a quarterback, anyway I have season tickets, so Go Buffs!

Playing Piano Chords with Sheet Music

I've recently found interest in learning to play a musical instrument and the piano always appealed to me. So I bought a small keyboard and decided I would try to learn a few songs by myself to see if it was something for me. Finding lessons and sheet music with piano chords seemed quite expensive for such a beginner, but that's when I found a site with free sheet music.
They had various different styles of music such as Celtic, Arabian Nights, Seashore Sounds, and many more. Another great thing I found was they have some tips and lessons on how to Read Music. This was helpful because if I didn’t have the piano chords, I didn't really know what I was looking at on the free sheet music. When choosing a music sheet, they not only have the sheet music with the notes, but also have an audio file that you can listen to of what the song is supposed to sound like.
This is great as you can confirm that you are actually playing the right piano chords rather than spending lots of time playing it incorrectly. So if anyone is looking to learn some basic piano songs or find some free sheet music to expand their music genre, be sure to check out this site with free lessons and sheet music.

Ameristar Start

I finished all my paperwork for Ameristar and I start tomorrow morning. This week will be training/orientation week and I have to be there 7am-330pm monday and tuesday, 9am-5pm wednesday, thursday, and friday. I guess I wont be able to make it to league anytime this week but oh well, it's just league and I gotta make the money somehow. I'm also getting the employee pricing for the casino bus for pretty much $4 round trip. What a deal! compared to $20 originally. I figured that would be around what I would be paying for gas if not more had I been driving everyday.