Music, Books, & Fitness!
Wednesday June 1: Finally back exercising after a busy weekend (the Kemmys competition and Seanan’s wedding) and the frustrating return of last week’s cold. By Wednesday, I still didn’t feel …
June 2011 Fitness Diary! Read MoreA little Verdi to brighten up your day and ours.
La Donna E Mobile (A Dynamic Duet for Two Peters) Read More
Sunday, May 1: May began well with an afternoon back, traps, lats, lower back, biceps, and forearms workout followed immediately without any rest whatsoever by three kilometres on my favourite …
May 2011 Fitness Diary! Read MoreThis is another very difficult piece from the very difficult Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course Level 2 with a little guitar sprinkled on top. The piano part took me a …
The Battle Hymn Of The Republic (A Dramatic Duet for Two Peters) Read MoreThere were quite a few mistakes in this otherwise amazing performance of Joe Satriani’s “Midnight” from his classic Surfing With The Alien (1987) album. I thought about doing another take, …
Joe Satriani’s Midnight Read More
Friday, April 1: April began with a bang with a really intense gym session between classes. Four steep kilometres on the treadmill followed immediately by an intense non-stop chest, shoulders, …
April 2011 Fitness Diary! Read MoreBack to my guitar roots with “Day at the Beach,” a bright finger-tapping chordal piece from Joe Satriani’s Flying in a Blue Dream (1989) album: Here’s an earlier video of …
Day at the Beach Read MoreHere is another piece from Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course Level 2. Today, after months of practise, I tackled Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance”:
Pomp & Circumstance (A Duet For Two Very Regal Peters) Read More