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On Slowing down

posted 22 Jan 2010

Samantha, my instructor, made an observation during class today: "I play something, then you end up playing it back a little faster, then you play it again even faster." Fantastic observation and its cause, I suppose, is that most everything I do during the day is better if it is done faster: fixing bugs, writing code, running, translating Hindi, etc.

A couple of practice suggestions: - More bow! - Accent the downbeat of each measure to help internalize rhythm of music - Play through concentrating on dynamics in different areas

I feel my rhythm was worse this week since I used the metrenome much less (not at all). Need to make sure I bust it out and least once per song.

Songs I am working on: * Greenwood Tree (completely new, F, F# and G are new notes) * Song of the Wind (work on improving seperation of last F# and E on first measure) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (dynamics)

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Brandon Philips by Mujtaba Ali

ifup.org is the weblog of Brandon Philips and contains excerpts from my code, work and play.

I write Linux software and work on the systems layer of Linux. In the last two years I have helped to organize Linux Plumbers Conf and Freedom HEC Taipei. It has been rewarding to bring together these communities to discuss current Linux issues.

Robotics is another passion and I had the opportunity to mentor a FIRST Robotics team in Portland recently too. I also continue to work with my friend Ron Jackson to build some neat USB devices for robotics.