[Dixielandjazz] Virginia

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:03:50 EDT

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Hi John,

Fabulous!! So glad you put one of my favorite tunes on MIDI. I have no clue 
what MIDI means, since I take a somewhat snobistic pride by claiming that I 
am digitally challenged. That applies to both the transfer of MIDI files, but 
also, and more importantly, to my own God-given digits. We talked about it 
some time ago off-list. I still cannot grab a tenth with my left hand to get 
that quintessential left-hand stride  bass. The good news is that I now have 
a regular piano gig in a pizza joint in Mesa, Arizona. The great advantage of 
this gig is that nobody listens to what I am playing (with a few much 
appreciated exceptions), so I, basically, get paid for practicing the piano. 
Besides, I get to drink all the Killian's Red Ale I want and the (free) pizza 
is excellent. As I recall, the West Coast Revival started in a pizza joint, 
so there is hope for me yet.

I'd love to have the transcription of "I'm coming Virginia" and I will 
contact you off list about that. The point is that, when I feel depressed, I 
log on to your website. As long as there is someone who can play piano like 
you, I feel that I still have a chance. Of course this becomes a circular 
argument: the better you play, the more depressed I get!

Regards,

Rob van der Plas
Scottsdale, AZ

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi John,<BR>
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Fabulous!! So glad you put one of my favorite tunes on MIDI. I have no clue what MIDI means, since I take a somewhat snobistic pride by claiming that I am digitally challenged. That applies to both the transfer of MIDI files, but also, and more importantly, to my own God-given digits. We talked about it some time ago off-list. I still cannot grab a tenth with my left hand to get that quintessential left-hand stride&nbsp; bass. The good news is that I now have a regular piano gig in a pizza joint in Mesa, Arizona. The great advantage of this gig is that nobody listens to what I am playing (with a few much appreciated exceptions), so I, basically, get paid for practicing the piano. Besides, I get to drink all the Killian's Red Ale I want and the (free) pizza is excellent. As I recall, the West Coast Revival started in a pizza joint, so there is hope for me yet.<BR>
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I'd love to have the transcription of "I'm coming Virginia" and I will contact you off list about that. The point is that, when I feel depressed, I log on to your website. As long as there is someone who can play piano like you, I feel that I still have a chance. Of course this becomes a circular argument: the better you play, the more depressed I get!<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Rob van der Plas<BR>
Scottsdale, AZ<BR>
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