Music

I had some free time today.

“Kiddo, I know you like those video game tracks we listen to in the car, I bet I could make one.”

If you have a Roland FANTOM-07, and you’d like to update the firmware (a.k.a. FANTOM-06/07/08 SYSTEM PROGRAM) as documented on the Roland support site, I have one tip that I’d like to share:

I have always loved these lyrics.

I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart and killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned, it hurt because
I was so happy for you

If you had told half-my-age-ago me that I would:

1. Voluntarily sit down at a keyboard
2. Turn on a metronome
3. Play fingering exercises up and down an octave
4. Progressing chromatically
5. With both hands
6. BECAUSE IT IS RELAXING

That guy would have had a hard time believing it.

Simon and I have a lot of fun with GarageBand, because music should be fun and not a lot of fussy work.