tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post2866817964663048846..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: It's A Bummer About Peter PanMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46268470665619756652018-06-21T17:12:34.100-07:002018-06-21T17:12:34.100-07:00Very Victor Borge-esque! Especially the retreating...Very Victor Borge-esque! Especially the retreating into the previous Dvorak part. It made me LOL out loud several times.<br /><br />Ah...PDQ. I raised my kids on that insanity. Can't listen to Beethoven's 5th without chuckling (nor can I hear a Nordic name without immediately saying "Heilegedankesan").<br /><br />The dreams others mentioned are so true for singers too. I can cbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417290733581551242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18081762296583937892015-11-18T11:51:49.841-08:002015-11-18T11:51:49.841-08:00see (hear): PDQ Bachsee (hear): PDQ BachAnn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326133713766811369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54326289773367975582015-11-09T14:07:39.944-08:002015-11-09T14:07:39.944-08:00My ideal audience never notices anything. I suppos...My ideal audience never notices anything. I suppose there is a downside to that as well, though.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91797936428498776872015-11-09T13:32:03.015-08:002015-11-09T13:32:03.015-08:00Glad I am not alone in keeping up. I play guitar i...Glad I am not alone in keeping up. I play guitar in a band that has varied from four to fifteen members over the years, many of whom are really good musicians. I hope they bring me up to their level more than I bring them down to mine. It's not so bad if I have to stop and get my bearings when it's a large band, but when it's small and I do that it is really noticeable. If we are Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2674931823254253732015-11-09T12:01:21.947-08:002015-11-09T12:01:21.947-08:00My goodness! I had no idea this piece would resona...My goodness! I had no idea this piece would resonate so widely. We are a fearful as well as fearsome species!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83283708271189552422015-11-09T10:35:52.270-08:002015-11-09T10:35:52.270-08:00I didn't realize, until I reached the end of y...I didn't realize, until I reached the end of your story, that I wasn't breathing! In my old age I've learned to be aware of the people in a room so that I can quickly volunteer someone else..."can you help..." "you know, I'd love to, but I think Mary has been looking forward to helping you." However, if that doesn't work...is there room under that bed?suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432352442859238887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75670186072970108322015-11-08T17:02:52.057-08:002015-11-08T17:02:52.057-08:00Yes you are. OK two things: YES you can play piano...Yes you are. OK two things: YES you can play piano. Adults learn faster than kids. Their hands are full-size and they don't WANT to go outside and play. I've heard adults with only two years in playing really well. So it's not like learning a language late. Two: I have read that. I hated it! Don't be upset!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17564919734204201152015-11-08T15:38:58.960-08:002015-11-08T15:38:58.960-08:00I so admire anyone who has any musical ability. I...I so admire anyone who has any musical ability. It is a great cosmic joke that I love to sing, but am tone deaf. I've tried to play both the clarinet and the guitar in my time, and have been a dismal failure at both. I often wonder if it's too late to take up piano. I know I'm good on a keyboard. ;)<br /><br />P.S. Have you read "H is for Hawk" yet? I think you'llJayne Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053366144206401836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-86858574995695127212015-11-08T13:01:05.870-08:002015-11-08T13:01:05.870-08:00The getting lost. The gripping too many pages. The...The getting lost. The gripping too many pages. The realization that you have no idea where anyone is on the page. The going forward when you're supposed to be going back'ards. It's not a matter of slippage, unless you mean brainular slippage.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84955150863351658572015-11-08T11:37:45.872-08:002015-11-08T11:37:45.872-08:00Okay, I'll bite. What is, then?Okay, I'll bite. What is, then?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81414140846104435002015-11-08T09:31:40.238-08:002015-11-08T09:31:40.238-08:00It's Elizabeth Somebody...It's Elizabeth Somebody...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76074980567037908562015-11-08T09:31:11.150-08:002015-11-08T09:31:11.150-08:00Naw, the gription ain't the problem.Naw, the gription ain't the problem.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47846350002630678112015-11-08T09:30:52.465-08:002015-11-08T09:30:52.465-08:00OH! I remember that!OH! I remember that!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-3325202430845711532015-11-08T09:30:05.642-08:002015-11-08T09:30:05.642-08:00And yet when we're playing in our dreams, it s...And yet when we're playing in our dreams, it seems we are physically playing every note. I wonder if we are.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64446562483658034102015-11-08T09:09:32.052-08:002015-11-08T09:09:32.052-08:00Is that Elizabeth O'Connor on the cello? She&...Is that Elizabeth O'Connor on the cello? She's in my music group!ellenoregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13614616629522707860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49356407659432166132015-11-08T08:29:06.555-08:002015-11-08T08:29:06.555-08:00Interesting how we can terrify ourselves when the ...Interesting how we can terrify ourselves when the action is on the line. How about a rubber finger tip...or is that too weird?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71413010698497368802015-11-08T06:52:22.788-08:002015-11-08T06:52:22.788-08:00*pause* *more pause* BLAM!*pause* *more pause* BLAM!Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88273212857702822622015-11-08T06:50:24.294-08:002015-11-08T06:50:24.294-08:00"sel de bain" would be epsom salts. I t..."sel de bain" would be epsom salts. I too am a splendid musician and linguist in my sleep. Can't read a note in the awake position.Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51551298111042212212015-11-08T00:17:49.334-08:002015-11-08T00:17:49.334-08:00I think it was Sid Caesar who mimed the percussion...I think it was Sid Caesar who mimed the percussionist waiting for his one, supremely important hit near the end of the long piece, at first dignified, alert, patient, interested, but subtly and increasingly distracted, dreamy - and his moment comes and goes, he misses it, comes to life, realizes, and his face morphs through a series of reactions from surprise and denial to realization and al ariolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496801402827618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76120139162147455282015-11-07T21:44:19.212-08:002015-11-07T21:44:19.212-08:00I do want someone to play that Beethoven. He was n...I do want someone to play that Beethoven. He was not overrated. Although a lot of the time he doesn't seem to know how to end a piece. I keep thinking it's because he went deaf. BLAM! blam blam blam buh bah-da-da BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM! Buh duh blam blam blam blam! BLAMMMMMMMM.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51690678126418966122015-11-07T21:42:41.140-08:002015-11-07T21:42:41.140-08:00Jeez, did H have a big bed, too? And does anyone k...Jeez, did H have a big bed, too? And does anyone know if it was as big as a standard modern King? Hey. You're never too old to get better at music. Sometimes I think you're too old to learn new languages well, unless you're unusually gifted, but music? Adults can learn, baby.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11728198174430731142015-11-07T21:41:16.290-08:002015-11-07T21:41:16.290-08:00Well, I for one would like to know what it is you ...Well, I for one would like to know what it is you play when you're home alone, no one listening. Because I'll be able to hear it from here and it will be wonderful. Sometimes in my dreams I play big huge pieces that I've never played before, and they'll be perfect. It seems so possible. SALT! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha haMurr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9263739576084842352015-11-07T20:22:41.906-08:002015-11-07T20:22:41.906-08:00Right then! Page-turning is crossed off my to-do l...Right then! Page-turning is crossed off my to-do list. Permanently.<br />And any sheet music with the name Beethoven will be buried so deep it will take archaeologists from the year 5535 to dig it up again. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81125494568810712752015-11-07T18:40:06.308-08:002015-11-07T18:40:06.308-08:00I hope Mimi's bed is of sufficient, say, Henry...I hope Mimi's bed is of sufficient, say, Henry VIII size...<br />I cannot read music, but I am trying to understand more of those funny squiggles. I used to bang away on the keys, sometimes getting close to what was intended...but I am now so out of practice I can't even claim my gaffs are a jazz impromptu.Move over, Mimi!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77593688259076247842015-11-07T18:39:36.589-08:002015-11-07T18:39:36.589-08:00I also play better when I'm home alone, no one...I also play better when I'm home alone, no one listening. I play even better in my dreams where I suddenly see an entire score, exactly as written, and ease through it with grace and panache. I do the same with foreign languages- in slumber I speak fluently and read great French literature. In real life I struggle with "la salle de bain, rapidement"- the waiter just brings me salt. Vicki Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12451203307748967781noreply@blogger.com