Ben Zander in Cape Town
Ben Zander was in Cape Town yesterday for a presentation and the launch of the Alive With Possibility DVD, a DVD celebrating the possibility in South Africa. Ben is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and one of the most transformational speakers that I have ever heard.
He speaks about downward spiral thinking, and radiating possibility speaking, and leaves us with the challenge of looking for possibility in our thoughts and our actions.
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Ben Zander demonstrating how we progress from beginner to expert using Mozart’s Sonata in C
(K545 for the nerds)
Ben Zander
Ben Zander showing that we all love classical music (some of us have just not realised it).
Street Musicians in Kalk Bay
In the short walk that I took through the Kalk Bay Village, I saw five street musicians (ok, 2 groups of 2 and a solo guy).
This guy was just jammin’ away on his guitar, making up the solos and chords as he played. He was accompanied on the bongo’s by his mate.
On Bongos
They were really good, somehow that had convinced the shop behind them to supply some free power, and they were just playing for whomever walked past, and that is something that I love about Cape Town. There is almost no regulation of street music; you can just play wherever you want. I hope it stays that way. It keeps the city alive.
These Jazz muso’s were busking on the beach by the harbour. They were playing local versions of some old standards.
Self-portrait
Self-taken shot of me playing my bass guitar. Her name is (and has been for many years) “Galadriel”, and she is a six-string solid through neck bass with active pre-amp. By the way if you are interested, you can listen to some of the stuff that Lois and I have done over the years here.
(I had to find something to test my new studio lights with :-)
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Happy Birthday, John we miss you.
Imagine all the people
Living life in peaceYou may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as oneJohn Lennon – Imagine
Gibson Guitar wall
A wall at Plan et Hollywood, Times Square. It contains a couple of hundred Gibson Guitars, mostly the Les Paul.
This is a fitting memorial to the famous Les Paul, who died on August 13 2009. He created the Gibson Les Paul guitar, which was played by almost every rock band in the world.
He also invented multi-track recording, which of course revolutionised the music industry.
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