If you've read iSeeiSay and before that London2000 for any time you've noticed that I write about the music business in a "wake up" voice. As I don't have many regular readers (as far as I can tell) and only 24 members of iSeeiSay who I seldom hear from, I've started thinking about my writing voice and how I might change for the better on Gary Secondino's Radio Weblog.
First, thanks to Dave Winer and the Userland team the technology that I use to write the weblog has been getting progressively faster, simpler to use, and adding amazingly more powerful features almost daily. I'm impressed. Second I haven't written enough about me to create a sufficient weblog identity. There is my resume on line but that is only a portion of me. Third I'm growing into a comfort level with the technology and the concept of personal open weblog writing. So let me tell you about me.
My two daughters are the people to whom I am closest. Both are married and live in different states than I do. We have what I think is a good parent and adult children relationship. We three have an easy time talking and genuinely enjoy one another's company. My mother is living in nursing home in another state and I miss her. My 23 year marriage ended 12 years ago and I remain alone but not lonely.
One huge facet of my life is Art with a special focus on music. My earliest influences came from listening to classical records on my Grandmothers Victrola, and my AM transistor radio pumping out pop music of the late fifties and early sixties. When I was 11 years old I asked my Dad to buy me a guitar. He didn't believe I was really interested in putting in the effort to learn how to play the instrument and turned me down. But he did offer me a deal. If I got the money together and bought a guitar he would pay for my music lessons. I thought about it and decided I really did want a guitar and so started looking around for ways to earn extra money. Odd jobs and errands were all that was available to an 11 year old boy so it took me the better part of a year before there was enough cash to even start shopping.
This story will continue in installments. Next: Gary gets a guitar.
I'm traveling for several days and will return on Friday.
FYI again: my domain email is temporally unavailable.
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