It makes noises when I hit the keys, and I can adjust the velocity to overcome the lack of volume that I and other people have noticed.

I'm really pleased with the software instruments that come with GarageBand. The Classical Piano and the Upright Jazz Bass are especially nice, at least to my ear.

It's nice to see that my piano lessons are coming back. My sight reading is getting better. This is all rather exciting.

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I've been to a few of them now (not nearly as many as my wife), and have seen most of the main actors on almost all the shows. There are three different classifications of actors that are apparent when they appear at these events -- 1. The Actors with active improvisational minds that are balls of energy on stage, singing, dancing, telling jokes, and pretty much having a good time; 2. The Actors that are nice enough people, but it's obvious that the scriptwriters were doing most of the work on the character; 3. The Disappointments.

We had one of the Disappointments yesterday. Anyone who starts off his appearance with "This is the first convention I've been to... Sober" and then talks about how scary fans can be at times (they DID describe a pretty scary situation, I'll give them that), probably did not do much thinking about how their stories would go over with the audience.

It turns out that one of my favorite kinds of convention appearances is when they have panels where they bring a bunch of bit players and character actors on stage for Q&A. These are the people that are really happy to be here -- they don't normally have the star power to be constantly recognized or mentioned (who really knows what the guy who played the Gorn in "Arena" looks like?), but now they are surrounded by people that appreciate their work, and you can see these actors just eating it up. They are getting their due.

It was fun. With the one exception, everyone there was gracious and funny.

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