https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k Music is everywhere in my life! en-us 2020-08-31 10:40:20 UTC 2024-10-15 09:38:32 UTC hello@padlet.com smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708369921 I still have his trumpet, and the sticker on the case says Oberlin--that's the town of 1,200 in NW Kansas where he went to school. He would have played 1940-1948.]]> 2020-08-31 10:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708369921 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708371412 She played piano and drums, and was quite musical. We used to play songs together and get out of school at lunch time to go play for senior citizens at a place they'd have lunch. My mom made us do it, but I actually liked it and I got out of school. ]]> 2020-08-31 10:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708371412 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708373242 Mom played soprano saxophone and then drums (only snare drum) in a community band in Eastern Kansas. This would have been 1946-1952.]]> 2020-08-31 10:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708373242 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708376156 Is this a violin or viola?]]> 2020-08-31 10:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/708376156 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/712817374 When I was in HS I remember programming an Apple II computer to play the Star Spangled Banner. Those were the first computers in schools and we had to learn to program in Basic.  ]]> 2020-09-01 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/712817374 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/804643410 Mom used to strap it onto me with a strap across my back that kept the arm straps from falling off because I was so small and skinny. I'd sit on a low stool, and once I was strapped in, I couldn't even stand up! I'd have to call her if I needed to use the toilet. This is what I looked like in Kindergarten on Hawaii Day, the same year I started to learn the accordion. ]]> 2020-10-05 20:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/804643410 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/881804567 Mom always said she didn't want me to play violin or clarinet because of how they sounded. So I saved up money I earned from pulling weeds in our garden (5 cents per row) ironing my dad's handkerchiefs (10 cents each) or pillow cases (50 cents each) and so on. One day I asked my mom if we could go buy a violin because I had saved up 45 dollars. She didn't say anything but I can imagine what she was thinking!]]> 2020-11-02 10:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/881804567 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891446102                                                       ]]> 2020-11-04 19:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891446102 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891485988 I finally saw the light and decided piano was a better choice than accordion. ]]> 2020-11-04 19:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891485988 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891498384 We could start playing a string instrument in g4-and best of all, we'd get to miss class twice per week to do it! Since I already played violin, they had me learn viola so I'd be challenged by the clef.]]> 2020-11-04 19:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891498384 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891520630 In 5th grade we could start playing a band instrument, and, just as for strings, you got to miss class. My dad played trumpet so this was an easy choice-clearly daughter was trying to please her daddy!]]> 2020-11-04 19:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891520630 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891530776 I got braces near the end of g5 and it was awful to have that tiny mouthpiece cutting the inside of my mouth. Enter the Euphonium, with a much bigger mouthpiece and bearable pain.]]> 2020-11-04 19:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891530776 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891540488 I loved jazz but the school wouldn't let me play the euphonium in jazz band (I was in middle school now), so I learned trombone.]]> 2020-11-04 19:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891540488 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891546852 I loved singing and was in a girls' quartet at my church singing 4-part harmony plus singing in the choir. I could only (!) enroll in two music classes so I dropped band and said hello, choir! Bonus: sometimes I got to accompany the choir.]]> 2020-11-04 19:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891546852 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891579074 2020-11-04 19:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891579074 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891594019 2020-11-04 19:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891594019 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891596235 2020-11-04 19:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891596235 smithj270 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891598801 HS was a time to study violin and piano more seriously. Along with that came music theory and history, preparing pieces for music festivals, private lesson recitals, honor orchestra--all very much like ISB students experience. Except not right now. ]]> 2020-11-04 19:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/891598801 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952009143 This is painfully difficult to narrow down! ]]> 2020-11-23 12:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952009143 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952015674 What's great: the harmonies, double guitar solo, subtle groove, put me in a certain mindset]]> 2020-11-23 12:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952015674 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952040460 This has a deeply personal meaning, going back to my uni days.]]> 2020-11-23 12:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952040460 https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952045422 Those harmonies...]]> 2020-11-23 12:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smithj270/znculwuuklq1rc7k/wish/952045422