something I seem to take for granted ALL of the time is that
1. I have some nifty musical knowledge at all, and that
2. I have A TON of musical friends who love music so much that they actually make it, no matter how difficult, and that
3. I live in a place which has, all things considered, A LOT of such people, (even if there are a billion more people who are not these.)
I really do like that.
how awful would it be to lose that.
how much more tragic would it be to never have discovered it.
see? life really is pretty amazing.
Category Archives: ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD is awesome, mostly.
what would I do if
Thought of the Day 1 29 2015
what would I have done if I WERE ADHD, but had UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE… instead of the belief that I am unlovable and invalid (with the only things capable of overcoming said belief being adhd-related Highly Stimulating things…)
?
if you believed you were lovable and valid
!!! question of the day, of the year, of LIFE:
“what would you do if you believed you were lovable and were valid?”
(uber profound)
all of the music I play is repetitive
is there ANY music that I actually PLAY that IS NOT…
“REPETITIVE AS HELL?”
let’s see
used to play gamelan. check
Reich. check.
Glass. check.
African from not-Ghana. check
African from Ghana. check.
Harmonium on Indian Music. check.
BoorBaar PErcussion Ensemble music. Check.
some other music (Kandam) Check.
hopefully soon some Brazilian music. Check.
is there ANY music that I actually PLAY that IS NOT…
“REPETITIVE AS HELL?”
let’s see
used to play gamelan. check
Reich. check.
Glass. check.
African from not-Ghana. check
African from Ghana. check.
Harmonium on Indian Music. check.
BoorBaar PErcussion Ensemble music. Check.
some other music (Kandam) Check.
hopefully soon some Brazilian music. Check.
is there ANY music that I actually PLAY that IS NOT…
“REPETITIVE AS HELL?”
let’s see
used to play gamelan. check
Reich. check.
Glass. check.
African from not-Ghana. check
African from Ghana. check.
Harmonium on Indian Music. check.
BoorBaar PErcussion Ensemble music. Check.
some other music (Kandam) Check.
hopefully soon some Brazilian music. Check.
is there ANY music that I actually PLAY that IS NOT…
“REPETITIVE AS HELL?”
let’s see
used to play gamelan. check
Reich. check.
Glass. check.
African from not-Ghana. check
African from Ghana. check.
Harmonium on Indian Music. check.
BoorBaar PErcussion Ensemble music. Check.
some other music (Kandam) Check.
hopefully soon some Brazilian music. Check.
is there ANY music that I actually PLAY that IS NOT…
“REPETITIVE AS HELL?”
let’s see
used to play gamelan. check
Reich. check.
Glass. check.
African from not-Ghana. check
African from Ghana. check.
Harmonium on Indian Music. check.
BoorBaar PErcussion Ensemble music. Check.
some other music (Kandam) Check.
hopefully soon some Brazilian music. Check.
believe good things about yourself.
believe good things about yourself.
as if your life depended on it.
cause it kinda does.
is MY high stimulation music right for you
so, as a HYPER dude (an ADHD dude, whatever…)
what RIGHT do I have, to TELL OTHER people who are ADHD, that MY MUSIC OF CHOICE might be right for THEM?
that it might help THEM feel EXTREME JOY and give THEIR some direction as well?
(this is rhetorical)
(I PLAY a lot of said music, I organize groups and rehearse and perform it, not just listening (though listening is the bomb as well.)
I want to maybe do it with YOU TOO, whomever you are, if you are the right person, THE RIGHT MONKEYS….
today it’s this, though I don’t currently have a SAMBA group (and never HAVE had, one of MY own, though I’ve been in others’s a little.)
more of this, more of this, yes.
My Limiting Beliefs are Lies
…that happiness doesn’t exist, is a lie…
…that even if it does, I don’t deserve because I’m fundamentally bad, is a lie…
…that happiness doesn’t exist, is a lie…
…that even if it does, I don’t deserve because I’m fundamentally bad, is a lie…
Awesome Brazilian Music, high stim yes
TOMBO by AIRTO MOREIRA
THIS be some of the kind of music that is INCESSANT, UNRELENTING and AWESOME TO LISTEN TO AND PERFORM AND DANCE TO ALWAYS
(if the very beginning is “too slow for you”, go farther ahead, thou shalt not be disappointed.
though the beginning is FUNKY and PHAT, OH YES!
I could seriously hear this all day
you too? 
never too late to love oneself
seems it is never to late
to decide you like yourself
you love yourself
that you DO have things to offer
that you ARE valid,
that you ARE lovable.
I mean, you’ve spent your whole life “not asking” for things you would if you DID believe these things,
why not change and behave this better way instead?
I can indeed think of no reason:)
(my therapist taught me this. I did too, it would seem.)
she is very good. so am I.
Golden Days sung by Matt Bianco
funny story (funny may be the wrong word.)
in 2005 or therabouts at the Macy’s in Valencia CA (near CalArts of course, on a thursday even after African Ensemble.)
I was there and heard this song, with it’s TWO chord repeating… honestly, even just NOW, in 2015, I had to THINK for ten second about which chords they were…
they are G minor 7, a Bb minor 7, that’s all… but the bass line, it’s plays C and G, over the G, and then Eb and Bb over the Bb…. (a TAD confusing from a certain point of view… anyway)
I heard it, repeating, and was UTTERLY MESMERISED, somehow, in spite of the “cheezy” nature of the rest of the song, ( I mean, it’s sorta commercial, is all, I don’t mind though; harmony that I like, even as simple as gm7 and Bbm7…. is enough to enthrall me.
I stood there, under the speaker, STRAINING to figure a few of the lyrics…. all I got was golden something…. rays, lay, something….
I was desperately obsessed, HAD to have that song… didn’t even know what it was… and I knew, from prior experience, that big box stores don’t have the ability to “tell you what song that is” (starbucks and coffeebean TOTALLY do…:))
that night, I went on line, searched high and low, and SOMEHOW, found the song. GOLDEN DAYS (not the mario lanza version, no.)
just like the chords, and the, real or fake fender sound, or whatever it is, back there…
Sap. Me. Yes.