I did it... I finally did it...

For months now, since I started this blog, I've felt kind of bad as a text blog is only up-datable by typing and cannot always capture the mood of a person like the way a video does.

This has been weighing on me for a while now, and I finally got out the camera and set it on my desk so that way it only pointed at my mid section.

Then I introduced my flute.


I made this flute in 2005, without any prior knowledge or taking classes to design them.

This flute represents hours & hours of searching the internet for information from 2004->2005.

I didn't have any idea how to play a Low D penny whistle, so I just played with it over and over and over.

My wife, Ellie, was ready to shoot me, but I kept playing and eventually, I learned how to play it by ear and I can play pretty much any tune that I hear.

Most of my music comes from Church Hymns. My inspiration and focus of Hymns is probably from both my mom & her mom. My granny was an organist and a chorister, while my mom was into playing music when she was younger, but I never witnessed her playing very many instruments. She was a chorister at church for as long as I can remember...

She led the Hymns during service, and then also doubled as the choir director forever, pretty much as long as I've lived with her. (Till I was about 21-22).

I taught myself how to pick songs on a guitar using the hymn book as a guide, which also translated/helped me a lot to learn how to rewrite the Hymns into the Key of D or G, which are the two basic keys that a Low D penny whistle plays in. (Difference is that D has F sharp & C Sharp, while the G key has F sharp)

When I started learning how to play the Banjo, the music experience from the flute helped me out as I could then pick out songs easily as I could do it from the flute.

Now when I pick up a guitar or a Mandolin, I can play either of those pretty well.

Ok, not too well with the Mandolin, but I can play tunes on it. What I need to do is spend some serious time with it so that I can play it better and songs that were meant for the instrument.

I suppose, I'll include more music on my YouTube channel as the mood strikes me.

As it goes for today's mood/funk, I'm feeling pretty good now and pretty even keel. Like I'm done with the high's & low for the day.

I pray that each of you who follow me keep things going, will be lifted by my music.

 BTW, here's the link to me playing Amazing Grace.

Might as well add the link for me playing Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide