Did you ever think about this? - Ever seen "Flautas" on the menu at a Mexican food restaurant? I don't know about where you live, but "Mexican food" (aka "Tex-Mex") is very popular here in Austin, Texas. What about you? One day I realized that "flautas" means flutes - and they're called that because, guess what! They're shaped like flutes!!! Right?

Someone told me a story about how, when the conductor couldn't come, the orchestra simply followed the first violist, aka concert master. That got me thinking... "I mean, are conductors really necessary??" I've played enough "chamber music" - aka music in small ensembles without a conductor - that I've learned how to rely on the other musicians and myself to know when to come in, what tempo to go, etc... Playing without a conductor certainly necessitates more independence than playing with one! Acting independently - it's a critical skill for improvising! Come practice it tonight with me in Improv Games 😎 Which Improv Games can you come to this week? Sunday 1pm CT Monday 7pm CT Tues 12pm CT Wed 6:30pm CT

Or something else it wasn't?

I mean, at least with 1 note at a time? Doesn't it take some people hours to be able to get just ONE note on the flute?

I'm discovering that audio engineering - mixing & mic'ing etc - is like learning a whole new instrument! I probably spent just as much time fiddling with the settings to make it sound nicely balanced as I actually spent playing. My 1st round through on the flute I forgot to push record in Studio One (my best audio recorder), I only remembered to push Record on the video! So that's why I called this "#2." Have you tried playing with this song yet? How about making your own recordings? What did you think of them? You can play along with the original in the key of B minor here... or you can use the Transpose extension to make it in "a minor" instead!