Tidbits

My lesson with Cleek didn't happen on Sunday, Sept. 24. Cleek had some sort of family commitment and we agreed to start on Oct. 1.

I sold my Sony minidisk recorder to a musician at last Sunday's Shebeen session because I think that minidisks will soon go the way of betamax VCRs. I purchased an Olympus digital voice recorder model WS-320M, which can store 35 hours of stereo audio (WMA and/or MP3) in its internal 1GB of flash memory. It is a solid state device (no moving parts) and therefore 1 AAA battery provides 15 hours of power. It is small (3 3/4"L x 1 1/2"W x 3/8"D) and light (1.6 oz). File transfer is simple through a USB connector. Lastly, it doubles as an MP3 player.

A good number of session players will be here Friday night for my home ceilidh and I really look forward to the music and camaraderie.