Brenden’s First Piano Lesson

Since Aiden had his first piano lesson on Monday, Brenden decided his day would be Wednesday, and in true nerd-dad fashion, I recorded the event. Since Brenden is a little taller and has longer “daddy-like” fingers, I elected to push him a little harder than I did Aiden. Enjoy!

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Posted on March 10, 2010 at 17:28 by Frank · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Hump Day Happenings

Hey all. This afternoon, Brenden will be having his first piano lesson which I’ll also stream like I did Aiden’s, so check it out once the video makes it to the site. Later tonight, Laz and I will be recording (hopefully) Episode 11 of the NextGenMedia Podcast, so get those questions about new media and tech before 9:00 tonight. I’m running a little late, so I have to cut this post off here. Have a great day everyone!

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Posted on March 10, 2010 at 06:15 by Frank · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Aiden’s First Piano Lesson

A few months ago, Aiden told me he wanted to learn to play the piano. A bit out of practice on any music other than the theme song to “Star Trek”, I debated on whether or not to teach him myself. After only a few minutes, I relented and decided to take him under my musical wing.

I conferred with Big Dave and Mrs. Big Dave on which lesson books I should purchase to teach the guy with, and they suggested Alfred. I ordered the books last Tuesday and by Saturday they were here. He was so excited when he saw them, he wanted to start his lesson right then. I told him that Monday nights were his lesson night, and Brenden’s lesson night would be Wednesday.

I sent out a Tweet that the books were here and that the little monkey was ready to learn and immediately got several responses. One of those was from @clumsyhalfninja (Mica in the real world) who suggested I video blog his progress. So, nerd that I am, I decided to uStream his lesson today. The audio isn’t great, so I think I’m going to invest in another external mic, but nonetheless, here it is, Aiden’s 1st piano lesson. Enjoy!

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The 16th President Kicking Some Vampire Ass!

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Posted on March 7, 2010 at 10:38 by Frank · Permalink · One Comment
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I Roll On Shabbos

Today is the Day of The Dude, which was established to celebrate the release date (March 6, 1998) of one of the greatest films of all time, The Big Lebowski. How do you celebrate you ask? Good question. I’ll tell you how I’m going to celebrate the day. I’m taking the boys bowling in a few hours, gonna take ‘er easy around the house today and then watch The Big Lebowski while drinking a few white russians.

If you’d like some more ideas on what you can do celebrate, head on over to The Dudes Paper and the Lebowski Podcast for more ideas. Take ‘er easy Dudes.

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Posted on March 6, 2010 at 07:58 by Frank · Permalink · Leave a comment
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