{"id":3047,"date":"2011-03-17T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T17:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:04","slug":"song-for-my-40th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/song-for-my-40th\/","title":{"rendered":"Following through on my commitment: a song for my 40th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2010\/05\/23\/baby-steps-toward-learning-to-play-piano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I started piano lessons last spring<\/a>, my approaching 40th birthday was a big motivator.<br \/>\nSomething about a milestone birthday triggered my deadline response, and I thought I&#8217;d like to be able to play at least one song by my 40th.<br \/>\nTurns out I can do a decent job at several songs, including Scarborough Fair and My Cherie Amour. Not great, but you&#8217;d recognize the tune.<br \/>\nToday I&#8217;m posting this video for several reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My musician pal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/Kaplan-Caluori-and-The-Clayhole-Bros\/269149394720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Caluori <\/a>told me that as soon as I can, I need to play music with people &#8212; in part because I need to get OK with playing in front of people. No matter when it is, it&#8217;ll be nervous and scary, so just hurry up and get it over with. So this is the first time I&#8217;ve let anyone but John hear me play. Done.<\/li>\n<li>My piano teacher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/sheldon-landa-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheldon Landa<\/a> reminds me weekly that I need to give myself permission to make mistakes. I think he&#8217;s talking about piano, but it&#8217;s also a good life lesson. One of my biggest musical challenges is that if I screw up, I just want  to stop, and Sheldon urges me to just keep going. The joke is that if you hit a wrong note, play it twice to make it look on purpose.\u00a0 Yup, I&#8217;m posting a video of me screwing up a classic song and owning it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2011\/03\/05\/goin-to-new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We&#8217;re leaving for New Orleans next week<\/a>, so if I&#8217;m going to make my public debut playing (and messing up) something, it might as well be &#8220;When the Saints Go Marching In.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SugQ-gUj-H4]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started piano lessons last spring, my approaching 40th birthday was a big motivator. 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