As for the other stuff, well I found another online drawing course last night http://www.klinecreative.com/free-online-art-lessons.htm and I've made a start. The first couple of lessons have been simply about pencil control, so lots of drawing straight lines, but the bloke on the video is engaging and so far I'm enjoying it even if the practise is tedious. But I guess like anything "no pain, no gain". So as promised, here are my first, uninspiring exercises. I'm sure it will get more interesting ...
And my other great discovery today was a whole set of YouTube videos exploring the traditional music of nearly 150 different countries! I've been needing to get my head around various world music traditions, as it is a big feature of the current GCSE and A Level Music syllabus but was hardly touched on when I was at school and university. For those of you who are interested, take a look at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA3A1D292BFB1B6DF. It has everything from Bavarian um pah pah music to the music of Myanmar and Tajikistan. Fab resource with some very nice photographs to go with it.
Tomorrow I have to steal myself for C25K day 2. I hope it's not going to be throwing it down in the morning. In the meantime, I'm off to escape in the magical World of Warcraft as my reward for being a good student today.
That looks like a good site for school - we do a lot of finding out about world music.
ReplyDeleteI love writing about theory, maybe I should come and do it for you, although if you are having to write what the mainstream wants you to write then we would be sure to disagree!!!!
:-) It's not so much what they want me to write, but having to analyse what I saw in painful detail. And the form is very dry and repetitive. The mainstream theory may surprise you these days. A lot has changed, but of course like anything, that takes years to filter down through to the grass roots.
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