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@AndyD said in Artists:

Another local, Norman Cornish ("as good as Rembrandt") is now quite famous. He painted pit scenes, colliery life and comradeship, local people living.

Thanks for posting those. I hadn't heard of him before, and I really like the pub and the mother pictures. I'll have to look him up.

I also really liked the Honthorst you posted, and the ones by Perugino that Bernard posted, another two artists I hadn't heard of before.

Edit: Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like the woman knitting was his wife, not his mother.

Well done ShiroKuro. I liked it.

You might be the second-last person because I hadn't heard of it until now. It sounds interesting. Maybe I'll try to find it.

I remember at TNCR there was a thread containing a chess game, where one person played against a group, and the group used PMs to discuss the game and agree on their moves. I think the thread title was something like "I'm white, you're all black". I think Ivorythumper was involved, and maybe also Klaus, Jon-NYC, and Axtremus, but my memory of it is a bit hazy so I could be wrong about who was in it.

Nice!

Well done @ShiroKuro. Well done on getting through the less-than-ideal performance and on "acing" the next one.

It's good that you'd like to play at the retirement centre again. I think the experience on Tuesday would have made you a better performer.

I'm in no position to be giving you or anyone advice, but if I was going to perform at a place like that, I might ask them if I could spend a bit of time practising on their piano, depending on whether I thought practising there would be awkward. And I'd do some of my practice at home with the TV or radio on, or a recording that's mostly quiet with some occasional noises for distraction.

@AndyD

Thanks @RealPlayer

Hi @Steve-Miller, I remember you too. Things are OK thanks. I didn't comment in your thread about Rory but I found it very interesting. I hope he can overcome his challenges and make the most of his talents.

Thanks @CHAS.

@AndyD said in Welcome, Marchant!:

Do you ever Foo a little

(couldn't resist even after all these years)

I don't know what that means, so maybe I do.

Thanks @dolmansaxlil @ShiroKuro @Mik @Daniel.

@wtg I remember that thread. I wouldn't want to look at it again now though, because I'm sure I'd cringe at what I wrote in it.

Thanks for the welcome, wtg.

I was on the original WTF and original TNCR with the username Ballyhoo. But I didn't post much, especially on WTF, so a lot of people here probably wouldn't remember me.

I live in Australia. I have a Yamaha keyboard but it's been quite a while since I played it.

Nice playing ShiroKuro. As a casual listener who isn't familiar with those pieces, I didn't notice the mistakes.