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I lived in Japan from 1996 until 2008. Since then, I’ve gone back regally, sometimes for extended stays. Recently, I’ve started to really notice the population change. Not when I’m in a Tokyo (although I believe its impacts are there as well). But in Mr SK’s hometown (current population ~62,000), you can feel it, and see the impacts of the aging population …. It’s a bit depressing….

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@AndyD said:

And is this the place to ask what the association is is even Google can't help?

Yes!!

@wtg you started the thread so I feel like your word goes!

Spot

@Bernard that’s an excellent question. I don’t know the answer

House

For a while now, I have felt we might benefit from a meta-thread about the Word association thread... Some might not agree though. Maybe the word association thread is like the Fight Club..... The first rule of Fight Club is...

But sometimes y'all are so funny, I laugh out loud. And loudly!

(looking at you @dougg ...

So maybe I'm breaking a taboo with this thread, but I couldn't help it....

Ouch

Uh oh…

@wtg Thanks! I had searched for "The Piano Tuner" and I guess fuzzy results don't come up.

Anyway, highly recommended!

I just finished listening to the audio book version of the Piano Tuner, by Danial Mason. (I actually thought it was recommended by someone here at WTF, but a quick search didn't turn anything up, so I may be misremembering).

It's story about a British piano tuner in the 1880s who gets enlisted by the war office to go to Burma to tune an Erhard grand piano. There's a bit of music and a bit about tuning in it, lots of sub-plots and lots of intrigue. I really enjoyed it. Don't read too much about it beforehand, after I finished it, I was reading around and noticed that some review articles (maybe it was one in the Guardian) gave away too many details.

I also highly recommend the audio book, it's fun to hear it in the narrator's voice, and he changes the different characters voices just enough.

I created a repository thread at Piano Tell that introduces composers who write piano music that could be classified in the post-classical genre (minimalist, neo-classical, ambient, new age piano, as well as Anime and game music and film scores that are piano-centric). Each entry includes a short intro to the composer, comments on the difficulty of the music, links to videos of a few representative pieces, and (where relevant) links and recommendations about scores.

I've created entries for 25 composers so far, and plan to continue adding composers (and adding links to the existing entries as the repository evolves). If anyone is interested, please take a look. Also, if you have any suggestions for additions, please let me know!

https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2489-the-post-classical-piano-repository

@AndyD that’s just lovely! I really like hearing how your playing of this has evolved!

@Bernard said:

At the moment I don't know if I'm going to make it.

Will you also prepare a back up piece? Or, can you still use this piece even if it’s not exactly ready?

Toasted

@andyd (and anyone else interested) the Wiosna recital at Piano Tell is up, if you’re interested in other listening, or contributing your recording, please take a look:

https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2405-piyw-9-play-chopins-wiosna-your-way-is-now-live

I haven’t practiced this is weeks, but I still might try to throw something together and submit it. It’s really fun to listen to each recording and think about which tempo works or how different interpretations create a different feel.

There’s so much wrong here … ugh.

State-sanctioned doing, anyone?

@wtg Thanks for this! My mother is with Xfinity, I'll let her know!

ATT has a PIN and also requires the account holder to get a special transfer pin that comes with an expiration date, so anyone with ATT should be ok.

@wtg from that article:

Schroedinger’s Republican senator