music in the air

a few years ago, my daughter decided that she wanted to learn to play the piano.   she took lessons and really enjoyed playing the piano but couldn't really relate to the music that her piano teacher was giving her to play.  she continued on but i noticed that she was getting less and less interested as time went on.  i asked her if she still liked and wanted to continue taking piano lessons and playing the piano.  she said she was bored with lessons and didn't want to take them anymore.  that wasn't what i wanted to hear but i listened to what she told me.  
as time went on, i noticed that she would sit at the piano and play more often.  it made me think that she really was just bored with the lessons and maybe the music choices her piano teacher was picking.  i decided to go online and try to find sheet music for the piano that she liked.   i found and ordered music that she listened to in her everyday life.  when she got the music she was so excited!  she went right to the piano and started playing.  she now plays the piano more than she ever did before and i have heard her piano playing improve the more she plays.

kings of leon ~ notion

do kings of leon need rehab?

mother of kings of leon members caleb, jared and nathan followill and aunt of mathew followill, betty anne murphy thinks they will return better than ever.  
betty has also confirmed that the trouble the band has had recently doesn't mean the end of the band.  she also told contact music that none of them need to go to rehab because of drinking..........hmmmm!  she told them that - sometimes they all drink more than they should - they're young men and go on binges.  none of them need rehab.






the band recently canceled their us tour.  according to reports, the cancelation cost their insurers over $15 million dollars!!  WOW!
according to kings of leon, the tour was canceled due to caleb's 'vocal issues and exhaustion'.
bass player jared and drummer nathan have denied that the band will break up but have admitted that the band has big problems.
the band is set to restart their touring schedule 28 september 2011 in canada. 
 













It was Just as Good!

Guest post from: Bruno Smith

Vacation is something I look forward to all year long so when my boss told me I was only going to be able to take off 2 days this year in a row I nearly quit my job. I needed a break more than anyone since I’d been working so hard and I had intended to fly to London to stay with my old college roommate for a week. I decided to make the best of it though so I planned out a really relaxing “staycation” for myself at home. I hired a massage therapist to come in and work on me for a couple of hours and I spent my evenings reading and watching http://www.Direc4u.com satellite which was actually pretty restful. I got lots of sleep and more exercise than I’ve gotten in the last two years! I know it wasn’t exactly London but it did just fine and I certainly saved a ton of money by not going all the way across the pond. I may just do this staycation thin again next year!