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Notes from a musician's journal.(Marking Time)(karaoke piano)(Viewpoint essay)
I play too much karaoke piano. Karaoke piano is exactly like it sounds: it is playing versus practicing, although sometimes, I call what I am doing practicing, which is the problem. Too often in my practice hours, I simply play along at some piece of music, depending upon my sight-reading skills and the musical tape playing in my head to carry me through, without ever taking the music apart, breaking it down and really learning it. I have done this all the way to performances--this karaoke piano--with often decent results.
Even the most cursory glance at my past reveals a history of karaoke piano, for as a child I used to play the piano for hours outside of my ...
- Mission Aborted.(Citrus canker detection from air)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Vogel, Mike May 1, 2001 700+ words
...trees sooner, not only eliminating the need for battalions of inspectors but also enabling...wouldn't fund it. Barnes says Galileo needs "in the low six figures" to validate...and is willing to donate its research but needs money to complete it. Neitzke, the canker...
- Flexible Scheduling.(Flextime for workers)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Friedman, Robyn A. May 1, 2001 700+ words
...year compared to the usual 2,000. Although her salary is reduced accordingly, Mullins has the freedom to be a mom when she needs to be. "If I were working full-time, it would be difficult to juggle family with my job," she says. "Now I have the...
- Who Will Fill The Jobs Economic Development Creates?(High tech workers needed...
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Koenig, John May 1, 2001 700+ words
...notes Stuart Rogel, president of the Tampa Bay Partnership. If Florida can't provide the workers that these businesses need, many of them will go elsewhere. There are two obvious long-term solutions. One is to encourage more secondary and post...
- Spreading The Word.(Florida informs low income families of its KidCare health...
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Vogel, Mike May 1, 2001 700+ words
...method: Parents get a letter every six months inquiring about their financial situation; if nothing has changed, they don't need to respond -- their child stays enrolled. The typical child covered under KidCare's Healthy Kids program lives with both...
- The KidCare Umbrella.(health care service for Florida children)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend May 1, 2001 700+ words
...present, CMS screens all children referred to it. A simple five-item questionnaire would more quickly establish which kids need the program and which don't. THE POOR Coverage Infants from families with incomes under 200% of the poverty level ($35...
- Coming Of Age.(long-term care insurance in Florida)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Barnett, Cynthia May 1, 2001 700+ words
...on -- consumers simply didn't see the need, and the policies were almost exclusively...planning and funding for their own long-term needs," says Cheryl DeMaio, a vice president...financial advisers say that consumers don't need to consider the insurance as early as the...
- Round up: Designs in the SUN.(Arquitectonica International)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Villano, David May 1, 2001 700+ words
...inconsequential a piece of one -- can be beautifully and artistically done," she advises. Spear says the new generation of architects needs to take chances to get ahead. By remaining conservative, they won't break out of the mold. "We've always strived to...
- The IRS Will Help, Part II.(Small Business/ Self-Employed Division of the...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Zion, Lee May 28, 2001 700+ words
...self-employed taxpayers with assistance on a wide variety of basic tax questions and issues. The site will meet many of the needs of small business taxpayers. It provides Internet access to many IRS forms. It also offers answers to many basic tax questions...
