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We were out of town this weekend for Shea’s parents’ 40th Wedding Anniversary so I didn’t get around to blogging as we were pretty busy the whole time. Instead of going back and post-posting (er, is that a word? Backdating posts to keep my “daily post” commitment going anyhow), I thought that, this time I’d just combine all the missed posts into a single spot…

FRIDAY FUN LINK
Way back when I got my first guitar, I paid $20 or so for a piece of shareware software that allowed you to play an MP3 and by clicking your mouse during the chord changes, it would recognize what chords were being played and create a chord chart for you. I recently stumbled across a similar online service called Chordify which does the same thing – and you don’t even need to click your mouse when the chord changes happen. Plus, you can link directly to YouTube videos of the songs you want chord charts for which is a great bonus. The songs I’ve done so far are all full of sharps which I think just means that the site doesn’t account for a song that uses a capo and you’ll have to transcribe chords up and down to make them easier to play.

SATURDAY SNAP
Shea wasn’t sure what to get her parents for a gift then had the bright idea to hire a photographer to come to the party to take both candid and posed shots of family and guests.  We don’t have those pictures yet so, for the time being, here’s a slightly less professional one taken on my iPhone.  

SAPPY SUNDAY
This isn’t a weekly recurring feature on the blog but I thought I’d use “Sappy Sunday” here since every other day I was catching up on has a set theme. And what better way to talk about being away for awhile then this heart-tugging video by Google? 😉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1sT7QV8nfU

MUSIC MONDAY
RPL’s Dunlop Art Gallery currently has an exhibit called “Play” which features a red piano, both in the gallery and one outside the library (I currently work about twenty feet from the gallery with a window that overlooks the piano outside the library so this is both a blessing a curse at times!) Anyhow, a local musician took advantage of the unique outdoor red piano to shoot a music video for an instrumental piece she composed…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEyiHKeCm0U