What is your favorite form of physical exercise?
Walking and working out with weights and other gear are my methods to get exercise. Other gear are like this ab device:
You grab onto the two handles and I roll the device in front of me while on my knees. Less strain than doing situps, which screw up my back.
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?
Over the past several months I’ve changed my mind about the usefulness of posting my music on streaming platforms. The payout is pitiful and the streams mostly don’t end up as listeners purchasing my albums and/or single tracks. I know my music only appeals to a small segment of the audience, but even so, it would be nice to get some recognition.
The overarching classification of my music is minimalist in nature. I’m not really into lush compositions with dozens or, like most pop music today, hundreds of different sounds and parts to the music. I like to create simple soundscapes that fit into a background track to your daily life, rather than in-your-face compositions.
What do you think I should work on?
How often do you walk or run?
I try to walk every day, and keep to it all days of the week, except when my sciatica acts up. The sciatica has a habit of affecting my right leg on almost a daily basis, but between the Gabapentin and a couple of Tylenol Arthritis, the pain is held in check.
And it’s not really a short walk. I try hard to do at least 5 kilometers, which is more than 3 miles. I struggle to maintain a steady pace, but I usually walk for about a hour and a half. Not a rapid pace, but it’s all a 72 year older can manage without injuries.
Here’s a couple of art pieces I’ve done over the past few months.
And this:
Yeah, it’s abstract art with no real discernable influences. I suppose you might think the first picture has Piet Mondrian influences, but it’s much like stuff I was doing when I was 10-12 years old, like this
Yeah, that picture is more than 60 years old.
What is your favorite genre of music?
I guesss one of my favorite genres is the blues, as I’ve got over 7,000 tracks in my library. However my days of playing the guitar have long passed. I suppose I’ve got arthritis; my hands and wrist ache almost constantly. I find keyboard work to be less painful. I eat these on a fairly frequent basis.
