The Spanish final is tonight and once it is over I will be able to turn my attention to those things that I want to do this summer. There are a lot of things that I need to do around the house like cutting the grass, installing the dryer, and cleaning out various rooms and areas. Then there’s the tasks I should be doing every day like exercising and bathing but the thing I am looking forward to the most is getting back into my mi mundo musico. I want to get the studio ready for ‘instant’ recording which won’t happen right away because it will take some time to understand how to set up and use the new mixer once I finally get it as it will take time to design, build and configure the studio computer(s) but I should be able to go with what I have until my ideal studio is ready. Then there’s the actual playing to do such as what I want to work on next from the Bach preludes and fugues, the Chopin, the Mussorgsky, the Gershwin, the Ellington, various short pieces from the D’Mellow book, and various improvisation exercises on piano. That list is subject to expansion and I’ll get to it all but that still leaves the drums, violin, trumpet, flute, and guitars to play around with. Then there are the composition pieces that have been hovering on the edges of my consciousness for the entire semester, specifically, finishing the mass and writing a couple of Spanish songs. And finally there are the multiple projects for developing my online presence that I need to maintain in a consistent manner. The two websites need to have regular content added and I need to finish defining the menu structure for them. The structure shouldn’t take more than a couple of weeks to set up and adding content will simply be a matter of notating what I am working on at the time in all the other areas. That leaves making videos for the YouTube channels and creating a program schedule for live streaming and fulfilling that weekly commitment. And when I need a break there is still the landscaping, retaining walls, fish pond, house foundation, and kitchen renovation projects to keep me busy.
