From c0606f14177fc6207ec88d4543702b0826d84863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 00:01:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] post --- bdale/blog/posts/Solo_Baroque.mdwn | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bdale/blog/posts/Solo_Baroque.mdwn diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/Solo_Baroque.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/Solo_Baroque.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae5a3de --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/Solo_Baroque.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +I travel a lot. Someday, I may find time to write down all the things I've +learned about how to do this with minimal pain, but one of the most important +is that the less "stuff" I carry along, the happier I am. Particularly +in my carry-on bag(s), "every gram counts"! + +For that reason, I kept avoiding buying a portable audio player and +noise-cancelling headphones, even though many of my uber-frequent-flyer +friends claim this as something they can't live without. Well, I finally +broke down, and bought an +iPod mini +and a pair of Sennheiser +PXC300 +headphones. Wow. Good stuff, and definitely helps reduce my stress level. + +As for what I listen to... I've ripped my entire CD collection to +flac +using +abcde, +and transcode to mp3 anything I want to move to the iPod using +gtkpod. + +When I first bought the iPod, I loaded it up with a diverse collection +of stuff. But after a few trips, I realized that what I enjoy most on +airplanes is classical music. And in particular, I really enjoy listening +to an album of solo violin performance by +Rachel Barton Pine, +called +Solo Baroque. + +My daughter and I met Rachel briefly after a concert she gave to benefit the +Colorado Springs Philharmonic +as it struggled to rise from the ashes of the bankrupt Colorado Springs +Symphony two years ago. She autographed a CD we bought of +Handel Sonatas +for Elizabeth that night. Later, Rachel graciously donated several signed +CDs to benefit the +Young Concert Artists orchestra Elizabeth +participates in... and I succeeded in buying enough raffle tickets to end up +winning the Solo Baroque CD. But I hadn't listened to it much until I put +it on the iPod. I particularly like track 9, the +Passacaglia by + +Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, who I'd never heard of before acquiring +this CD. Rachel is scheduled to appear with the Philharmonic again next +season, and I'm really looking forward to it! + +If I'd know I'd have such a short playlist of stuff I actually care +to listen to on airplanes, I might well have gone for an +iPod shuffle +instead of the mini, which would have had the huge benefit of being small +enough to fit into the zippered Sennheiser case along with the headphones, +and not needing a cable to plug into my notebook for updates. Oh well. + +The iPod mini and headphones are now a permanent part of my travel kit. + +[[!tag tags/music]] -- 2.30.2