One of the things that I usually have trouble with in creating music is that for better or for worse, I’m a perfectionist. I usually create a recording on my Yamaha keyboard at least once a month, however it’s only a few times in a whole year that I actually post a piece of music up, and most of the time they’re scraps.

I’d like to start getting into the habit of recording on a more consistent basis and on top of that, actually “accepting” a recording to myself even if I end up making an error in the piece. The goal is that I would at least have some music that I make to actually listen to and so that I can simply face the fact that like engineering, there is really no “final product” and that there always is room for improvement.

Also, I’ve been thinking about getting a fake book again. Back in my high school days I had used one, but since I’ve moved out of the nest I haven’t gotten my hands on a fake book recently. I’ve been thinking that it could give me the good practice on developing improvisation on the piano, while also just exposing me to more chords and melodies of popular songs so that if someone asked me to play something, I would have a slightly more decent chance in knowing it.

I guess I’m being a bit influenced by dueling pianists. It just simply amazes me on the breadth of songs that they know, how they can work a crowd and how they can improvise songs and lyrics if needed be.

In any case, I’ll start posting up music recordings a bit more frequently now. They won’t be perfect, but they’ll be a continuing work in progress.