matthew wengerd|bassist

Monday lessons will be on Tuesday this week.

I’ve discovered one of the more intriguing sectors of the Google world in the lab portion of their website.

Google Sets automatically creates sets from a few given examples.  For instance, I can enter turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce and get the results

A fairly consistent hit for Thanksgiving fare.  This obviously has educational impact in that it can be used to discover members of a set with which you may not be familiar.

There is not as much information regarding double bass as I would like; I have not yet read how Google Sets creates its sets, but I can assume it is related to searches from unique IP addresses.

Experiement, it’s a fun way to pass the internet time.  (During your short practice breaks)

powered by performancing firefox

Most of you should know by now that http://youtube.com/ is the resource for jazz performance videos. The most vexing issue surrounding youtube it refusal to allow users to download video. I can tell you that I am presently watching Erroll Garner perform “All the Things You Are” on my brand new 5g Video Ipod thanks to the following steps:

01| If you are not already, you need to be using Firefox. It is free and a favorite browser of practically every serious computer user I know. Download it from the link provided.

02| Install one of the many extensions that allow you to download content from youtube (I am using Fast Video Download).

03| Download and install the Videora Ipod Converter. There is a full version of Videora that provides options for better quality/higher res, but it requires multiple steps to convert video for Ipod. Videora Ipod Converter will take the .flv file saved by the extension and convert it to a suitable format for Ipod.

04| Import the mpeg 4 (or other compatible format) file into Itunes from the File Menu.

05| Snyc your Ipod and enjoy.

No Monday lessons today.

I also have to move Rick this week.

I would like to propose the following for tomorrow, Tuesday the 14th:

4:30 Nate
5:00 Brandon
6:00 Rick

Let me know if this works.

ps-

Heath -

I’ll pick you up if you can get a ride back.

Come see my play my first Chamber Music gig at First Pres this afternoon at four pm.

Lessons for Thursday, November 2 are cancelled. I will not be there. Don’t show up.

See you next week!