I am in DC helping my daughter and her family and had the opportunity to do some more exposure therapy on the mall of the Capitol with the Washington Monument in the background on one of the videos and the Capitol Building in the other video. My grandson was sweet to video it for me. I haven’t played for a week due to travel and being here, and I didn’t have time to warm up before I played. I appreciate Vic preparing me for moments like this in my lessons. I liked that I went into some hymns and I like that I did it with people walking by. It was fun. I would have improved in confidence and taking more time.

Thanks Vic for talking me into it. Forgive the noise at the beginning while I was setting up the drone.

I recorded the strings sound on my keyboard with C - G chord and added a flute melody and a flute playing the chord tones and also added some Cajon. It was fun to experiment, but also a bit challenging with mixing, etc. I liked the overall effect. Next time I would like to add more dynamics and dig deeper into the melody line. There were a few places out of tune as well.

I went to a different park today. There were guys working and a guy who was getting ready to kayak. He said he enjoyed my flute playing. Which was encouraging. You can hear a lawn mower, wind and birds as background noise:) I was trying to make a short melody and add to it. I liked the melody. What I would have done different would be more space and dynamics. I felt a bit more nervous this time, I think it was because it was a new spot. Exposure therapy in action!!

I was connecting with this flutist on Facebook tonight and he sent me this album he played on. Pretty groovy!! Enjoy some jazzy flute sounds.