I write software for a living I play keyboard instruments for fun The weather determines my mode Tumblr (3.0; @rolandkurtz)http://rolandkurtz.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyszksKOaf1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tracking “Mother Madeline” at <a href="http://www.studiosq.com">Studio SQ</a></p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428033727http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428033727Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:55:00 -0800recordingpianoBuilt By Baldwin<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kysziwXyBJ1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sean at <a href="http://www.studiosq.com">Studio SQ</a> tracking “Oakbinder”</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428032722http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428032722Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:54:00 -0800recordingguitarBuilt By Baldwin<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyszhmDwRP1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Freddy at <a href="http://www.studiosq.com">Studio SQ</a> tracking “Highrise”</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428032033http://rolandkurtz.com/post/428032033Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:53:00 -0800recordingdrumsBuilt By Baldwin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/CFJ0OTpTMqsmzwnmA2m0Nstho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://arsy.tumblr.com/post/363313789/coltrane-and-davis">arsy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tooyoung.tumblr.com/post/362274033/coltrane-and-davis">tooyoung</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://classics.tumblr.com/post/361268704/coltrane-and-davis">classics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://jacony.tumblr.com/post/157085686/coltrane-and-davis">jacony</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://kml.tumblr.com/post/157084903/coltrane-and-davis">kml</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://mfs.tumblr.com/post/157084354/coltrane-and-davis">mfs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://contrabajisimo.com/post/156977244">contrabajisimo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>John Coltrane and Miles Davis</b> by Don Hunstein (1959)</p> <p><i>Kind of Blue Sessions</i></p> <p>(via <a href="http://johncoltraneonline.wordpress.com/">john coltrane online</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/365417064http://rolandkurtz.com/post/365417064Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:30:37 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx6dzdca4H1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When I’m really lucky, it’s like a cloud; no such thing as discrete notes.  Most of the time it just feels like pushing buttons though.</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/365414787http://rolandkurtz.com/post/365414787Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:28:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwip1iJZaN1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A hail storm in Berkeley!  Run for the hills!!!</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/343312025http://rolandkurtz.com/post/343312025Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:24:54 -0800<p>There seems to be a fairly high standard deviation in the way members of the general population accept criticism.  Some people don’t even listen to it; they shut off completely; their egos get hurt.  Others seek it out and absorb it; they contemplate it; they implement changes.</p> <p>I am really impressed by those people who can take criticism, run with it, improve from it, be thankful for it, and give back by providing thoughtful criticism of their own.</p> <p>The trick to accepting criticism is to be comfortable enough with yourself to absorb it beyond the ego-centric framework your mammalian brain brings to the table.  Instead you must objectively analyze the new ideas being introduced.  In many cases things will have to be stored for later processing because, as we all know, the brain likes to do a lot of background processing that takes years and one of the best forms of knowledge — “intuition” — is the result of that background processing.  Very hard to predict.</p> <p>Just remember: we aren’t limited to our brain alone.  We’re swimming in a sea of brains on this planet in 2010.  We just have to *listen* to the language those brains produce.</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/342405367http://rolandkurtz.com/post/342405367Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:52:54 -0800<p>class Person < SentientBeing::Base<br/>end</p> <p>Person.all.each do |p|<br/> p.receive_message “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night”<br/>end</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/300551392http://rolandkurtz.com/post/300551392Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:28:00 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1qyCH2G8epo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1qyCH2G8epo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/277865240http://rolandkurtz.com/post/277865240Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:03:32 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DEoOdcYKbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DEoOdcYKbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The ice caps are melting…</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/263213403http://rolandkurtz.com/post/263213403Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:33:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjyauJVwQ1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jamming with new and old friends at our campsite at Festival 8</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/232176025http://rolandkurtz.com/post/232176025Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:28:00 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks2y0jjuN91qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/222890662http://rolandkurtz.com/post/222890662Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:02:43 -0700<object width="400" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/DavidLogan_2009-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DavidLogan-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=651&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=david_logan_on_tribal_leadership;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;event=TEDxUSC;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="390" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/DavidLogan_2009-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/DavidLogan-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=651&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=david_logan_on_tribal_leadership;year=2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;event=TEDxUSC;"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/220703335http://rolandkurtz.com/post/220703335Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:12:14 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://rolandkurtz.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/217907619/tumblr_kr4j9cuv061qa76xh&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><i>Hut on Genesee</i> performed on acoustic upright piano</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/217907619http://rolandkurtz.com/post/217907619Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:39 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krpa6t4QUP1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>William; Auckland; 2003</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/216584741http://rolandkurtz.com/post/216584741Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:14:40 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5yjxy5KX1qa76xho1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Performing with Red Blue Yellow<br/></i></p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/215803991http://rolandkurtz.com/post/215803991Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:57:12 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr4uhz96Fe1qa76xho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>I wonder how long it will stand</i></p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/214970456http://rolandkurtz.com/post/214970456Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:11:08 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6712657&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param 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Bridge today.  I picked the wrong time to drive into the city.</p>http://rolandkurtz.com/post/213317083http://rolandkurtz.com/post/213317083Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:03:49 -0700