Lola

This has been a sad day. My friend and partner in music2work2 has lost Lola, one of his dogs. She had an illness from which she could not recover. She was a sweet, loving little dog. I know she was a source of joy for her family and they loved her very much. Caring about people, having friends, means that when they are hurting, you hurt also. It is a helpless feeling to watch friends in pain from a loss, knowing that no words or acts can make the hurt go away. You just hope that their knowing that you care about them and share their pain will somehow help a little.

When I lost my dog, Cassie, about 6 months ago, Andrew gave me the wonderful gift of a piece of music written just for her. I don't have the ability to do anything like that for him; I can only send him and his family love and wishes for comfort and strength during this time of loss.

eTheReal Soul Productions

One of the more unique bands among our MySpace friends is eTheReal Soul Productions. It is a fusion band from Los Angeles. The music is collaborations of different musicians, musical instruments and music styles.

Each of the four musical pieces available on their MySpace page is a different sound. I particularly like Barryesque and Free Flow. Both of these are instrumental pieces, sort of relaxing, chill music. Listening to Free Flow something about it reminds me of Music 2 Work 2'  Sexercise.

I really enjoy listening to the different compositions and presentations of the music of our MySpace friends.

Hope for more productive days

You know the kind of day that, when it's over, you realize you were busy all day; you are tired; but you can't see a lot of accomplishments to make you feel good about your day. That is the day that I have had. I was able to work on MySpace.com for music2work2 a little but most of my time was spent "putting out fires." The organization I do volunteer work for seemed to be confronted with one problem after another. Maybe it's the time of year, maybe it's the weather - - whatever it is that causes all the problems to occur at one time has certainly been in full force for the past few days.

I suppose all I can do is hope for calmer, less frustrating, more productive days ahead.