Musician of the day: Jon Eriksen

I picked up harmonica again recently. (Harmonica and I went way back! It was the first instrument that I attempted to learn by myself, and with a bit of input from my mom. She taught me how to play the scale. That's all :D What my mom bought me was a tremolo harmonica that is really popular in Asia. A few years ago I took a break from guitar and tried playing 10-hole diatonic harmonica. The hurdle I couldn't get past was bending/overblowing so I wasn't able to play any tunes with accidentals! This time I bought myself a chromatic harmonica, on which I could play accidental without bending/overblowing, which I should learn eventually but at least I could play some real music!) It was a great coincidence that I saw jazz multi-instrumentalist Jon Eriksen playing during lunch time at Rincon Center. His playing was great on both harmonica and vibes. Check out his page on Jazz Harmonica Summit.

我很老土

記得小時候（八十年代），父母喜歡聽徐小鳳鄧麗君，那時我們都聽Alan Leslie 陳慧嫻陳百强，所以覺得父母很老土。如今想起來，實在要為他們平反！為何要平反？皆因今日已為人父母的我和當日的他們相比起來，更老土得多！事實上，當時聽徐小鳳鄧麗君的歌，只不過是十年或以內的舊歌。我喜歡聽的流行曲（古典及爵士不應計在內）有多舊？都是八十年代的歌！前一排抄了一大堆落memory stick放在車裡，早幾天才播來聽：簡直首首喜愛！例如Alan的Don't Say Goodbye呀，Leslie的愛慕呀。至於電台頻道，聽得最多的也是以播舊歌為主。當今最流行的歌，例如Ke$ha, Jay Sean甚至Black Eye Peas唱那些，都覺得實在難聽。喜歡的只有Katy Perry一個！