It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I don’t have a good reason – I just lost focus there for about a week. I was distracted by tv and computer games. Bad me! I started studying music history for my entrance exams again yesterday, though, so I’m getting back into it. Between yesterday and today I’ve actually gotten a decent amount done. I finally finished the Romantic period and am now into the 20th century. Of course, after I get through the book I’m going through now, which is just a basic outline (Harper Collins Outline: History of Western Music by Hugh M. Miller & Dale Cockrell), I am going to get into the real textbook (A History of Western Music by Grout and Palisca). And I still have to brush up on my theory. All this by mid-August. Oy! I better get back to work! 
Yesterday I was poking around in the iTunes store (taking a short break from studying) and came across some free downloads. This is a little bit out of my normal way, but I downloaded a recording of a pianist. (It was free, after all.) It’s quite good. Very relaxing. I ended up purchasing the whole cd. His name is Ludovico Einaudi, pianist-composer. His music has elements of minimalism, but not overly so. If you get a chance, you should definitely check it out.
