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Late on the replies... Thanks for the feedback, all. I'l reply to specific points. I certainly not leaning to start anything very formal now. The teacher she had last year was pretty laid back and it looks like she's putting together a small group again, which I like. I should get the plan this week to see what she is planning. She interacts well in groups (actually excels, i wish I had 20% of her social skills...) and actually complains when she is alone (only child).

I actually have a Jupiter-Xm. 😅 I do let her noodle on the synths.... she gets a blast. For now I let it just enjoy it. Thanks for the feedback...

Gathering some thoughts from you about music lessons for my daughter (turned 5 last month)... For now, I've just let her do some exploring on the piano, as well as the general music class she has at school. She seems genuinely interested in different instruments (I ended up picking up a melodica since she was so fascinated by it!). My time has been freer since May now that I have left my full-time job and can spend a bit more time going forward than I have in the past. Some considerations - I’m trying not to over burden her with activities. Her school is 8am-3pm, and she does sport activities for 1 1/2 hrs each day at the club (what we call in Brazil a club is sort of a mix between a country club and a YMCA from what I saw in the US) between 4pm-5:30pm. She has quite a bit of energy and is usually still wide awake until her bedtime. - I have the option of a 3pm-3:30 pm music class at her school. (Last year her schedule was 30 minutes shorter at school, which allowed a 2:30pm-3:00pm class 2x a week which worked well). The 30 min time slide now make the logistics a little tighter, but doable. - She did well with 'general' music lessons last semester. We call it "Musicalização" in Brazil (I haven't found a good English translation, I guess music introduction or music habituation). She enjoyed the exploratory exercises and getting to know different instruments. - I'd rather have a teacher, and I'll spend time with her sporadically on evenings and on weekends (and so not teach her myself). Right now, I try to focus on end of day fun activities - music exploration, reading (alternating between English and Portuguese), Legos (which is the daddy activity since she was very young - I guess I have LAS as well as GAS (Lego acquisition syndrome) and just playing / games. - I want her to stay with the sport activities. Socially it has been great for her, and she enjoys them. I suck at group sports, mostly my fault, but I think I would have benefitted with a little push in this regard when I was younger. (My dad has a disability, so he spent a lot of time with us reading and playing games at home). I like the fact that she sees sports and exercising a part of the daily routine (we have a gym at home and plenty of space now that we moved to house), which I never did see. I just want her to have fun. She's shown an interest in singing and performing (like a lot of other kids her age). My wish would be to see her, over the long run, building singing skills and some accompanying instrument for now, but mostly to put her in a path she can choose a direction. I'm looking for general thoughts to see where to go this semester. I'm leaning to a piano lesson 1x a week 30 min, and see how it goes.

Thanks for the explanation! I've gone to the store for ages and understood the hour restrictions were religious based, but had never inquired deeper. I try to swing by there everytime I'm in NYC. The salesmen are usually very knowledgeable and I always find something new and interesting there. I usually don't have much time to browse stores when I'm in the US and the trip there is usually worth it. I'm always fascinated by the logistics in the store, conveyor belts everywhere.

This store has closed. It was great though, I was there early 2019. Sam Ash and B&H (mentioned here in this thread) were the stores I visited when I went last year.

Jose, you may have better luck posting on Craig's SSS forum, there's a broader musician base there and you may have better luck. Navigate to the main forum list https://forums.musicplayer.com/forum/16-craig-andertons-sound-studio-and-stage/

I'm in the US about 2-3x a year for the last several years and frequently have stuff delivered to hotels (and even more times when relatives go). The only time I had an issue with Amazon, it was my 100% my fault, and they fixed it right away - through the chat - and were extremely helpful. This was pre-pandemic. Since I usually don't have much time to juggle errors (another store took 8 days to deliver a 1-2 day order - which they charged me for), I usually order from amazon. Speaking of Apple, service here in Brazil is horrendous (and I lived in a large city with the flagship store). It's actually a breath of fresh air when I go to stores in the US or Europe. It's impossible to get any kind of reasonable technical questions answered, they can't confirm what they have in stock, and are just generally clueless.

Please keep us international folks in mind. From my POV, anything that can be paid with a credit card is best (as opposed to transfers).

Two moments for me - Korg DS-8 in 1987. My previous (and 1st) synth was a Poly 800 which I had bought used. The Korg DS8 had (close to) a Dx7 sound I wanted, effects, touch sensitivy, multimbrality, more in depth programming and 5 octaves. I also hated the monophonic filter in the Poly, the retriggering of the notes depending on how you played it was annoying and distracting; it just doesn't work for the 2 hand playing. The PC88mx in 1998. It was the 1st 88 note, piano action keyboard. I finally ' understood' the keyboard layout, started learning how to read sheet music, being able to visually understand where the keys were relation tosheet music as well as not having to shift octaves all the time in a 4/5 octave keyboard, and relearning technique on a hammer action. I could take piano classes and have a proper instrument to practice at home.

Indeed.. thanks for the correction. I watched an Argentian movie recomended by the same friend and got the origin mixed up. And thanks for the other suggestions.

A few that come to mind - Primal Fear Oldboy Arrival The uninvited Shutter (the Thai movie; there was a american remake that sucks, the Thai original scared the shit out of me) Open Your Eyes (the Spanish original to "Vanilla Sky") The Vanishing (Again, the original Dutch movie, which has a darker ending than the American remake, which I enjoyed as well. ) The Invisible Guest (Argentinian movie, probably not well known outside of Latin America)

Excellent choices, I'll add two that are missing from my personal List 1. About Time While the time travel aspect is a little wacky, I found it to be a witty, heart warming, wonderful movie. 2. If I hadn't met you / (Si no t’hagués conegut) Wonderful series from Catulinia, Spain, not very well known. More parallel universes than time travel, but I wanted to include it since I enjoyed it so much. Grieving father who lost his family meets an elderly scientist with the technology to travel to parallel universes. Starts slow, but has a profound, touching story .

Yep... revolution is shorter than the rotation. For the moon, it's the same, which is the reason why we only see one side - and the term 'dark side of the moon' is often miscontrued since dark means 'not visible to us', and not that it's always dark.

Regional Engineering Manager (Latin America) for an American multinational company in the Agriculture industry. My team builds / expands all the industrial facilities / labs / research facilities across 5 countries in LA. Dad for a wonderful 4 year old (my favorite almost full time job).

Cool discussion to follow.. thanks. Great admiration for the folks who pull the kind of performance needed for musicals. I always wonder what a typical audience values, focusing on a typical Broadway/west-end type production environment. In September took my daughter (tad over 4 years old then) to a local production of Little Mermaid (on par quality-wise with NY/London productions I've seen over the years), and before the musical started, I took my daughter to see the musicians in the pit (wish i had taken a picture; I was trying to be respectful, but I think I remember seeing seats / instruments for about 12-14 musicians). I was trying to be as discrete as possible , only two keyboards players were there at this point, but they looked genuinely delighted that I was taking an interest and waved at my daughter. After we sat I kept looking whether anybody else was going to do the same thing (nobody did), and wondered if people figured there were musicians there at all, and what they expect from a 'live performance'. Reminder to keep engaging her to different types of live music as she gets older, and also get my wife's reactions (non-musician, but generally interested in live music in different forms) next time around. My daughter is switching schools next semester which has a great music program overall. Would like to see if I can get involved one way or another if possible.

Have lived in Sao Paulo and neighboring cities for the past 18 years. Born and raised until my teens in Rio. Lived in Spain, Germany and US in between.

The closest thing I can think of it pulsatile Tinnitus, but it's typically more of a whooshing / thumping sound than a hum, but it's the only low frequency problem I've heard. I had it once because of an ear infection and it freaked me out (stress played a part as well I think). Woke up at night thinking what the hell the neighbor was up to, when I realized the noise was in my head (low frequency cyclical noise with my heartbeat, similar to the sound from a baby ultrasound equipment). Went away. From what I researched at the time, there are a lot of causes.

Eclectic group of folks! I'm jealous. Is this a yearly event? Would love to try to coincide with a US trip.

This was the best one I could think off.. 👻

The plug key was an elegant solution and I haven't seen anything like it. Most of the iOS devices are either Midi or Audio, and this is the only one I know of that does both in a small footprint, but they used mini connectors for Midi. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigproduoio/?pkey=irig-pro-duo-io

Yes, it looks like it can't be updated. Just updated my avatar. My daughter trying out her Halloween costume.

David Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey doing "under pressure" on the concerts. Gail is amazing doing Freddie`s parts, and playing bass at the same time! I also enjoy how this duet worked in the 'We will Rock you' musical (watched in the UK in 2010 and in Brazil in 2016). Last, there's the Bowie / Annie Lennox Duet at the Freddie Mercury Concert. Annie's performance didn't it for me, but the crowd energy was awesome.

A pleasant surprise for me is when an foreign act comes here to Brazil and does something thoughtful with the local Music and Arts scene. A lot of it is bringing local artists on stage, but there was a cool one I remember. Back in 2002, saw Vanessa Mae in concert in Rio (sold out). Around the same time, there was a project here in Brazil with young violin players (9-14) called 'the little Mozarts' that were starting out and weren't getting much attention. She brought them on stage to play with her halfway through the concert, which brought some nice recognition to the kids. After that, they got some traction and got invited to play around the world. Doing some web searches, looks like the group has continued until today.

Best - I am lucky enough to have gone to tons in my life, tough to list all the good ones. This stand out due to the quality of the show, timing, surroundings, and other aspects. Pink Floyd (1994) - It was in the grounds on some castle in France, the combination of the band, sound, and the scenery was amazing. Queen (1985) - I was 13. Holy Sh*t. I think it was one of the first big act concerts I went to (The first Rock in Rio - Queen's performance is legendary). I thought my head was going to explode (in a good way). Had most of their records. Bon Jovi (1988/9) - They were at the peak, we were covering their songs in my band. Had VIP tickets (my dad's employer was the event sponsor). 2cellos (2019) - My wife was in tears. She loved it. Living Colour (1991) - Crappy venue in Rochester NY but with surprisingly good acoustics, their loud, raw sound. Different experience, but good memories Worst - There are probably others, but these two popped in my head 1st. Whitesnake 2019 - Don't know why I bought tickets. Sound was awful, band apparently just wanted the paycheck. I guess I had some 80s / 90s nostalgia. Philip Glass - Brazil had a big event in the 80s called "Free Jazz" - 3 -4 acts per night. There was something else I wanted to see that day. I knew about his minimalistic style, but it was horrible experience. The venue was great, the sound quality was fine, my stupid choice. (Had free tickets too) At one point we left and hung out at the lobby until he was done.

Not far side, but thought this one was cool..