12 Days of Christmas - Day 12

And now we've reached the last day of Christmas, a day traditionally celebrated with a King's cake. Instead, I had lunch with a good friend at an Indian restaurant where we topped off the meal with carrot halwa - certainly a meal and dessert fit for a king lol!

So in honor of the twelfth day, I made this short clip of Kala Ramnath's composition "Long Drive Home." When I notated it, I put it in 12/8, which is one of the many reasons it's the perfect piece to share right now. To me, it's a song filled with warmth, comfort, peace and love - in short everything we associate with home and with the holidays. We'll be playing this one in Dubai in a little over a week and I'm sure we will have this feeling when we board the return flight...in the meantime, thank you for being with me throughout the holidays this year and I hope we will meet up in the months to come. Peace!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 11

The holidays are all about "out with the old and in with the new" and for this year, among the many new projects cropping up, there is this one: Bijuri Productions - a booking agency I created as an off-shoot of my little record label, Bijuri Records.

Of course, I have a dream to grow this label into an established company that regularly releases high quality music. As you all know, the recording industry is in a precarious place now and funding these enterprises is always an issue, even in good times. Just the same, in a spirit of hope and inspiration that only the new year can bring, I invite you to come visit the Bijuri Records website, and Bijuri Productions in particular, from which I'm hoping to connect these artists to excellent performing opportunities. There is no lack of talent at this place!

12 Days of Christmas - Day 10

Čeština

Před nějaké roky, přečetla jsem si v kníze Hindustaní filosofky Maya Tiwari, že všichni bychom měli umím mluvit jazyk naší matky. V mém připadě, by to mohlo být angličtina, čeština nebo španělština, ale žila s námi moje babička, která mě už naučila říkat pár věci v češtině...a tak jsem tady...

Skoro 6 let od mé první cesty do Čech, připravuju se na B1 CCE zkoušku v 4.4.2020 - nevím, jak to dopadne, ale moc ráda se učím češtinu, je to nejlepší jazyk a doufám, že budu mluvíme plynně někdy v budoucnosti. Do té doby, vím, že moje grammtika potřebuje pomoc ... lol!

Musím poděkovat mým kamarádům Zuzce, Baře, Janě, Andrea, Honzovi a Miroslavovi, že jste poslouchali moji špatnou gramatiku a opravili ji!! You are loved!! A přeju všem šťastný nový rok!!