<---- Return home .------------------------------------. │Sunday 8th March 2026 │ '------------------------------------' *Edit 21:00* The meditation timer now has these nice 3D mangoes I just made in Blender. More music this week, comprising of several new compositions. -'REAL TEETH' for a friends trombone recital. -Some 'crystalline' music for cello and piano which I tried with Mick Bardon- some fertile ground there for a lot of good music I believe. -tidying a handful of pieces for Mu Quintet's third album which we will record in June. I have also been working on some game dev with Jake @ Unseen Forms- will hopefull share more on that soon. Listening to Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time. Piano practise: now working on left hand dominant chord formations, scales wise, I'm going through 1-2-3 1-2 fingering of all scales three keys per day and repertoire wise- Naima by John coltrane in the keys. It has been revealing to see the beauty of that piece in the different key universes. I have also tried meditating with the keyboard under my hands and trying to just place each chord mentally before physically playing. There is an interesting phenomenon when you do this where you can weirdly 'feel' the connections being formed between your brain, ears and hands. I think this practise is helping me to 'hear' ahead. And also to be more patient. Maybe letting the chord fully decay before striking the next. Thinking alot about the beauty of touch for each note too. Does it come from beauty of intent / the freedom in the physical act? .------------------------------------. │Monday 2nd March 2026 │ '------------------------------------' Quick update to say that my piece 'plants' is now live on the site. I'm really liking just laying everything out together- it helps me to see the whole picture of the things I'm making and how they might inform one another. It's quite motivating and very satisfying. Some works wont fit on the homepage obviously and they might need to have their own little satellite pages if necessary. Let's see. Today, did more japanese with Teruki. Went to the greasy spoon diner, 'Ugly Mugs'. Practised and taught - ate some delicious leftover curry and some chocolate cake kindly made by Issy's mum. Issy's parents have been up visiting which was lovely and Pansy-cat turned 1! パンジー猫、お誕生日おめでとう ! (Rainbow text generated at https://charlesstover.github.io/rainbow-text/ .------------------------------------. │Thursday 26th February 2026 │ '------------------------------------' This is yet another test blog post. Because my old site *STILL* didn't feel simple enough or authentic to me. Hopefully this one sticks. I want to make this site a magical place to be. I have added section on piano practise and mediation to the site. Check them out if these topics interest you! .------------------------------------. │Tuesday 24th February 2026 │ '------------------------------------' Quick late night update.... Been working more on TV Dungeon (our 8-bit dungeon crawler) with Jake and Cieran. Been teaching piano and practising a lot too. Trying to be slow and honest with playing and improvising too. Realising I have spent a lot of time in my life rushing around in music. And true development happens when information is absorbed slowly and consistently. Speaking of which... Japanese. I am now ...almost there with memorizing the main Kana with a fair bit of work still to do on Katakana, but it is coming along (C) 2026 Hugh Vincent