small alley

About this blog

The name of this blog is small alley. As in an alley, I hope to post a variety of things that I find interesting and as you walk through the alley, you would find things that you like.

I have posted some songs that I wrote. I am not a great singer. I sing and play the guitar purely for fun and I hope people who thinks they can't sing can be inspired by me. No former singing lessons and no former guitar training. Just pure fun......

The recording is also done at home with a drum machine and one guitar through a small amp. The sound file has been touched up slightly by removing the noise. Otherwise the songs are as original as it gets.

I practise Taiji regularly. For me, it is a great exercise requiring control of mind and body to perform well and for it to be enjoyable. You can get more videos of Taiji from YouTube.

Other posts include places and events that I think are interesting and more important, which I have time to upload.

Enjoy your walk through this small alley.....

Monday, May 31, 2021

Third Of Autumn

Improvising over a Jazz tune by Frank Vignola, Third of Autumn.

Third of Autumn

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

pyBean

Besides music, I am also interested in Python programming. Here, I am posting some videos on a pyBean program where I programmed text-to-speech and speech-to-text functionalities using Python - a very small 'Hey Google'.

pyBean also works on the Raspberry Pi.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Fingerstyle guitar, blues harp

Accompanying myself in 4 original songs. You can download the tabs at:-

At The Top, Going Down (guitar)

I Am With You (guitar)

Bend A Little (harp)

Bailey Blues (harp)

For the guitar parts, I put a capo at the 3rd fret to change the key to G in this video.