I just had my DNA tested and discovered that I am not related to myself. Strange, but true.

Well, that's a good thing, 'cause it would be against the law if you were. Strange but true.

not in all states. strange but true.

Louise went for a drive?? Strange and maybe true?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25681756/?GT1=43001

How about: "There is a 50% chance that you may have"

Which is true.... right up until she tells you who she is looking for.

does this happen to anyone else?
I can't read or write music (my sis and bro had to do piano but for some reason I got to do what I wanted and spend my time on horseback when we were kids)

You go to bed.......and as you go to sleep or halfwakeup in the night, a melody comes into your head. It stays there for awhile and you know you've never heard it before so YOUR brain came up with it. But because you can't write it down you go back to sleep and then when you wake up in the morning you can't for the life of you remember it !

Maybe put a tape recorder next to the bed?

It's often the NyQuil that causes these bursts of musical savantism.

I'm almost always having some melody strolling through my mind...

Played violin as a kid, and sang some. It's been a while though, so don't think I could write anything down.

My Irish Fiddle teacher (I'm still taking lessons once a week...he's put up with me for 12 years now!!) had me record the tune I was learning, then the next week, I was to arrive, tune learned on fiddle and the music for it written down in a little music note book...written down from the recording. This was HARD!!! For me, it was like doing advanced calculus...after awhile, I danced away from it. I'd spend hours on it, and still not get it right. I'm learning all my tunes by ear now, and I've now got all my old lesson tapes put into files on the computer so I can go over any tune I want easily. In the meantime, the music has magically sunk in...I suppose now, any of the music running through my head I could figure out and write it down now.

I play piano, organ, guitar, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, bowed psaltery and canjo. I chucked the music long ago & went to playing by ear. It's not only so much easier but you save on the cost of buying sheet music. But if you're playing piano in church the congregation may start singing in a different key than you're playing. Cuz you hate playing alot of sharps & flats & therefore changed to an easier to play key lol. And playing in bluegrass jams gives me more experience in playing with other musicians...

Cheryl, I can play in any key as long as it's C, F, or G!


mikey

My old music teacher would send me home with tapes to learn Irish songs off of. The problem was although I'd be fine playing along, when I'd try to do them solo they'd turn out just a tiny bit different. He'd laughingly say they actually sounded good, just wrong. Folk process I say.

Yep, definitely the folk process...

I'm getting to the age where I often can't even find my keys. long time no see Mikey!

Hmmmm? Saw on the news yesterday that our old friend Dan Quayle was quoted as saying that John Edwards is "finished" concerning elected politics. I suppose Dan might have some insight into such things? Strange, but true.