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Of Love, Marriage, Magic, And Music – And Money Making, Too
Although more than fifty years have gone by, the magic moment that Mary Patricia came into my life is as fresh as the morning dew, as clear as spring water, and yet just as warm as a mild fever.
In my freshman year at Columbia College, with the pressures of final exams upon me, as I looked for a secluded spot to study I found myself in Avery Hall, where the music practice rooms were located. Mozart’s magical music flowed from one of the rooms; it was the adagio of Piano Sonata No. 12.
Of course I learned that bit of information much later, since in those years –at age 17– I had no idea who Mozart was. Noticing that the pianist was replaying the adagio over and over I sat on the floor right outside the door and listened to it. Two hours later, the budding and determined concert pianist stepped around me, for I was glued to the spot, and gave me a quizzical look.
“I didn’t want to disturb you,” I said. “What is the name of that song you played for two hours?”
“It’s not a song–it’s a sonata, and you’ve been here two hours?”
Oh, heavenly bliss! Her voice was even sweeter than the music I had just heard. My musical ignorance, my heavy Spanish accent, and my less than imposing appearance must have gained her trust, for from that magic moment on Mary Patricia and I became inseparable lifetime sojourners.
Today as we enjoy our golden years, three children on their own, and two grandchildren to lavish love and gifts on, I feel that –free will notwithstanding- the touch of an angel nudges us humans in different directions. When Mary Patricia and I discuss the statistics that more than half of the people who get married end up divorcing, we are seized with infinite sadness.
I cannot imagine for one second life without my beloved partner.
This is a story narrated in first person voice, so I cannot tell you what other people’s feelings, thoughts, and attitudes toward life are. What follows are some of the canons that have guided my life in my marriage.
Because Mary Patricia likes to eat fruit every day, I made it a point to always bring home an apple, bananas, grapes, or cantaloupes. Of course I knew she went to the market and picked her own fruit. My gesture, though, was more spiritual than nutritional-never come home empty handed.
Early in our marriage I learned that Mary Patricia wished to be consulted in all my decisions, no matter how petty or insignificant. So, I made the promise to myself that not only would I consult with her, but I would over consult.
Over consult I did. Except for that one time when I impulsively bought her a second piano. Not that she wasn’t appreciative, but she let me know that had she been consulted she would have told me that she was pregnant with our third child and that it was time to save rather than to spend.
“With three children to support and put through Barnard College, you need to earn more money,” she said.
Having already two girls, she was looking forward to a third one. “Why not Columbia College?” I asked, sounding like the ever macho-man from South America.
At that point in my career (30 years ago) I had been promoted to corporate controller and was earning a little under $100,000 a year. To my accountant’s mind, that was a pretty good darn amount. And I considered myself a good provider. Yet hubris overcame my good sense and for a couple of weeks I chewed on the cud of resentment at the implication that I wasn’t earning enough money.
Then one good day, Mary Patricia sensing my moodiness, said, “Money making will come easily to you when you think of those about you-not yourself. If I can see that you can, too.”
That did it! I had been thinking of my own wonderful self and not of my loved ones. So I told Mary Patricia I would give up my job and I would become an investment banker. Without hesitation she agreed. That same day she went to the Coliseum Bookstore (Columbus Circle, long gone by now) and purchased all the necessary textbooks for me to study and pass the registered representative exams.
That evening she handed me the books and I handed her a colorful dish of juicy, sweet, diced cantaloupe, honey dew, and water melon–all laced with Merlot. To cap the evening she played for me the Mozart’s adagio that had sent chills up my spine that fated day when I saw her for the first time. What did I see in her? Did I see the face of an angel, or the face of my mother whom I had left behind to come to this country? God only knows. If every man has an ideal image of a perfect woman, Mary Patricia was and is my “imago.”
Today Mary Patricia no longer plays the piano, for her arthritis has invaded her legs and arms. From her debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, to her final concert at Carnegie Hall, I never missed one of her concerts. I was always there to cheer. Fame and glory fade, but deep in my heart her accomplishments grow and glow stronger with the passing years. Often I play in my head the night she brought the house down at Carnegie with her reading of Brahms’ Piano Quintet, the ovations and ‘bravas’ reverberating forever in my soul. Indeed a night to remember it was; even the much feared music critic from the NY Times wrote that her performance that night was a “boon from God.”
Yes, God smiled on Mary Patricia, and that smile spilled over to me, for the good Lord made me an even bigger provider than I had been; my career blossomed and I retired a wealthy investment banker. We’ve sent our children to Ivy schools, have college funds for the grandchildren, and we live in a grand neighborhood with fine neighbors. Mary Patricia –a child of an old patrician wasp family from Boston– reassures me that she married up when she married me – “a poor immigrant boy from the Andes.”
Last Sunday after church we went to the street fair on Madison Avenue, not far from where we live on Park Avenue. To tell the truth, I can’t think of a better way to spend a gorgeous, glorious afternoon in New York City than at a street fair.
And I pushed Mary Patricia’s wheel chair the whole length of the fair-all twenty blocks.
About the Author
Retired. Former investment banker, Columbia University-educated, Vietnam Vet (67-68). For the writing techniques I use, see Mary Duffy’s e-book: Sentence Openers. To learn more about happy relationships visit: Happy Relationships
Left Handed Ovation Question
What are some left-handed Ovation guitar models?
im left-handed and i’d love to find a model of guitar ovation makes that comes lefty. I only know of one, the LCC047. I really love ovation sound and shape, but of course i have to be left handed and finding good guitars is impossible.
ive played guitar for 6 years…im not changing to righty lol….i just want an acoustic cuz ive only played electric for all my 6 years
If you have not yet started to learn guitar then you might want to consider learning to play right handed. Many lefties do that and it’s a good idea. Each hand has an important task to do and if anything fretting is more important. You would be fretting with your dominant hand, a distinct advantage. Plus, as you already know there are a lot more guitars and teaching materials available for right handed players.
Have you tried other guitars in the same price range as the Ovations you’re looking at? They are not my favorite guitar.
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Special Event Videography – Top Tips to Ensure a Successful Video Shoot
‘A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet’ – Orson Wells.
When I create a film for a client, my heart and soul goes into it. I may not have the head of a poet, but I am aware of adhering to the cornerstones of videography which will stack the odds in my favour of creating a good film. If you follow the basics, the poetry will eventually follow.
Plan Your Shoot
Don’t turn up cold and expect everything to fall into place, have a plan, have a contingency plan, and in fact have a third plan just in case your first two were really stupid. Nothing will make you look less professional in front of your client than being stumped by the unexpected. Your film needs to tell a story and it is your job to provide yourself the opportunities to be able to gather all the facets together that will enable you to tell that story effectively. Be prepared but also be flexible.
Stripe Your Tapes
Non-linear editing suites use time codes to automatically capture scenes from tape. Any breaks in the time codes, caused by stopping and starting recording, will cause this feature to stall. Ensure there are no gaps by placing the lens cap on the camera and pressing record for the entire tape. Rewind the tape and it is ready to go. And please write on the tape, the tape case and use some sort of clapperboard so you know what, where and who is on the tape. Hunt For The Digital Video is an unnecessary and time consuming game and not to be played while driving to a client’s house.
Get an Establishing Shot
Grab the viewer’s attention, inspire curiosity, impart enough information to engage the viewer. Think about films, images or photographs that have had an impact on you. What were the elements that stood out for you, how can you duplicate them or replicate them to suit your filming requirements. Personally, I have always been emotionally moved by Apocalypse Now and the scene where the severed head is thrown into the prisoner’s bamboo cage to land face up in his lap. However, I am yet to duplicate it and work it into a baby film. Be discerning.
Capture Lots of Footage
As a general rule you should shoot approximately five to six times the amount of film that you will eventually use. It may take time but trust me, when it comes to putting your film together you want a lot of shots to choose from. You may have planned and executed the perfect shot and find that one of your off the cuff filler shots works far better.
Use a Tripod
Invest in a fluid head tripod and get steady, level shots. Your film will look very amateurish if it is all over the place, unless of course you are having a poet moment and you specifically want that look, in which case we will call it a special effect.
Follow the Interest
Ok, you might say, ‘duh!’ But remember you decide the action that you want the viewer to follow. Surprising your viewer by using motion can also be effective. Follow a bird’s flight to a location shot, water trickling to a lake, a car driving to a city panorama..you get the idea.
Shoot Matching Shots
If you shoot the same action from two or three different perspectives you can edit them together to allow for a flowing story, continuity and the illustration of a point. For example, you can start with the wide shot of a man getting into a car, a close up of his hand turning the key in the ignition, and the car being placed in gear to a medium shot from the driver’s perspective of the road and the journey’s beginning. Guide your viewer through the logical.
Shoot Cutaways
Often I am in the situation of needing to edit out audio or video from within a piece of footage. Left alone the edit causes the resulting film to be disjointed and jarring to the viewer as the subject or action may move between shots. By inserting a cutaway from the action, the viewer is gently led between edits. For example during an interview the interviewee may cough and you want to edit it out, a cutaway to the interviewer and back to the interviewee would be appropriate to cover the edit.
Vary Your Shots
Use lots of different types of shots, angles and heights. There is no limit to the manner in which you can shoot your subjects. Vary it, spice it up, what is the worse case scenario? You don’t use it in the film? Give yourself the opportunity to make some spectacular footage and some really terrible choices. One of the best ways to learn is by experimentation. Sometimes if you are not told the right way, you figure out a better way. Oh, my poet momentarily surfaced.
The Golden Mean or Rule of Thirds
Composition is better when main objects are not placed centrally in a picture. The rule of thirds or the golden mean splits your canvas into nine equal sections. Where the four lines intersect are where objects or action should be placed to be the most pleasing to the eye. Look around your view finder, don’t just look centrally. Look at the edges of your frame as well, fill up your entire viewfinder with interesting images and avoid blank areas.
Check Your Audio
Always wear headphones! And get plenty of natural sounds. Beware of air conditioners, aircraft, small children, barking dogs, machinery, things that squeak and circus folk with little hands who smell like cabbage.
Crossing the Action Line/Breaking the pane
Imagine a line that runs through the centre of the action from left to right along the screen like a vertical wall. All shots need to be on the same side of the wall, especially reverse cutaways or the action will appear disjointed with objects not appearing to the viewer to be on the correct side when the scenes are viewed sequentially. It’s a commonsense thing.
Get a Closing Shot
Your film is telling a story, it needs a beginning, a middle and of course an end. A poignant ending shot can increase the level of emotion your viewers are experiencing, tie up any loose ends and let everyone know to push back their chairs and give you a standing ovation. You star you!
A Little Perspective
At the end of the day, we are special event videographers not brain surgeons. No one will die if we don’t get a closing shot or break the pane. However, if your film is not professional, tell a story and adhere to the basic rules of frame composition, your client may reach down your throat and pull out your inner poet and give him a slap on the upside of the head.
About the Author
Amanda Nella is a professional videographer who operates her own special event video business in Perth WA. She provides quality documentary style films for parents about their children. She is trained in the field of investigative interviewing. She holds Diplomas in Investigations, SCAn,Stage Production, Computer Programming & Business. Visit her site at Bump2babyFilms
Left Handed Ovation Question
What are some left-handed Ovation guitar models?
im left-handed and i’d love to find a model of guitar ovation makes that comes lefty. I only know of one, the LCC047. I really love ovation sound and shape, but of course i have to be left handed and finding good guitars is impossible.
ive played guitar for 6 years…im not changing to righty lol….i just want an acoustic cuz ive only played electric for all my 6 years
If you have not yet started to learn guitar then you might want to consider learning to play right handed. Many lefties do that and it’s a good idea. Each hand has an important task to do and if anything fretting is more important. You would be fretting with your dominant hand, a distinct advantage. Plus, as you already know there are a lot more guitars and teaching materials available for right handed players.
Have you tried other guitars in the same price range as the Ovations you’re looking at? They are not my favorite guitar.
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Used Adams Ovation Fairway Wood The Adams Ovation fairway wood’s stainless steel construction and a low center of gravity result in higher launch angles and reduced spin â?” all of which translate into long shots that land soft. A high MOI results translates into increased forgiveness…. |
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Here is No Why (Smashing Pumpkins)– Acoustic cover
Ten Years Gone pt 2
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