{"id":110,"date":"2022-01-19T03:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T03:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/?p=110"},"modified":"2022-03-09T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:49:00","slug":"welcome-to-dadlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to dAdlib!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">We take a deep breath together and I play the first notes as I sit at the piano. Moments later my friend coaxes the beginning of a haunting melody from the strings of his sarangi.  We're showcasing this beautiful Indian instrument tonight, weaving two different musical traditions together as we improvise. We've done this many times before, but it's different every time, and I don't know what shape it will take tonight. Sometimes he hears a new direction for the melody to turn; sometimes I nudge the harmony towards different colours. Time stands still as we focus intently on what we're creating, and yet it somehow seems to pass far too quickly, too; so many moments pass by before I can finish savouring them.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PianoKeyboard2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111\" width=\"316\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PianoKeyboard2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PianoKeyboard2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dadlib.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PianoKeyboard2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I entered my thirties playing from sheet music. Things were going well, I had a plan, and I was pretty sure I knew what the next few years would bring. 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