I know that this web site is dedicated to my web projects etc... but I guess it is my blog and I can write about whatever I want to here. For those of you who know me I play guitar... have for a long time. For about the past year I have been playing Bach songs from a small song book that goes over his most famous songs. There are tabs and there are notes... I use the tabs for the fingering and the notes for the rythym... I can play pretty perfectly Bouree, and Air, and a few of the other Cannons. For some reason I find it really intuitive. Like I can just start playing one I've never played before and get the melody. Really I find these songs much easier to learn than, say even some pop songs. They are playable, really playable melodies and super complex... but the thing is... I could never write anything like this. I mean when I try I realize how complicated they are... the way the bass moves in comparison to the melody, and the way chords are added in is so ... masterful.

I looked online, but I can't find anything about how he composed these songs. I have a speculation it would be much easier to write them if I were playing them on piano... but if that is the case how did he know they would transpose so perfectly to cello or guitar even.

The closest hint I ever heard about how these songs were constructed was that he never wrote a parralel fifth, which basically means no to ascending bar chords.... at least that's how I understand it. I also read on that he started a style of music where he would play with the bass and treble harmony... meaning as the bass descends the treble ascends and vice versa and through that he would create these astounding melodies.

I also learned that music majors have to study bach more than anyone else.When learning how to compose he is like God in the classroom. I am starting to see why.

Anyhow if anyone know how the heck he did it feel free to leave me a comment I would love to understand how to write more like that.

I recently created a brand new web site for my other company Matt J. Fox Dry Cleaning. I think it came out looking pretty sweet. On top of a web site I also created an invoicing program that will bill online.

There is also a google maps integration that shows my route on the different days that I work. Over all it is a pretty suite looking web site. Check it out at Matt J Fox Drycleaners.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me at any time.

- Matt

I have recently created a full fledged drycleaning route invoicing program in PHP and MySql. This program is really helpful for anyone who needs an invoicing program that bills on a monthly basis for any kind of route services.

Add quantities, ticket numbers, see quartly yearly and monthly reports. See item totals. Best part of it is being able to send out an automaticly generated invoice and give users the ability to pay through paypal.

Create new months add past due balances, add percentage discount, referral discount programs and more.

Contact list expense reports are also included.

If you would like to see a demo of this feel free to contact me at any time.

-Matt