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Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since my last update, so here’s a packed one for https://www.openrealb.com I’ve now linked the scores to more than 40,000 videos: transcriptions, backing tracks, live performances, studio recordings, tutorials, and more. The sidebar menu has been completely redesigned for smoother navigation and a much better video-watching experience. The homepage and search engine have also been reworked to be clearer and more comfortable, whether you’re on desktop or mobile. In short, lots of improvements! Feel free to share your feedback, here or directly on the site! As for the next updates (probably coming in early 2026): I plan a major rework of the core: scores, fonts, etc. to ensure perfect display on all devices Adding more songs to the score library Adding more relevant linked videos ---  Thanks for the feedback. Yup, the enharmonic is not yet optimal ( though one could argue it's a nice challenge to practice reading unorthodox chords, and could help you becoming a stronger reader ). For sure I'll try to improve the tagging/categorisation of the tunes. As I said, I'll first focus on the rendering of the sheets, and once it's done, I'll add collaborative features as well as grow the repertoire. If you have other feedbacks, please don't hesitate !

This week marks 18 years since my first wife Helen passed from lymphoma and MDS. She was so brilliant and kind and beautiful--a great loss to lose her at age 52. I'll never forget her.   Here is a photo of her smiling so happily from her stay in Chile the summer before I first met her on our first day at the University of Chicago.                      

For anyone who didn't grab these, Sam Records is reissuing them as standard versions. The Sam website is down, but you can order them here (and probably elsewhere): https://www.soundohm.com/label/sam-records

A cold fall mrning. Typing is hard with Memphis piled on me in the listening chair! I'm online less. . . a good thing? Starting off with a revisit to [s][/s]Gerald Clayton "Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard" Blue Note cd

Oh yeah, Daniel Richmond