Howerd Oakford’s Personal Page
As
if anyone is interested! Maybe someone is, so here is some info :
I was born
28th October 1954 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.
On June 4th
2007 I was divorced, then on January 9th 2009 I married Rita Aulig, and
we moved back to Bracknell, UK.
Now I have
two children and two step-children!
Howerd & Rita in Queenstown, New Zealand 2010
New! Even more music
- MP3’s for you to download…
The Pianists Piano Competition
I’ve recorded four
pieces of my solo piano pieces for the Yamaha/The Pianists magazine
competition. I don’t like the concept of competition, especially in the field
of music, but “it felt right”…
I heard
from the competition organisers that I did not make it into the final 20
performers. I’m glad I took the time to create a CD – its all part of the
learning process…
I am a
member of Subud, an international, non-denominational
spiritual association. Here is the account of my weekend at the Subud UK National Congress
in 2004.
I like
playing Ice Hockey, but I don’t get much time to do this at the moment….
I like
playing the piano. For my 49th birthday ( 2003 Oct 28 ) my family
bought me 2 hours in a recording studio – here is my son Sam ( then aged 13 )
on drums and me on Yamaha PS6100 synthesiser ( twice ). One take, not much
practice and no rehearsal, so lots of mistakes, presented as is : Sam & Howerd jamming (
about 4Mbytes mp3 file). I like to play the piano at Glastonbury.
I like
listening to music, especially live. Some recent favourites are : Florence and
the Machine, Supertramp (again), Katie & Kirsty Lawrence and Moot (both
from the Isle of Man), Jimi Hendrix, Steam ( Na na … na, kiss him goodbye… ),
Sugarbabes, Fall Out Boy, Alison Krauss, Waterboys, Zero7, The Bees, Kanye
West, Miri Ben Ari.
HuniBuni – a very special rabbit, but no match for
a fox…
I like
programming in Forth, and especially colorForth. Forth is the
simplest and most elegant way to program a computer. It works in harmony with
the human brain to produce better programs, faster. It is also lots of fun!
Howerd at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, 2010
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