Cy Ball — Music

A couple of weeks ago while visiting family in Kentucky one morning, I stood up from a sitting on my brother’s porch, got very dizzy and staggered over the steps (about 4 steps) down to the asphalt driveway. My head hit first. This scraped my face and legs and maybe knocked me out for a [...]

If St. Germain was the seed of my interest in producing computer/electronic music, then Pandora Radio was the fertilizer.  A year or two before I retired, my best friend introduced me to Pandora Radio and I was instantly addicted. I created a St. Germain radio and quickly found many producers that I admired. In an [...]

It is pleasing to me to say that my radiologist and I have agreed that nothing needs to be done at this time, because my symptoms are well under control and because the proposed chemoembolization cannot be repeated an unlimited number of times. I am not manufacturing crises. With this disease, these discussions must be [...]

My surgeon called about last week’s scan. He said that only two tumors showed. That means that four of the six liver tumors are dead. Yipee!!! The meeting of surgeons and radiologists about liver patients reviewed my scans and it appears that the recommendation will be to have the same chemoembolization treatment that I had [...]

Another long wait. Four hours between injection and octreoscan can sometimes stimulate creative juices. I started on this music piece, worked on it more the next day while waiting for the next scan, then completed it over the last few days. G-Funk – 20 March 2012, funky guitar and organ. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 Cyril Ball

About 4 weeks ago, I reported that travel and celebration can cause carcinoid gastric problems (Carcinoid Rollercoaster). I am pleased to report that since then I took an eleven day trip to my hometown in Kentucky, attended a niece’s wedding and took a road trip to North Carolina to visit a brother. No gastric problems [...]

Rescheduled to Saturday August 4, 2011 there is a 5k run/walk called the “Run For Hope” in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The mission is to raise awareness of Carcinoid Cancer. Everyone is welcome. More detail and Registration at Run for Hope

Another long trip. This time 11 days in Kentucky and North Carolina. I was attending a wedding and visiting relatives. On the trip back, I had 2 hours to use in the airport and over 2 hours on the flight. So I started a new piece of music. My wife loaned me her netbook and [...]

A lot of emphasis is placed on certain blood tests detect or measure carcinoid. A single test result usually is not trusted but trends are good. There are a number of blood tests that are used by oncologists to detect or confirm carcinoid. These are used for me: Chromogranin A – a protein found in [...]

When I was starting to try to compose music my son gave me this book: “Composition for Computer Musicians” by Michael Hewitt. It helped me a lot. I also got “Music Theory for Computer Musicians” by Michael Hewitt, also a very good book. Just studying and doing the problems at the end of chapters gave [...]