Hi, I’m Andrew Thomas Evans. I’m a hobby saxophone player who loves playing for my cats in my bedroom practice area. When I have time and they don’t mind me making noise.
On this site, I’ll share saxophone tips, practice ideas, and my thoughts on the horn. Picking up playing again in my middle ages gave me a new perspective on things and I’d like to share those thoughts from time to time.
This is also my personal blog. I plan to write about whatever I’m thinking about. Things like pop culture, movies, music, life stuff, and random ideas I want to share with the world wide web.
Thanks for stopping by!
Latest Thoughts
- Were the Stakes Too High in the Belgariad?Were the Stakes Too High? I feel that David Eddings had the line with the stars going dark to mourn the fallen god planned, and then worked backward in places to support it. This led to him having the stakes of “the universe” rather than something like “the world.” Having it be so great kind… Read more: Were the Stakes Too High in the Belgariad?
- The Last Battle in the BelgariadThe Last Battle I think David Eddings wrote this first, or shortly after the prologue, and then built the story from here. What happens when two forces who are destined to meet, with the stakes of the world (well, galaxy—but I’ll get to that later) at hand, transform into the literal representatives of the force… Read more: The Last Battle in the Belgariad
- Personal Choice in the Belgariad vs Wheel of TimeSelf-Determination and Personal Choice I “read” audiobooks, and there was a short interview at the end of a Wheel of Time book where Robert Jordan says the series is about personal choice. This didn’t sit well for me, because reading the series—and knowing how everyone was tied together as well as how the Pattern works—it… Read more: Personal Choice in the Belgariad vs Wheel of Time
- Prophecy in the Belgariad: Real, Intact & CompetingHow Prophecy Is Dealt With David Eddings, along with having different gods be real, also created a system where prophecy is real and hasn’t been lost. Along with that, there are key characters involved who are very old and were around at the time some key past events happened. This sets up an interesting way… Read more: Prophecy in the Belgariad: Real, Intact & Competing
- Hearing voices in the Belgariad: The Good Voice in Someone’s HeadVoices in Someone’s Head We have a different approach to a voice within someone’s head. I also have to wonder if this wasn’t a ’70s trope, since it’s also used in Star Wars in a somewhat similar way. How it’s set up is that the main character has a voice in his head, and basically… Read more: Hearing voices in the Belgariad: The Good Voice in Someone’s Head