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Terrible handwriting = genius? I'll say! Any other ways to find out how truly gifted you are?
Terrible handwriting = genius? I'll say! Any other ways to find out how truly gifted you are?
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When I started this blog, I initially had this idea of a web resource for music practice advice. Providing such a service, I thought, would help remedy a recurrent problem in music education. That is: despite the abundance of educational/mentorship [...]
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
If a big bad building assails you with unsympathetic vibrations, can it be re-tuned like a musical instrument?
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Can listening to Mozart make you better-adjusted? Philosopher Manly P. Hall says: yes, but so long as you don't get too blissed-out.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Tonight, I’ve been needing to hear a “loud and clear” message about the life-affirming properties of music. Found it in this article about the late great jazz drummer Elvin Jones.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
In the last few years, we’ve seen a rapid increase in social and economic opportunities for DIY‘ers (do-it-yourself’ers), both on- and off-line. I’d argue that changes in our communication technologies are enabling this home brew entrepreneurship revolution. For example, the so-called “Web 2.0” paradigm shift on the Internet, describes a new way of creating wealth with [...]
Monday, July 30, 2007
Feel your motivation flagging at the thought of yet another dreary practice session? Your instrument starting to pick up dust? Never fear! We’re living in a brave new age of gurus, and there’s a solution-head out there for every spiritual and practical problem that ails’ ya. Here’s a shortlist of techniques and approaches from trusted authorities in [...]
Sunday, July 22, 2007
OK history buffs, here’s a question for you: (drum-roll…) Q- Why was (ancient Greek philosopher) Socrates put to death by his fellow Athenians? A- Because he was “corrupting Athens’ youth population”. Or so the verdict said. To be sure: history’s most phenomenally lame verdict! But if the word “corrupting” evokes debauchery, apparently this wasn’t quite the case. Rather, Socrates [...]
Friday, July 6, 2007
In life it’s often best to keep up with the Joneses. On the practical level, people ask less questions. On the existential level, you’re more well-adjusted. Or betterly-adjusted. So imagine this: I’m a musician, and I just woke up to the fact that I still don’t own an mp3 player. Pow! How could that be? I [...]
Sunday, June 24, 2007
For my June 2007 podcast, here’s an interview I conducted with Andrew Lawrence while I was attending Django In June in Northampton, Massachusetts. Andrew is founder of the Community Guitar Program, as well as being the director and coordinator of Django In June, the only annual music camp in North America dedicated to the pursuit of [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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