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If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Here’s a clip to accompany my previous post, of Glenn Gould playing variation 25 from the Goldberg Variations. It’s from a recording made for television, late in his life. I include it here because of the sheer contrast between this [...]

genius score scribblings for dummies

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

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Terrible handwriting = genius? I'll say! Any other ways to find out how truly gifted you are?

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blog review: music practice tips

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

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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 options available to budding musicians today, useful resources on the topic of practice strategies and tactics [...]

elemental spirit

Sunday, August 5, 2007

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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.

5 expert ways to turbo-charge your practice routine

Monday, July 30, 2007

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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 [...]

community guitar: interview with Andrew Lawrence

Sunday, June 24, 2007

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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 [...]