April 2013
2 posts
“The factors that shape the sound of the music are often the ones that enable...”
– Patrick Jarenwattanano, NPR, A Blog Supreme, How Taxes And Moving Changed The Sound Of Jazz
March 2013
3 posts
February 2013
2 posts
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August 2012
1 post
April 2012
3 posts
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint,...”
– Vincent Van Gogh via Dr. Noa Kageyama, The Bulletproof Musician
“I see at least one technological (or maybe I should say, design) advantage to...”
– Tim Mannigan, Classical Life Music Blog
March 2012
1 post
February 2012
2 posts
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January 2012
5 posts
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“I’m into scales right now.”
– John Coltrane
Another reason to stop supporting Amazon. →
mesjak:
Between this and the nasty pre-Xmas “comparison shopping” boondoggle, and their current pressuring publishers for more co-op and better terms, it’s almost as though Amazon is starting to act like a monopoly! Huh.
yolaleah:
Brilliance Audio, owned by Amazon, has made the decision to stop allowing libraries to purchase and circulate their downloadable audiobooks. Gee, thanks Amazon!
December 2011
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“I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of...”
– Albert Einstein
November 2011
4 posts
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
– Frank Capra
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"To judge from the large turnout and big ovations,...
atlantasymphony:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/arts/music/atlanta-symphony-at-carnegie-hall-review.html
October 2011
9 posts
Happy Birthday, Liszt: why I'm now a fan of Franz →
On the eve of the Hungarian pianist and composer’s 200th birthday, I’ve finally had a Lisztian epiphany by Tom Service, The Guardian UK
I’ll be honest. This year’s biggest anniversary composer, Franz Liszt – who would have been 200 on Saturday (22 October) if cryogenics and genetic recovery had been an option at the time of his death in 1886 – has never really done it...
“The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to...”
– Duke Ellington
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I’d...”
– George Eliot
“Every tune has its groove.”
– Miles Davis
In Search of Beethoven →
What the critics say about In Search of Beethoven
“One of the finest movies about a great musician I’ve ever seen”
Philip French, The Observer
“Gripping”
Wall Street Journal
“an engrossing personal portrait”
Chicago Reader
September 2011
14 posts
listening to "Leif Ove Andsnes/Mariss... →
Work in progress. Very early progress.
listening to "Rodrigo - Concierto pastoral for... →
Work in progress. Very early progress.
“The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer....”
– Samuel Butler, The Note-books of Samuel Butler (via @TerryTeachout)
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“I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and...”
– Igor Stravinsky (via @terryteachout)
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The Art of Practicing from Performance Today...
“Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can’t understand it....”
– Yogi Berra
A Photo Highway →
Route 89 carves its way through some of the most spectacular scenery in the Western U.S. It’s a landscape photographer’s dream road trip. Outdoor Photographer, text and photography by James Cowlin, Tuesday August 23, 2011
Route 89 stretches from the U.S.-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border. The major national parks that 89 passes are Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Bryce, Zion,...
August 2011
6 posts
“Never look at the trombones. It only encourages them.”
– Richard Strauss
William Sorensen: “Text Slang for Baby Boomers” :... →
I am breaking the cardinal rule of social networking: Do not post the same thing to all your channels. This is so funny that I don’t want anyone to miss it. I’m TN2WMP = Trying not to wet my pants.
WWIS = What was I saying?
3dickPM = Read three detective novels this afternoon
M = Mojitoville
WSWS = Wearing socks with sandals
JDTV? = Which channel has a Judi Dench movie...
