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Posted in General/News, Writings on Nov 5th, 2008
I’ve been thinking about this speech all morning. There are no longer insufficient funds in the vaults of opportunity. The fierce urgency of now has been realized. We are at the beginning of our best beginning. Let’s not squander this precious gift.
Posted in Writings on Sep 30th, 2008
I’ve not heard the Theremin played like this before. So great.
Posted in General/News, Writings on Mar 14th, 2008
I almost thought the priorities of the world (and cable programing) were changing for the better. I saw this ad on the New York Times website and instinctively clicked to see which opera was going to be broadcast on HBO.
Yeah… no. Other guy.
Posted in Writings on Mar 2nd, 2008
According to a new study from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Scientists funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have found that, when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring [...]
Posted in Writings on Mar 1st, 2008
Nearly every composer and musician I’ve talked with for any length of time has expressed a feeling of isolation or distance from a perceived “center” of where the action is. There seems a pervasive gaze toward the horizon and a belief that “boy, they’re really in the middle of what’s important over there.” [...]
