a music podcast and blog
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.” […]
Posted in General/News, Writings on Feb 25th, 2008
My web blog up to this point has solely been a container for my podcast.
I wrestled with the idea of writing a blog alongside the podcast very early on, but concluded that for one it would be too self-centered to write and expect people to read my thoughts since I’m not anyone important […]