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Music & the Body
Read More: Music & the BodyListener affectation based on musical style is a topic I’m fascinated by, and it inspires and informs my work as both performer and composer. This article speaks to the idea that all music is medicine, a statement that has resonated with me for decades and even appeared on my business cards. My biggest takeaway from…
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Support and Comradery in Music
Read More: Support and Comradery in MusicThough I’m not a sports fan, this story caught my attention. During one of the first-round games in this year’s March Madness college basketball tournament, the University of Idaho marching band filled in for the Yale marching band, whose members were on spring break. The Idaho band director’s statement says it all: “We want to…
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Meshuggah, Misha Mansoor, and Making Music Your Way
Read More: Meshuggah, Misha Mansoor, and Making Music Your WayThe title of this article is somewhat misleading: it’s more about the guitarist/producer Misha Mansoor making business changes to establish and maintain his happiness and quality of life. The one quote that stands out to me in this article is when Misha talks about being happier working as a salesperson at Radio Shack because he…
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Mathematics and J.S. Bach
Read More: Mathematics and J.S. BachI read in a music history textbook years ago that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach was so far ahead of his own time that listeners of that generation labelled his music “old-fashioned and out-of-date”. Today, mathematicians are fascinated by the works of J. S. Bach more than any other composer in classical music, citing…
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Being Authentic in Music
Read More: Being Authentic in MusicI recently read an interview with the bassist Les Claypool about his failed audition for Metallica in 1986. In the interview he acknowledged that he was not a good match for that band, saying “I just didn’t fit in”. Less than a decade later, his band Primus played at the 1994 Woodstock Festival and continues…
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Music & the Body
Listener affectation based on musical style is a topic I’m fascinated by, and it inspires and informs my work as both performer and composer. This article speaks to the idea that all music is medicine, a statement that has resonated with me for decades and even appeared on my business cards. My biggest takeaway from…
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Support and Comradery in Music
Though I’m not a sports fan, this story caught my attention. During one of the first-round games in this year’s March Madness college basketball tournament, the University of Idaho marching band filled in for the Yale marching band, whose members were on spring break. The Idaho band director’s statement says it all: “We want to…
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Meshuggah, Misha Mansoor, and Making Music Your Way
The title of this article is somewhat misleading: it’s more about the guitarist/producer Misha Mansoor making business changes to establish and maintain his happiness and quality of life. The one quote that stands out to me in this article is when Misha talks about being happier working as a salesperson at Radio Shack because he…
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