Archive for August, 2007
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music philosophy, part 1
As I was speaking with a fellow musician today (he is the teacher in whose classroom I am student teaching), we got onto the subject of jazz. I mentioned that I can’t stand to listen to a jazz station for long periods. This got us into a good conversation about modern music and what gives [...]
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new women’s trio arrangement
I suppose I’ve never been a huge fan of women’s trio literature. I was in a children’s choir, so I’ve sung quite a few SSA pieces, but I love the fuller sound and increased chord options available with only one additional part. But some type of bug must have bitten me the other [...]
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some songs are just . . . unfortunate
I hate to restart my participation in this blog with something so tragic, but I have found something that must be shared.
I am somewhat a connoisseur of bad music. Whether it’s poorly written, ill-conceived, or just plain annoying, I have a love-hate relationship with songs that make me cry for non-sentimental reasons.
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blog vacation, obviously.
But we have started the new NoiseBlog at http://gratemusic.com/noiseblog - check it out.