Confession: This picture is misleading. I actually cooked this cornbread New Year’s Eve to go with the lentil soup I […]
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Progress – Part II: Failure
Progress Part II: Failure Wait… What? How is that progress? Failure is almost the opposite of progress. (Not quite. Regression […]
Progress – Part I
Progress: Part I What do you think of my new glasses? They finally arrived in the mail yesterday, 17 days […]
Music Is a Story #7: Don’t Be Nice
In a story, everything and every person has a reason for being where they are at the time they are. […]
Music Is a Story #6: Soloists Portray the Main Character
What is the purpose of this series? The focus has been about approaching music as a literary form. Music is […]
Music Is a Story #5: Performers Portray Characters
This series has centered on the metaphor of Music as a Story. The first entry loosely compared musical shape and […]
Music Is A Story #4: Musical Directors Are Narrators
Music Is a Story #4: Musical Directors are Narrators. Remember last week’s entry on collaborative performers? Here’s a quick refresher […]
Music is a story. Accompanists do not exist.
Who tells stories? The Narrator! Okay… but who is the musical equivalent of the Narrator? When the music involves only […]
Music is a story. How do you tell it?
Music is a story; how do you tell it? Do you have kids? I do not. The closest I have […]
Music Is a Story
Music is a story that must be told. What is your favorite piece of music? If you’re anything like […]