The theme to the Third Man is so awesome. Is watching the composer perform it live on his zither better than hearing it played over and over in the film? […]

By chance, Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World came over the radio waves while I drove a few ten year olds home from a bowling birthday party. The lyric […]

Wasn’t expecting the Youtube of George Harrison discussing Abbey Road in 1969 to blow me away but it did. He’s about 26 and explaining what each song is about. He’s […]

Two improvising guitarists, one says let’s be more melodic, the other says How does anyone prove anything is melodic? First replies because it sounds pleasant. But what if I find […]

A guy played piano at the open stage and just before he started put on headphones. I thought maybe he had a metronome to listen to. He played an unusual […]

I’m scared of dying.I don’t think you’re alone.But I’m really scared.There’s nothing you can do.I write songs about it.That’s great, its helpful to do that, no?Yes it is.One more reason […]

student 1: the other day I was practising and I had an epiphany that dreaming about getting better is just a dream. student 2: but you do get better if […]

There was a punk band I liked years ago called No Mind. I think they nailed it. You can train or teach the body to musically recognize patterns and scales […]

Some fellow students organized a meeting to discuss how to teach one of the courses we take. It confused me when I received the invitation, so I asked the organizer […]

opera singer: i’ve been trying to teach my mind to show up earlier and train harder but it hasn’t worked. i’m sorry.first violinist: don’t worry about it. mind’s aren’t famous […]