Bob Wiseman

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Garth Hudson gone. I liked my few moments with him, the Juno awards 35 years ago. I liked him slyly creeping over to my space during the rehearsal for their […]

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The first performances started today. Twenty year old woman from the Punjab stayed after class to tell me after hearing the first four students perform, she realizes she has no […]

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In the class discussions posted online a few students address the articles we recently reviewed which showed disproportionate amounts of male artists featured in music festivals. Most of the students […]

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The line up is looking more interesting for the Mendelson Joe night. Mary Margaret O’Hara, Cathy Young, Steve Koch, Sars McWongy, Kevin Roach, Min-Young Lee, John Oswald, Erika Werry, Soozie […]

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Meeting w my supervisor went well. They seem really into my PhD. Is this a set up? Can I actually make sense out of improvisation in a written context, in […]

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I love everything Linda Ronstadt does/ did, but when I was young I didn’t tune into the creativity of her work. When Elvis Costello was mean to her I saw […]

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I found Tom Scott’s Instagram. It is incredible. So many pieces he played on from Hawaii 5-0 to Steely Dan to Joni Mitchell to the Carpenters to Michael Jackson he […]

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One time I was asked to round off marks so if a student got 59 I should list their final mark as 60 or 58. My choice they said. It […]

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What to do about Buffy St. Marie. I assign certain films in my songwriting and music business classes and I love the film Rumble: The Indians That Rocked The World. […]

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There are certain songwriters or musicians I can’t endure experiencing. I don’t believe them. If there is an opportunity to leave the room until they are finished I do. When […]