after the paradiddles
Bill Kosinski, decided to follow his dreams. In September he quit his job at the gas station and flew from a small Manitoba town to Mali in Africa to work […]
Bill Kosinski, decided to follow his dreams. In September he quit his job at the gas station and flew from a small Manitoba town to Mali in Africa to work […]
student: I know you don’t like my music teacher: Stop reading my blog posts. student: Is that a joke? teacher: Maybe. student: Why don’t you don’t like it? teacher: I […]
There was a much sought after flugelhorn player whose students appreciated them for their insight and technical expertise. One student complained his best states of playing remained elusive to which […]
Went to the Y and while entering the building I passed a man who looked so much like David, my old friend who died, that for an instant I thought […]
Many times people tell you about your art and who it reminds them of. They mean it to be flattering or useful – but if there was a compliment college I […]
When I was 22 I had keys to Trinity St. Paul’s church. I had a job and our office was in the basement. There were 7 other companies with offices […]
Scotch bonnet in curry, dangerous move, can’t go back, dish gloves for chopping. Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli in the hot jazz club of France, wonder if sriracha played a […]
In the movies the person sentenced to death is never offered a last piece of music. In real life it is worse. They can never stop hearing the same song […]
Two music fans were fighting about Prince. One said everything he ever did was magic the other said he only sung about his penis. Soon they rolled out of the […]
There were a hundred amazing moments in the documentary about Sviatoslav Richter (Richter: The Enigma). In one instance he talks about pianist Maria Yudina, who was Stalin’s favourite pianist (whatever […]