speed writing
The piece I’m writing surprises me because I want to develop it quickly yet hours of practising are required in order to get it to a place where I can […]
Piano
Marxist Jazz
Reading about Dialectical thinking in advance for the next York course, an introduction to Karl Marx’s writing. I like the fact that Marx thought about everything being everything, no disagreement […]
hooked
My hook shot at 14 was often surprising probably because I was short, it was unexpected but what other possibility did I have of getting around the height of other […]
10,000 times
Like walking down the street, we hardly consider putting one foot after the next. The brain coordinates everything while that main part of consciousness thinks about what flavour of ice […]
exposed
A PhD student was studying the 1000 year works of composer Hildegard Von Bingen when she came upon her old poetic axioms positioning music as a metaphor for all sound […]
new hood
Some people stay on the same street in the same neighbourhood, nothing wrong with that but some go to a new neighbourhood where they don’t know where anything is. Walk […]
when they say see for yourself they’re actually making a riddle
Even though the eyeballs are animated they are just eyeballs. When you look in the mirror you see your parts, eyes or hair or chin…but just parts, all anatomical. Just […]
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 […]
switching sides
There is a brain thing I do at the piano which is when I realize my eyes are largely on the left hand or the right hand I try to […]
crown of accomplishment
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 […]