earlier AI
I played a piece I wrote at the Mendelson Joe memorial in April and it was videotaped. Good thing I didn’t realize that because recordings often are a distraction. When […]
Piano
clusterwood
I like playing clusters so much and trying to also be melodic with these shapes. Part of it is because people positioned as musical experts often dismiss certain sounds as […]
the 40s
Started writing something in D major where I tried inserting diminished chords instead of the usual diatonic changes I might explore. Immediately reminiscent of cadences in romantic classical music. While […]
mulchie
One day in the gymnasium after dodge ball, the grade three class noticed the upright piano had not yet been wheeled back to the locked closet, so small Ari Muchnik […]
fun fact
for many years, it is like one is climbing up an invisible mountain and then one day it is obvious one is heading down and at some point previously, the […]
the orbit life
There is a guy I’ve worked with over a year, who makes more headway than most because he does the work and he gets off on the experience of his […]
ring finger
there is a little girl i teach once a week and it is very interesting that if i show her something that requires three fingers she will start the sequence […]
the new student who cancels at the last minute
there is a position you take sometimes when improvising, to bend with the people you are playing with and adjust whatever you might have wanted to do with whatever they […]
musical mind
viewing a tutorial about lydian modes. guy talked about hollywood composers inclination to utilize this, then played an excerpt of beethoven doing it. next he says beethoven is using the […]
instinct
it is incredible how one’s reflexes take over when something sudden happens and how defensive moves enact quicker than one’s ability to think about any of it, making fun of […]