autographs
There are some unreal compilations on youtube of people at fairs riding the Slingshot which seems to propel people upwards at high velocities then allow substantial free fall. The amazing […]
Performing
gord downie’s trance
A few years ago I learned when orchestral players audition they do so behind a curtain. The hiring committee doesn’t know what they look like only the sound they generate. […]
Secret Method Department
The old Russian conductor admired for musical surprises said in the final interview he owed everything to not thinking about it.
r.i.s.e.
Last week I went to the open stage called R.I.S.E. in Scarborough for the 2cnd time. Unlike the other open stages I know, R.I.S.E. is predominantly hip hop youth, community […]
playing w john
Many times distracted and so suffers the music. Maybe it is a maturity thing, but the last show with John Oswald, was meaningful for all the right reasons, shooting for a […]
bedtime
She plays white notes in the middle of the piano with both hands slowly, random spots. I join on the upper register at same speed just different random white notes. […]
3D
One of them wants to have a meeting to discuss the performance after it is over, fine with me and yet I don’t seem to be able to get it […]
best bio
Some artists I admire most coincidentally supplied promoters with the best bios. . Sam Larkin milked the cow morning and evening when he was six years old. And continued […]
ghost memories
An older trumpet player, an improvisor, Herbie Spanier. Parachuted into some punk groups in the mid 80s. He was born in the 1920s. He was in his own world but […]
who else would it be?
I played a piano song at the Tranzac open stage. People applauded. Asked did I play too much (because usually people do 2 songs but I might have played too […]