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I saw a tribute to Jeff Beck online by Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Eric Clapton. I don’t associate any of those three with Jeff Beck’s musical aesthetic but whatever, […]
I saw a tribute to Jeff Beck online by Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Eric Clapton. I don’t associate any of those three with Jeff Beck’s musical aesthetic but whatever, […]
Listened to mathematician, physicist and hedge fund manager Eric Weinstein, in an interview about AI on the Triggernometry podcast. His smirk and focus reminds me of Carmaig de Forest. I […]
I like doing research but what exactly isn’t research? I finished the book on Celine Dion and René Angélil and now onto Colonel Tom and Elvis. This could be a […]
One of the courses I pitched was how to steal without being caught. Imitation – important part of artmaking, is it not? Just as important (or maybe more so) is […]
The first person at the open stage sung a song about how their parents met. The second sung something about being Sikh. The third student in our open stage played […]
I know so many ghosts. All gone now except my memories. I will also be a ghost down the road for others. Sometimes you want to ask how can this […]
Realistically, everything is from the Earth, like rocket ships. Everything man appears to make comes from using parts found or transformed but always originating from the Earth. It made you […]
Playing the Cameron with the Cameron Family Singers. They select songs that are trickier to improvise with than the usual “country” tinged pieces other people I’ve known choose. Their aesthetic […]
Some people think upon learning history, that the people of other times were foolish but not us. We are in the here and now. We are too smart to just […]
There is an improvisational technique I keep trying to hone. I realize it slowly over years and years. I am not proficient but I have made inroads. It is a […]