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I love the piece I am working on, love helping give birth to it, if that is anywhere close to how one should describe a piece’s creation. Here and there […]

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Itzhak Pearlman says great words about how he practices. The main thing is they should not practice fast (unless they are pulling it off). I was pleased to hear him […]

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loves to criticize or else imagine greatness 24/7 . this mind writes music this music writes to the press this press hates your sound . improvisation exactly from where comes […]

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My friend told me the interview will probably ask for examples of a difficult teaching experience you have had. Which one should I share? So much gold but so many […]

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Watching an old interview with Colonel Tom Parker about Elvis and he never was involved with selecting any songs. Reminds me of the older recording of Frank Zappa explaining how […]

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The assignment this week was to write about something that would get you into trouble or else write about someone in jail for something you do not believe fair or […]

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My father’s birthday. He would almost be 100 years old. He was the only one in the family of six who did not play an instrument but he had an […]

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Predictably some students did not hand in the first assignment. I have learned that this is a special moment because if I let it slip, it signals they can do […]

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Scott Thompson from Kids In The Hall has a band called Mouth Congress. I am working on adding piano and miscellaneous electronics to three of their songs. It is fun […]

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Planning the PhD inspection. Feels pretty good to me but whenever something feels pretty good usually it means you are oblivious about how things could fail. Like the time the […]