post birthday neil
By chance, Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World came over the radio waves while I drove a few ten year olds home from a bowling birthday party. The lyric […]
abbey road
Wasn’t expecting the Youtube of George Harrison discussing Abbey Road in 1969 to blow me away but it did. He’s about 26 and explaining what each song is about. He’s […]
two guitarists
Two improvising guitarists, one says let’s be more melodic, the other says How does anyone prove anything is melodic? First replies because it sounds pleasant. But what if I find […]
mr. moon
A guy played piano at the open stage and just before he started put on headphones. I thought maybe he had a metronome to listen to. He played an unusual […]
modern joke
I’m scared of dying.I don’t think you’re alone.But I’m really scared.There’s nothing you can do.I write songs about it.That’s great, its helpful to do that, no?Yes it is.One more reason […]
practise
student 1: the other day I was practising and I had an epiphany that dreaming about getting better is just a dream. student 2: but you do get better if […]
no mind no cry
There was a punk band I liked years ago called No Mind. I think they nailed it. You can train or teach the body to musically recognize patterns and scales […]
the research methods meeting
Some fellow students organized a meeting to discuss how to teach one of the courses we take. It confused me when I received the invitation, so I asked the organizer […]
after the summer vacation
opera singer: i’ve been trying to teach my mind to show up earlier and train harder but it hasn’t worked. i’m sorry.first violinist: don’t worry about it. mind’s aren’t famous […]
samantha shark watch
student 1: what are you writing about for the job assignment?student 2: my sister’s violin teacher. I like the way he dresses and his soft speech and he plays violin.student […]