mister magic
One of the new pieces I’m working on stems from taking a gesture I played many times and inverting it plus putting that inversion in a different key than the […]
autumn leaves
I’m working on Autumn Leaves. Why working on this PhD when I could instead right now hit the Holiday Inn lounges. I hope they have real pianos. The first time […]
they pulled up
One time my friend was performing his songs and he forgot the lyrics to one of his songs and later nobody laughed when he tried to be funny from the […]
violin lesson
enjoyed watching soozie give esmé her 2cnd violin lesson, especially the double stops part and when they jammed and when she imitated her father’s voice. enjoyed the mango ice with […]
plantar zone walked dog
walking in high park this morning i saw a woman walking her dog heading towards me who looked a bit like serena ryder who turned out to be serena ryder […]
on human nature
Edward O . Wilson’s book On Human Nature sure hits me in the best places. I hope to start it all over a second time because too many distractions interrupting […]
in other words, hold my hand
Working on Fly Me To The Moon. Don’t know how I got this far without realizing before how to use diminished chords to move along a melody or how to […]
goodbye beverly hello franz
Mortality tastes different after the forties. Knowing something viscerally, that the younger don’t. They might have the latest app or a radical piercing in their underwear, maybe even a tattoo […]
please don’t be long for I might be asleep
That Barry Harris thing, those major 6th sequences and diminished chords always sound to me like Blue Jay Way by George Harrison on Magical Mystery Tour, every time I practise […]
creative mistakes
It’s hot, hot without notice in Toronto following winter. Spring was just a scam, about 30 minutes long and poof sauna time. Should I trust this? Should I move the […]