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An egrit and a red winged black bird were arguing over which was better, At The Copa or Mandy. The red winged blackbird said Mandy was more melodic plus the […]

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There was a composer a half century ago who started adding longer and longer sections of solos in his pieces eventually considering the idea of presenting the solos as the […]

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While planning next year’s course, thought about an assignment exploring writing from someone else’s point of view, from a character and how that pushes the envelope. Examples I thought included […]

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There was a songwriter who had a verse and a chorus going around his head for many years. He never found a satisfying bridge. Almost everyday woke up wondering if […]

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That thing about fixing a shape one is trying to achieve with their instrument, that problem where you keep repeating the mistake instead of reaching the desired goal of executing […]

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listening to my music on random this morning, realized how much better fortune cookies could be, if only. who cares if you’re too poor you can’t afford a pair of […]

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two notes on a piano had slightly different perspectives on who they were and where they lived but both believed themselves unique. and they were (and they weren’t). they were […]

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Planning an assignment in advance, for next year’s songwriting class. An assignment that excites me, think it would resonate with the students, but then I took a break, ran some […]

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the emotional trombone student told their teacher they were quitting band because they didn’t believe in following this path any longer. they went back and forth constantly about whether to […]

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A biologist who played the fiddle had an epiphany one day while noticing how cells travel the same pathways each day from the heart to the toes and back again. […]