3 fings kasha
There’s a trick to doing trills. Or maybe the word trills is incorrect. It’s a technique thing I saw Casey Sokal do when I was at York in the 80s. […]
the blueprint
I tried doing something starting with a motif from Chopin. I forget the name of the piece but it’s in three and starts with a beautiful seductive gesture. That’s all […]
improvisers
The comedy people are great improvisers. They have no instrument to hide behind. They have to use their sense of who they are right away or develop it right away. […]
ship at sea
tried to transfer Ship At Sea to piano which was previously only played on guitar. Started by doing the Joni Mitchell type of left hand, that method I never do […]
3 different views of the same thing
Once upon a time a musician was struggling with her ability to play the guitar. She got upset about it and quit. Once upon another time a musician was struggling […]
boiling techniques
made oatmeal this morning, key to my technique is adding it to already boring water. got left hand to play passage more swiftly, key to technique was adding it to […]
repair haiku
the tile guy is here: changing the bathroom for good: the tunes that he plays
updating the strawberry lion story
2 musicians were on an airplane and it’s engines suddenly malfunctioned. As the plane fell through the sky to become smithereens below it made the sound in the air from […]
changing the guard
This morning I worked in C# at developing something in 3 and realized I’m always looking at my right hand when I try to coordinate this piece so instead tried […]
Straight Line of Fringes
Leaving for France and Israel Monday. Tonight, Anand Rajaram and I played our 4 th show of his brilliant “Cowboys and Indians” at the Summerworks Festival here in Toronto. Åfterward […]