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Viewing an interview about homelessness. Improvisers are trained in the “yes, and…” business. Building collaboratively from unexpected offerings. Watching the homelessness story, that “yes, and…” takes on somber weight. The […]

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The jump from a natural key to its sharp counterpart can feel surprisingly significant. While G major feels open and bright, G-sharp major can initially seem a bit more closed […]

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I talked to a musician friend who confided his anxiety about social media. The fear of speaking his mind. He freezes when he thinks about sharing them. “What if I […]

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At the computer repair store they play instrumental soft jazz. Sounding very California mid 70s or boring parts of Steely Dan. Do the two young guys who work here actually […]

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Just made my fourth batch of onion bhadji. It’s still hit or miss, but that’s part of the excitement. The best part is working with the spice mill – grinding […]

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The new piano student approached me after attending a Tranzac open stage. Smiling, he asked if I teach. I said I do but I’m expensive. He did not mind. He […]

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Getting very close to the deadline for the article I started writing for a German journal about improvisation. The subject was supposedly the relationship between improvisation and the times we […]

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Fun to sit next to Bruce Moffet at Maja Bannerman’s show yesterday. I incorrectly recalled Mark Miller’s book about Claude Ranger and asked Doug Wilde about him who told me […]

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I found a way to play a couple other guitar songs on piano. It is rewarding transposing one to the other. About as close as I’ll ever get to understanding […]

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Everything about life tells you, you exist which makes realizing you don’t so unlikely to see. The body appears to exist, but once dead, dead. Forever is incomprehensibly long compared […]