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I love Neil Young, always will. Certain musicians are like philosophers I continue studying and just because I might disagree with the wisdom behind Socrates saying ok go ahead kill […]

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In the class they did a presentation on Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man. When the student got to Jazz Police he explained because English is not his first language, he […]

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I gave a workshop on stage-fright the other day. The more I thought about it the more I concluded stage fright is a conversation about the divided self. While gathering […]

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I find Elaine May intriguing. I watched two of her films, Mickey & Nicky and A New Leaf. I liked her in Woody Allen’s film with Tracey Ullman and I […]

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I gave an artist talk at the University of Waterloo. On my way there wondered what exactly I would do because this was fine arts not music. I have made […]

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After the class ended I went to catch the subway and bumped into three of my students. All recently moved to Canada. Woman from Greece who is never shy, two […]

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I saw a video of Jack White identifying Beatle songs from just one note. I could play that game too (I bet I could beat him at Dylan). Just one […]

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Last week a student said the latest Kanye record is horrible. I later listened to it during my train ride home. Wasn’t horrible to me, in fact I am amused […]

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Trying to figure out what to practise to get the most new information into my hands. Many significant pianists point to the Barry Harris scale. It is just a major […]