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I tune the guitar before every show. Then again after the second song. Sometimes after the first. It has become part of the evening, almost as dependable as introducing the […]
People often complimented Mimi on her willpower. There was evidence. She toured much, driving impossible distances. She practiced every day. She wrote songs even when no one was asking it. She finished […]
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Nobody in the audience would have noticed the passage if it had gone well. Seven seconds buried in the middle of a serious piece. Yet for Jimmy it was a […]
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At first it was only one note, a familiar keythat seemed to have movedduring the night. He blamed the piano. Then the humidity. Then his glasses. Then the audience. Then, […]
The tritone always suspected other intervals talked about him. The perfect fifth never said anything directly. It just smiled with infuriating stability. Same with the major third. “You know,” it […]
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I’m taking a marketing course. It was recommended by the owner of a club I’ve played twice over the past year. I like her a great deal and, more importantly, […]