minor epiphanies
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Arrows Of Attention: The Musical Minimalist’s Manual
Identify your idea’s smallest musical unit. What part, aspect, or quality of what you’re playing or composing is its essence? Is it a rhythm, a series of chords, a melody, a stasis, an unusual orchestration, a timbre combination? Identify the essence and pursue it, amplify it. One sound, one part at a time. Refine and Continue reading
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Plentitudes
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On Earworms: Remembering Billy Cobham’s “Red Baron”
Walking home from the local grocery store, I found myself at a steady but slower than normal stride, moving my head up and down, and yes, beat boxing a beat and a bassline. I may have even spun a move over the curb, skipping along as the plastic bag with the peanut butter bounced off Continue reading

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