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Ventrilo-Dialogue: An Imagined Conversation With Harold Budd
Tom: Thanks for talking with me today Harold. Budd: Sure. T: I’ve been enjoying your keyboard music for many years and I’m curious to know how you came to your way of playing. You once said in a Red Bull interview, “I’m not a pianist, any piano player will tell you that…Just take responsibility, it’s… Continue reading
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Revisiting Harold Budd’s Music
Like many enduringly interesting things, Harold Budd’s music enriches your experience while being difficult to describe. He plays piano (and sometimes electronic keyboards) in a style that is ambient and quite gentle. It’s not jazz or new age, and certainly not pop. It doesn’t run through a series of chord changes, or variations on a… Continue reading
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Tech Talk
We were talking tech about the Jetsons watch that takes calls and your pulse and a tablet with glass touchscreen then I remembered my old computer in the 90s with black and white graphics and a MIDI connection beloved for simulating music I said I’m astonished by digital’s latest and do you think maybe one day our minds will… Continue reading
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I (fill in the blank)’d for one month, here’s what happened Five things that are harder to do than (fill in the blank) How to make (fill in the bank) sound like (fill in the blank) Everything you need to know about (fill in the blank) The ultimate (fill in the blank) workout Ten tips for (fill in the blank) How… Continue reading
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On Drum Solos
“With its vaudevillian connotations of entertainment, juggling, and showmanship, few participants relish the idea of a drum solo outside of some framing musical context, either in concert or for demonstration purposes. As expert practitioners, however, we are frequently called upon to supply just that at drum festivals and workshops.” – Bill Bruford, Uncharted: creativity and… Continue reading
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