Here’s a nice, timely (given the last post) find from Ted at Trap’d: pianist Bill Evans talking at length about music:
You must hack
That imperative comes from Running Linux, a classic manual on the use of the Linux computer operating system. What it meant in context is that to take advantage of the full power of the OS, […]
Tugboatism!
The Tugboat Brewery is a small venue in Portland which has for years been one of the primary places hosting consistently adventuresome music locally. The reason for this is strictly financial- basically, they didn’t want […]
Branford Marsalis on the problem with jazz
In the Seattle Weekly, Branford talks about what’s going on with jazz- here are a few excerpts: You put on old records and they always sound better. Why are they better? I started listening […]
Very occasional quote of the day
The problem of being an artist… is that it takes a lot of time learning the technique. And when you’ve learnt it… probably you’ve forgotten what you want it for. – Older artist to a […]
Marty Hurley 1946-2011
I’ve just learned that drum corps hall of famer Marty Hurley has passed away– he was best known as the percussion caption head for the Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps from 1976 to 1992. […]
A Nubian challenged by an auroch!
Prior to flooding the arena for the gladiatorial re-enactment of the battle of Actium, here’s a fresh novelty to ogle at, courtesy of my old friend Kirk in LA: I retired amazingness as a thing […]
Still loving Sabian AA’s
I continue to be very impressed and excited by what Sabian is doing with their AA line. I’ve long felt the A. line of Zildjian cymbals- and by association, the AA’s- to be in decline, […]
Simple variations on Syncopation, Lesson 4
That’s pages 10-11 for those of you with the old edition– as you can see I’ve given up completely and started referring to the parts by their new edition names. I’ve been working with this […]
Putting some things in
This is me at my most masochistic. I’m back in updating my events band’s book again- it’s a long, tedious process- and thought I would continue to share the gory “thought” process with you. Previously […]