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Daily Archives: November 15, 2002
For the Musicians on my friends list :)
There is a book by Kenny Werner called Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within that I cannot recommend more highly to anyone who thinks they ever were, ever wanted to be, or ever will be a Musician. The introduction … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged creativity, Effortless Mastery, improvisation, Kenny Werner, music, musicianship
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Kind of Blown (Miles Davis is Past Tense Now)
Esse Quam Videri : The siren’s song bleeds forth through tenement crags: the plaintive wail of mad dog penguined Perseus, hunting down in ancient rites street Circe and her rabid whores. Along this path, this street of more than visions … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Berklee, Howl, J Alfred Prufrock, jazz, Miles Davis, The Wasteland, TS Eliot
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Time Out in the Morning
Some people like Mozart in the morning to get their brains going (at least, that’s one of the prevailing theories, that in particular Mozart’s quartets and quintets are counterpoint that causes your neurons to fire in an order conducive to … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged Dave Brubeck, dawn, meditation, Mozart, stimulation, Time Out
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