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Archive for the ‘Listening Lessons’ Category

June 8th, 2008

Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble sings Mendelssohn in Georgetown

Lois Perkins Chapel, on the Southwestern University campus, was a little bit of heaven for serious music lovers last Friday evening. An enraptured audience participated in a Cathedral Evensong service much like Felix Mendelssohn would have experienced. Bishop Joe Wilson celebrated with a slightly abridged version of the 1853 Anglican Book of Common Prayer, and […]

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May 22nd, 2008

Green–the music

Here is a video which is significant in that

the cellist was one of my longest-standing, dearest friends
it’s an excellent example of a jazz-classical-pop ’60’s mashup
that’s my black cat, Saturn, in the window
shows our corner of Topanga Canyon
great example of John Martin’s classical guitar
great example of Wilson Fisher’s writing/singing for 12-string guitar
that was my life

Listen to […]

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May 16th, 2008

Music of the storm.

It was dead still calm, wet-blanket so’s you couldn’t breathe. Linus, who I swear has the intelligence of an eight-year old, got in my face, yowling something about “Run! Take cover!” and when he’d done his best, he zipped down the stairs to snug up in his favorite dry hidey-hole.
Forty-five minutes later, a giant […]

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May 10th, 2008

White Oak Trio revisited

I was thrilled to see that my new friends, the White Oak Trio, now have two videos up. This is exciting, because now every Good Musician can hear what a piano trio is supposed to sound like. Not only that, one of the videos interposes an interview with the group and live performances. Listen, and […]

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May 1st, 2008

Miles and Ella–icons of music

Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald represent the ultimate in jazz. These two icons had a long career that impacted several generations of musicians. Every Good Musician library should have pretty much their entire discography.

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April 19th, 2008

A musical “Way-back Machine”

The Internet Archives music collection has mp3 recordings of everything from Enrico Caruso and Galli-Curci to Laurie Anderson and the Grateful Dead. The sub collections go all the way back to cylinder recordings.
You can also find old radio show archives, such as Fibber McGee and Molly, the Whistler, and the Bob and Ray show. […]

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April 8th, 2008

“Meme” sounds like a soprano warming up.

Bad joke. Hang around music departments long enough, and you’ll hear all of them. What’s the difference between a violin and a viola? A viola burns longer. Is that not just cruel? It’s an egalitarian type of dark humor, though. The original voice part of the “mi-mi-mi” joke was a tenor, so see? […]

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February 14th, 2008

5 Ideas to Kickstart Your Musicality

After a long time, I managed to get back into the musician habit again. This was hard for me because I had a lot of other obligations going on at the same time, and music wasn’t on my priorities list.
I’d hardly have finished one project when the next project rolls in and you’re time is […]

By Arjun Muralidharan -- 0 comments

January 27th, 2008

Sunday Goodie #3

Today, I’ve got a tasty little bite for you guys that you may already have heard in various places.
The piece is “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and I encourage you to listen to the whole work if you can, because of all pieces, O Fortuna isn’t necessarily the best , in my humblest […]

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January 26th, 2008

How a Laptop Help This Girl Get Famous

It’s one of the things I like about Apple. Yes, I am a fanboy, and many musicians are, because of the simple reason that Apple frequently decides to include new and upcoming artists in their ads, on iTunes, or in product demonstrations.
I myself thank them for showing me Imogen Heap back in the day, and […]

By Arjun Muralidharan -- 3 comments

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