I am married and have one great eleven year old daughter ( who is an America Fan in spite of herself, I caught her humming "hidden Talent" the other day) I live in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, not far from where Human Nature was recorded and mixed ( if I read the notes ...
Even considering my very different vantage point (not being in Europe, not being involved in the things you are involved in, not knowing the people you know), you have captured so many of my thoughts of the past week: the way I found myself questioning the role nonviolent resistance could...
leading to the peak. Imagine the shape of a spiral, carved into the mountain, radiating centrally from the peak, like the shape of a conch sea-shell. The phenomenon ofthresholdsappear here at Stony Man’. These are specifically sized, and lined, linear stone markers, placed in a planned r...
During the second half of the nineteenth century, American music began to differ from European western classical music, particularly in New England. American music is based on European classical music, on local American folk music and, from the twentieth century onwards, on jazz, African-American ...
One of the rare musicals that improves on its source material, it enchants from the overture's first mocking chords to the wistful, wintry regret of "I've ... (4/19/2018) Color Unlimited with Elation's New SEVEN Batten Series Building on the success of the SixBar series of color-...
The program also included sterner stuff from Tyshawn Sorey, whose dance piece “For Courtney Bryan” traded in gnarled, dissonant chords and angular melodies that seemed to fade before our ears, like stone inscriptions worn away over time. “Reflections,” by 16-year-old composer Ebun Ogu...
Why do those who are invited to come forward for Baptism, done so in the presence of a Hammond B3 Organ playing major 7thchords? Does this make the commitment seem more righteous? I love God, the Son and the Holy Spirit. But what were once secret living rooms, are now concert halls/...
Beautiful America These chords are from higherpraise.com: This is the corrected version. The *’s mean it’s the chord an octave higher, so figure that out yourself. [Are we starting from the beginning or what? Yeah.] Intro: B A D F#* (x2) G* D* E* A G A E* (All x2)...
ZZ Top each time I perform it. Some pieces of music require a simple, straight-forward rendering. This piece begged for something deeper. ZZ Top's music for me has always been about resonances. Power chords on the guitar sustain in truly unique ways. I've tried to look for these same ...
Tones seem to me definite colors, just as they are definite in pitch. For I have, as you know, absolute pitch; but that one must be born with, of course. “What colors do the tones represent to me? I will tell you. Single tones are different from chords, major and minor are not...