Thanks to Gary Philo for finding this most interesting interview. (Halsey Stevens is the interviewer.)
One of the interesting confessions here is that Schoenberg refers to himself as an “amateur painter” with no technique; and that he is, as of this interview, no longer a painter.
OMG! Greg Brown (the fiddle player in this photo) just sent me this picture. It is the Yahara River Valley Boys, a bluegrass group I played with from 1972-4 in Madison Wisconsin. The photo looks vaguely like the Flying Burrito Brothers. Are these wholesome lads or what?
L-R: Roger Bourland, Ed Fyffe, Jamie Shelton, and Greg [...]
OakWebWorks Tickets published a Top Ten Classical Music Blogs list recently, with an interesting selection. Yours truly came in at number three. The company that made this list sells tickets to all kinds of events around the US. Here is the criteria, as listed in my notification email:
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For some odd reason, after 25 years of teaching, I’ve stumbled upon a good way of teaching students how to write melodies that “go” with given harmony. I have been introducing new chords every week, and with each assignment I have students write short chord progressions, and then compose a melody against one of the [...]
Harry Partch
I just bought a used copy of GAY AMERICAN COMPOSERS Vol.2. It’s a terrific repackaging of old CRI recordings. Based on this collection, I like gay composers.
I read the program notes, expecting to read something like “…Harry Partch first knew he was gay when he hit on the TA in his biology class…” [...]
A fascinating little electro-acoustic with video fantasy.
This commercial makes me very nervous. And since when do we pronounce “lava” la-vuh?
Alright: I’m lying. There is no thaw in LA, but Martin Luther King Jr. weekend allows us mortals to slow down. For some unfair reason, school reconvened way too early this year and it has been insanely busy for me on all levels. Here is an extended diary entry that I need to put down [...]
A 1971 Efferdent commercial. Useful info for you older wine lovers.
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