Saxophone & Clarinet Lessons 503.888.5796
Dream Blues
This blog post was going to be about how Lil Nas X was named musician of the year by GQ and how excited I am about a mainstream mag naming a queer person of color with this title. (Thanks to…
Music Notation
Plays Well With Others
“Plays Well With Others” applies to more than your behavior in Kindergarten. How about in a musical ensemble? Can you hear the other parts as well as your own? What is your volume level? Just because the music indicates fortissimo doesn’t…
Play, Write, Listen, and Create Music at 1000 MPH
[Post edited and re-posted to reflect use of Pandora over Spotify.] One night, before I went to sleep, I asked my dream self to help me write today’s music appreciation article. I woke up with this headline on the tip of…
100 Days of Composing
I’m attracted to these types of challenges – 30 day photo challenge, 30 day fitness challenge, or 8 hour decluttering class. They all have that manageable, well-defined scope and a single, simple (but not always easy) task. I even designed…