Ear Worm. It’s the same ol’ song. Over and over again. It might be a song you like. It might be a song you don’t. Whichever it is, you can’t get rid of it. It’s an ear worm! A few…
I love Swing music. Especially love Swing music played by a Big Band. I play tenor sax in a 19-piece big band in Portland, The Bureau of Standards Big Band. I get a kick out of playing these charts of…
The 30 Day Music Challenge gets personal with a request for each participant to compose on day 12. Compose Music for Music Challenge You can write music without knowing a stitch about notation or harmony or instruments. Here are some…
Day 13 of the 30 Day Music Challenge is Beatles! My song choice is Here Comes The Sun.
He’s one of my favorite composers; Leonard Bernstein. West Side Story. Candide. 3 Symphonies. Choral works. And so many more. I invite you to visit Bernstein’s YouTube channel. You’ll find many videos of him discussing various composers and their works. Like…
Here we are, halfway through the 30 Day Music Challenge. And we come to one of the giants in Western music, Ludwig van Beethoven. I love the intensity of his music. There is so much passion and life and feeling…