America’s Next Top (Musician) Model or, “Symply” sultry instrument(alists)
There is never a deficiency of things on the web to spark “the next thing to write.” Sometimes the initial premises I conjure up sound so…
Sounds like speech, if you catch my drift.
The last piece put up for your reading pleasure touched on the finished work of Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe, as well as flipping around how…
On to the core of the music!
Recently, I was given the opportunity to write a guest blog (for your reading pleasure, part 1 and part 2) for the live music archiving and…
Identify yourself! Don’t worry, I’m a ‘pro’ at that.
Plagiarism has been around for centuries upon centuries, even if it has not always been defined or dealt with in the ways of today’s western judicial…
Winding down and wishing up some changes for 2014
2013 is nearly over and now that Christmas is behind us, the days that are left are likely to rush right by at an even faster…
Thanksgiving Cheer
I would like to take this moment to say how thankful I am for the ongoing opportunity to connect with people all over the world and…
Play a “game of thrones” and get your kid thrown out of good graces
We start the month with a topic that is far from new and far from the first time someone has typed out words on it for…
Love (and) money, make the music world go round
This past weekend, I found myself attempting to contain excitement over the thought of getting to see the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD simulcast of Eugene…
Some dry-ronic humor (that’s not so funny)
Here in the U.S., today, the beginning of October, we find ourselves suddenly saddled with a government shutdown, due to an inability of the two main…
A rash rush to pick(et)ing opera?
The Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on its 2013-2014 season last night, September 23, with the debut of a new production for the classic opera, Eugene…