Stepping into a “Surreal Circus” to start 2022
With the arrival of a new year comes the familiar wishes of happiness and joy, along with the embrace of ideas like renewal and redemption,…
The convenience shared by classical and Christmas
Sometimes, the way the general public, at least the majority of that within the bounds of U.S. borders, positions itself in relation to both classical repertoire…
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…
One romantic impression of Debussy deserves another
Today is the 151st birthday of one Mr. Claude Debussy. A French composer of fascinating and charming, stand-alone character, Debussy came into the world on this…
Coming to a consensus about classical in commercials
As of late, I have noticed that Delta Faucets is heavily promoting a TV ad they created, wherein their various faucet lines are featured simultaneously. However,…
Musical Group Names: The Final Neutral Frontier?
Each time the topic of musical stereotypes sweeps across my site, it usually does in so in a manner that involves dissecting one piece of the…
Pop music: A “dumber” style than classical?
Don’t get offended. When I say “dumb,” I mean it in context of the term’s original form. Silent. Mute. Is pop music a less vocal and…
Accessibility Through Animation?
A little under two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to come upon a posting about a live streamed event that was to be moderated by…
One cannot exist without the other…
Integration, progression, evolution, adaptation…yes, yes, I’ve said these things before. I want all of these things to happen and sometimes I want them to happen a…
(Non)-Conformity, Correlation, Causation…Calm Down!
Seems that yet another piece brought to the public’s attention by The Atlantic has inspired some level of connected discussion for me. Editorial fellow, Lindsay Abrams,…