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BuzzFeed and Pop Music
It’s not often I get to use BuzzFeed as a reference for my students. But while learning about international pop musicians, I ran across this post from BuzzFeed. I was blown away by a band call Tricot from Japan and G-Dragon from Korea. Some others were super interesting and have now been added to the rotation…
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Mytwosentences 103
Originally posted on Mytwosentences: Morning sunshine splashed across my face as I dawdled about the pelagic place where crowds bustled and weighty trade ships once docked. The sway of this me and my shadow moment was magnified by the frothy freshness of salty sea air which instantly invigorated an otherwise ordinary nature of breathing. (Photo:…
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MTV, Grief and My Grandparents
I’m sitting at home enjoying episodes of Ridiculousness on MTV and missing my grandparents. I realize how odd this must sound, but this show was put in front of me after my grandmothers funeral. After spending a week with my grandmother, where I watched as she slipped away from us. I boarded a plane hoping to just be…
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Gorgeous Army Trumpeting: O Magnum Mysterium
Originally posted on Essential Trumpet Lessons: The United States Army Band Pershing’s Own Trumpet Ensemble performed Marten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” at the 2014 National Trumpet Competition at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA., on Friday, March 21, 2014. Webcast, recorded, edited and produced by CYM VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
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Big Flute In Performance
I was watching video’s on the New York Times: In Performance page and was blow away by this piece. Love discovering new stuff. Some of the sounds between this duo and their use of spoken word and melody really caught my attention. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000003275276&playerType=embed
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Westerlies Tour
Originally posted on Zubin Hensler: I’m on the first day of a week long tour with The Westerlies! Woke up this morning in snowy Pittsburgh, where we’re playing at the Carnegie Library this afternoon. We’ve gotten some nice press leading up to these shows, check out our full schedule below.
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Ornithology
Originally posted on Good Music Speaks: Bird Charlie Parker Yardbird I still remember the first time I heard a recording by Charlie Parker. I was 15 years old and the band director at the school was going to teach us to play “Billie’s Bounce”, or at least the melody of the tune. I don’t know…
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Title Change for this Blog
Sometimes I have ideas that I need help with. I’m hoping some of you can help with this by participating in this poll. I think the name of this blog could use an update, these are my ideas. This is my coffee cup. I just had a sip and thought about adding a picture of…
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Clark Terry RIP
One of my favorite moments as a trumpet student was listening to Clark Terry warm up back stage before a performance. He is also responsible for helping to shape my view of music and becoming a musician. In a master class his quote to the class about improvisation was “first you must imitate, then you…
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