October 2010
4 posts
FEAR SESSIONS '10
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Music can be happy, sad, angry…
and frightening.
Wear a costume, join us for Halloween.
-IA
Jared Borkowski - October 24th, 2010
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Process and Expectations
Should I even mention the moment now? The moment when a musical performance or experience changes your mind? It swings it one way or the other. All it takes is one moment, one event to make you remember the entire experience as positive. One thing will convince you and you will remember that. You will tell your friends. How do we make sure...
Aaron Otheim - October 17th, 2010
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The piece I’ve prepared for this Sunday’s session is made possible by a spinet piano I bought for $9.99 from a thrift store.
For most purposes, this piano is in terrible condition: it’s severely out-of-tune, the action clunks noisily with each keystroke, and, until I cleaned it out a couple of days ago, some weird (probably carcinogenic) insulation material blanketed...
David Balatero - October 10th, 2010
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Contour
Often in improvisation, it’s easy to get wrapped up in individual moments, at the expense of the overall contour of the piece. For me as a listener, the overall shape of a piece is a big part of whether I enjoy a piece or not. That is not to say that individual moments aren’t important as well, but rather a recognition that there is a larger scale...