January 2011
4 posts
Neil Welch - January 30th, 2011
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The Spirit Music of John Coltrane
In the music of John Coltrane, I come face to face with the question of what I can learn by analysis and what I can only learn though internalization. Some musical events are mystical but others are not. Bering this in mind, I’ll analyze a few of the tangible events in Coltrane’s music that I’ve identified as crucial components of his...
Kate Olson - January 23rd, 2011 (One Year...
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Creativity is an intangible animal, and a slippery one at that. Akin to self-respect, faith, or desire, its origins and sustainability are always in question. If its essence is lost, it’s almost impossible to find. Believe me; I’ve been certain that I left my creativity (as well as my self-respect, faith, and desire) in an ex-boyfriend’s closet, but upon much examination,...
Vincent LaBelle - January 16th, 2011
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My plan for this week’s Racer Session is simple: to present a pop song I wrote a couple years ago in the context of experimental, or freely improvised music. My hope is to capture the feelings which my song evokes, and present them and the song, in a new context, attempting to maintain the intention of the original piece.
I am interested in the idea of presenting a very...
Miriam Champer - January 9th, 2011
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Last year I had the luck to observe my friend Lara working on a painting in her basement. I know next to nothing about visual art or the processes involved in creating it and for some reason always assumed it to be a fairly linear process with the artist having more or less the final image in their mind before starting. But in fact visual art can just as easily be *free*...