Archives for the 'Music' Category
The Trio
Liner notes often contain interesting information about the musicians. Other times they can be impenetrable, possibly drug fueled, expositions that bring together disparate subjects of no apparent relation and compress them, unwillingly, into a 100 words or less. What’s more, they can rub off causing the reader to begin writing in an excessive style. Case [...]
The Theme of My Civilization
Is music a reflection of the culture from which it is born? If so then the form of popular music should indicate something about the society. I don’t pretend to know enough about either music or anthropology to do this topic justice, however, I can toss it out there for my own gratification. Besides how [...]
Why Recorded Music Stinks
Recorded music stinks, and it stinks on many levels. When we listen to recorded music, what we want and think we are getting, is a reproduction of what the musicians sound like in person. This goal is frustrated on so many levels as to make it easier to find the hold grail. The first hurdle [...]
The Oscar Peterson (half)Hour
I’ve always wanted to do a radio show on the CBC called “The Oscar Perterson Hour”, in which I would play nothing but Oscar Peterson cds, and wax lyrical about the life and times of this jazz giant. I was even going to affect a low raspy voice like Ross Porter, who does a program [...]
My Trumpet
I recently took up playing the trumpet. I have never played any instrument before so its been quite a fun experience. So far I can play some simple stuff, and I am working towards my next goal of playing with a community band. I have two trumpets, my first is this King 600 from the [...]