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Art and Craft
9 hours ago ago from Mostly music
How important is craft to the art of jazz improvisation? In a music that developed out of many different approaches and solutions to technical, theoretical and aesthetic problems, can any one benchmark of craft be placed front and centre of the music as an identifier as to whether a performer is sufficiently proficient to be taken seriously in the music? How important is craft to the art? Is craft in itself something worthy of respect? ...
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20 minutes ago ago from You Are The Music
AQUA's Concert at Skive Beach Party 2009 Since the Danish 80's dance band AQUA formed in 1994 they quickly became a favorite all over the world. They released 2 albums, Aquarium in 1997 and Aquarius in 2000. In 2001 they split up but reformed again in 2008 to play 8 concerts in Denmark. They had so much fun that the decided to make a few new tracks together. That resulted in 3 new numbers that will be on the Greatest Hits released on ...
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13 hours ago ago from The Kirkwood Call
Since the dawn of time, a few rivalries have stood unresolved. Cubs or Cardinals? Webster or Kirkwood? Jacob or Edward? One question, however, rules them all: Which is better, band or orchestra? Two Call staffers, each a member of either KHS music program, dedicated themselves to defending their respective program. Devan Coggan, opinions editor and violinist, and Johnny Frohlichstein, sports writer and percussionist, took on this monumental ...
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11 hours ago ago from JDub Records: Innovative Jewish music, community and cross-cultural dialogue.
Yesterday, JDub, The Sway Machinery and Girls in Trouble all got some great mentions in The New York Times' T Magazine blog . You can check that entire article, Not Your Bubby's Hanukkah Music , out HERE . Full text is also included after the jump. Alicia Jo Rabins’s tender version of the “other” dreidel song “ Sivivon Sov Sov Sov ” should be a Hanukkah standard. Her plucked violin and gorgeous voice could be a Jewish “Silent Night.” ...
Related content7 Questions with David Bromberg
18 hours ago ago from Jason Shadrick -- guitar.music.life.blog
What was your first experience playing music? I think when I was 7 or 8 I first took piano lessons, then piccolo lessons. I remember my piano teacher pacing back & forth behind me with his head in his hands; not encouraging. I taught myself guitar when I got the measles. I was very bored, so I borrowed my older brother’s guitar & Mel Bay books & learned a bit.I could read music, but I when I put down the book, I found it easy to play ...
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