Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s another excerpt of one of my chip tunes. It’s Dan Fortin’s tune But Still and Yet. […]
Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s one of my own chiptunes. My composition, Lament. How do you teach musicality? Musicality is the x-factor in […]
Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s one of my own chip tunes. From Myriad3‘s album, Tell, it’s my composition Mr. Awkward. Learning Classical Theory […]
Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s an excerpt of one of my own chiptunes. From Myriad3’s album Tell, it’s Ernesto Cervini’s tune Disturbing Inspiration […]
Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s an excerpt of one of my own chiptunes. It’s my chiptune remake of my Myriad3 arrangement of […]
Recap: For over a year, I’ve been investigating chiptune music. I’ll be sharing what I’ve learned about myself, my music, my creative process and more. I hope some of this is relevant to you. Thanks for reading. Here’s an excerpt of one of my own chiptunes. It’s a remake of Dan Fortin’s tune Myriad. From […]
Before I write about chiptunes, I have two points of introduction. First of all, check out Kind of Bloop, especially Shnabubula’s version of All Blues, that guy’s a whiz. This is a good starting point for jazz musicians interested in chiptunes. Secondly, some news: I recently bought a Nord Stage EX. This was a big […]
UPDATE: I just returned from another music competition. In Nottingham, England. Solo jazz piano. Didn’t win. Again. I guess I’m not built for these things. THOUGHTS! I don’t have a problem with competitions. They’re the same as winning a Juno, landing a jazz festival gig or getting a positive review. It’s a clash of culture […]
James Hale recently wrote an article for the CBC titled “Is it Time for the Death of the Jazz Standard?” The standard repertoire for jazz musicians hasn’t changed much since the 70s. This is leading some critics to claim that jazz is becoming less relevant, and disconnected from contemporary society. I squirm in my seat […]
“The details of any art form—how to play the violin, how to improvise a raga, how to write English prose, how to make movies, how to teach are of course particular; each instrument or medium comes with its own language and lore. But there is a kind of metalearning, a metadoing that transfers across styles […]