Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Musical Modulations - My 7 Favorites!

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A modulation, or a "key change" can be one of the most exciting parts of a pop song; it is the moment when the song shifts into a ...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Vocal Ranges of Jazz Standards - How Do They Stack Up?

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In yesterday's post I mentioned in passing that Spring Can Really Hang You Up   covers a pretty wide vocal range. That was an unqualifie...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - Jazz Music's Biggest Troll

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Since it is officially spring - never mind the snow and lack of flowers, warmth or sunshine - I figured I'd write about something spring...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Black

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Beginning pianists are often drawn to the white keys. They are orderly, collectively making up a major scale; it's easy to noodle on whi...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Mr. Rogers - Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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The church service I played yesterday started with this video clip from the intro of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood : That brought bac...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

"8-Bit" Music And The Importance Of Limitation In The Artistic Process

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For those of us enjoying care-free youth in the mid-80s and early 90s, the beep-boop tones of the NES are the soundtrack of our childhood. W...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

X-Men - What do Magneto and Darth Vader Have in Common?

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Since watching the new X-Men movie I have been on a bit of a kick lately, going back and watching the original films. While watching X-Men F...