Musings of a Musie: Archive

Jan 24th

San Francisco treats →

I’ve been in San Fran the past several days, and have come across these wonderfully christmas-y sights. So here are some of them. the above link is Union Square, just a few blocks from my hotel. There is also the Macy’s with huge wreaths in every single window, and the wonderful trolley car ride across the city. The trolley car had christmas lights hanging off of it. great! ...

Dec 18th

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Nov 1st

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I quit.

Oct 27th

On the drive home from DC9 last night, I popped...

Oct 26th

Oct 25th

the boot

show last night was fun. driving the 7 hours round-trip was rough. it was interesting to have a show sans guitars. it made my part much more audible, and I filled in with chords and tried to sound guitar-y at times. I think it worked, though. we got asked back in november, but we aren’t doing any more shows this year. it was nice to know that we were received well. I need to clear my...

Oct 25th

Oct 23rd

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Oct 23rd

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Song for your Friday. I’m going to see this...

Oct 23rd

now i know why people write sad songs

it’s been one of those days. one of those days that kind of slaps you in the face and says, “you THINK you’ve been doing great, but you are SO wrong.” i didn’t play for three days. three days, and i come back and sound like shit. i want to play this audition well. i want to play it superbly. i want to get my name on the sub list for the philadelphia orchestra. ...

Oct 22nd

N.O.L.A.

I just got back from a trip to the Big Easy. I had a blasty blast. Sunday, went to an old friend’s hindu wedding, complete with flamingos and a marble slab creamery station at the reception. the wedding was held in the new orleans zoo, as was the reception. unfortunately, my friend did not ride in on an elephant. but he did ride in on a white horse. I will not go on about the wedding,...

Oct 21st

Watch

so. I am trying to think of a song I want to cover for the spelling for bees 2nd residency night. I had thought about doing coldwar kids’ “hospital beds,” but I think I am going to do something else. I want to cover something that makes me want to explode into dance. something that makes my heart wrench when I hear it. and that is the song above. it’s a very complicated...

Oct 15th

Another example of how awesome Jump, Little...

Oct 14th

last night

I have to just say that last night’s band rehearsal was hella fun. some of the jams we did have awesome potential to be kick ass songs. I like having rehearsals where a new idea is presented, and then we mess and manipulate said idea and it ends up sounding amazing. I haven’t felt challenged musically like that for a while. It reminded me of when me and my music dork friends would...

Oct 9th

dare I quote?

here are some musical quotes I enjoy very much: “Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.” ~Robert G. Ingersoll “You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow.” ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket “The notes I...

Oct 7th

mr. philadelphia

tonight, in roughly an hour, I am performing a mock audition for one of the most intimidating people I’ve ever played for: Steve Wyrczynski I am excited to get comments from him, and yet at the same time terrified. ha. will post about my experience later.

Oct 4th