

Concepts of Manipulation
I've been trying to develop a good practice question to give to my HSC Music 2 students, and so in the process I read through every HSC...


Teaching "21" Through Rhythm Exercises
I've been really excited by the potential for awesome rhythm learning through Andy Akiho's "21". In a previous post I explained the basic...


Pulse Magnet Score Analysis
So I'm currently working my way through a score analysis of the third movement of "Pulse Magnet" by Matthew Hindson. I thought I'd just...


Can You Hear The Blues?
In Peter van der Merwe's book Origins of the Popular Style, he argues that an understanding of the blues is imperative to understand all...


There There - The Analysis Will Be Over Shortly I Promise!
Radiohead's 'There There' is one of my favourite songs of all time. I thought I'd take a bit of time to try to unpack what makes this...


CME Assignment One: Composition Reflection
I've just finished composing a short work for a stage 5 elective music class, and thought I would offer some reflections on my...
TME Week 3B Notes
Class notes pre-lecture Provocation: given that music has its own form of notation (in fact several), as well as audio and video...


DAWs Revision, Screenflow, iBooks
In this series of posts, I reflect on some of the highlights from one of my university courses, Technology in Music Education (TME). To...