Planning for teacher issues
So... always a strong way to start a blog post. I have this section of the website that is mean specifically for teachers. Currently I'm...
Album Review: Telefone (Noname)
I first heard Chicago-born Noname on Chance the Rapper's 2013 mixtape Acid Rap, and like many I was struck by her voice, her confidence,...
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...
Present Wrapping
Believe it or not, in less than 60 days time, everybody's favourite pagan-festival-turned-Christian-holiday-turned-commercial-dollarfest...
Shades of Blue
The process of creating the 'Play the Blues' section of my website has been challenging, in part because it has required me to seek out a...
Composing From a Model: Part 5
So, working from scaffolded composition activities for loops, riffs, and chord progressions, and with my additional work on vocal and...