April 22nds
Abstractions from today, Earth Day" 4/22/1817, Halifax (Anne Lister Diary) Bought Droiiet's flute piece God Save The King. Apparently the composer made 20 guineas a week playing around London. 4/22/2005 A music education doesn’t necessarily have to include written music. Classical Indian music is taught directly by the guru to the disciple rather than by the notation method used in the West. In the modern world, the metaphor of “the guru” is “digital media” and “the disciple” is the rabid fan with a fast internet connection, an iPod, and a cell phone. (At this point, we didn’t know they would all merge in two year's time). 4/22/2023 Learning music theory will in fact re-limit (or delimit) the flow of ideas. Ideally you will use it for those ideas where knowledge and skill is required. Otherwise, creativity (now) has no bounds. Even if you work with beats and samples, one element will put constraints on others. An ...
