Random Writings: The Blog Dump
I like to write a lot, sometimes scribble a lot, maybe even do large drawings of ideas and just brainstorming on paper. What to do with all of that? I like to work things out on paper. See it in front of me and make decisions and work on ideas…
You Have Value for Who You Are
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ1u-vnQtso?rel=0&controls=0] You have value for just being you. This very valuable piece of information is something that nobody tells you. The other thing nobody tells you is that this value can be monetized. How? By blogging! Blogging is a broadcasting medium which fuses together all elements of media, the…
The Truth About The Arts In Education
The Arts Should Be the Strongest Program in Education This world that we are creating everyday seems to be the striving for the lowest common denominator. Somehow the idea gets spread around that the Arts are an unnecessary part of our society and that funding education in the arts and…
Teaching Voice: The Most Difficult Thing to Teach There Is
The instrument of the voice is internal, invisible and uniquely different from person to person.
It's all about the music! The words are just a way to play the notes on the voice.
When I sing, I sing music, which possesses a much broader and deeper meaning and impact than whatever words you could ever want to put to them.
Schloss Lembeck: A special treat I got by stopping to smell the roses!
We are always in such a hurry to get from point A to point B that we often don’t take time to stop along the way to see what treasures are hidden behind the walls, fences and guard rails of a highway. So today, I made a different decision and it made all the difference!
JS Bach + Cameron Carpenter: Forever Young!
I attended an organ concert recently and enjoyed it quite a bit. The organist played a Schumann piece and the 100 Chorale Preludes from Johannes Brahms before he got to the Bach Toccata and Fugue in F-major. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk7N09n6tfo?rel=0&showinfo=0] I have to admit I was pretty tired when I got to…
The Isle of the Dead
The Isle of the Dead: Symphonic Tone Poem by Sergei Rachmaninov Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Painting: “Isle of the Dead”, Arnold Böcklin [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbtmskCRUY?rel=0&showinfo=0]