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Ideas

Below are some concepts that I have expressed about music.

Attaining Personal Growth

My philosophy about personal musical growth is that musicians should learn how to think, listen and talk about music. Criteria: brain, ears, and voice. Naturally, these three are interrelated..... Read full article.

Compositional Techniques

As a jazz player focusing on improvisation for the first twenty years of my music, musical composition wasn’t my main interest. As jazz grew more compositional in nature and not so literal holding on.... Read full article.

Mental Manipulation

Through my years of teaching jazz students, one of the more frequent topics that comes up is ear development. Of course ear development or “training” as it is often referred to, is only valid IF the.... Read full article.

My Philosophy

I have been a musician since the age of 6. My music has had many stages of development throughout my life but the thing that remains constant is my musical evolution. I often have to say to a frustrat.... Read full article.

Natural Selection

Natural Selection There are many factors that make us who we are as people. In the art of music, there are many factors that make up a musician. A partial list could be: listening experience, t.... Read full article.

Over the Bar Line Phrasing

Definition: “over the bar line” (OTBL) has become a saying used by some jazz musicians to describe a way of phrasing over time in a way that seems independent of the precise mathematical breakdowns.... Read full article.

The Creativity of the Innocent

We have all remarked when an innocent child speaks his/her mind and reveals something so candid, with no worries about consequences, failure, embarrassment, or judgment that makes us blush. We also kn.... Read full article.