2 August 2016, Tuesday  I’ve begun the process of rereading all the passages I’ve underlined in books I’ve previously read. Today’s noteworthy passage is from Ben Shahn’s The Shape of Content: “A small sketch of Picasso’s, a drawing of Rouault, or Manet or Modigliani is not to be dismissed as negligible, for any such piece contains …

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An excerpt from Nobody Knows I’m Famous: A Year In Life Of An Unknown Musician 14 July 2016, Thursday Although I am often labeled as such, I am not an avant-garde musician. In fact, I don’t think there is such thing as avant-garde music any more. Avant-garde, in relation to art, used to mean “cutting edge” and “progressive”; …

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An excerpt from Nobody Knows I’m Famous: A Year In Life Of An Unknown Musician 22 April 2016, Friday I’m working under the premise that if I write half a page a day for the next year, I’ll produce a publishable manuscript that illuminates the inner workings of Halloween Baptizmand my thoughts on music in general. …

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WOW! You actually came to visit! Thank you. Here you will find material that wasn’t quite good enough for the book (mostly lists). More to come. 29 November 2016, Tuesday Exercise: Can Listing “What You Like” Help You Understand “Why You Like It?” (Does It Matter?) Musicians I like, who almost no one could objectively …

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29 November 2016, Tuesday EXERCISE: CAN LISTING “WHAT YOU LIKE” HELP YOU UNDERSTAND “WHY YOU LIKE IT”? (DOES IT MATTER?) List: Musicians you like, who almost no one could objectively deny are great players (technical), artists, and composers Musicians you like, who are great technically but are arguably not great composers Musicians you like, who most people don’t like and you completely understand why (too jarring, too edgy, too …

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