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GIVING PEOPLE CHOICES
Giving people choices conveys many benefits in life, and to both or all parties to the equation. I was happy to learn there is one 2017...
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A soft place to land to read poetry & stories about music & share our love of piano adventures!
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Sep 163 min
A NOTABLE EVENT IN MUSIC: SEATTLE SYMPHONY HAS A NEW FEMALE MUSIC DIRECTOR, XIAN ZHANG
(Image from Xian Zhang's website. ) In 2024 it's a notable event when a woman wins a permanent management position in a top tier...
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Sep 107 min
TWO MORE REASONS WHY WOMEN - AND MEN - SHOULD SPEAK AND ACT UP CONSISTENT WITH HUMANIST AND PRO-FEMINIST VALUES IN MUSIC, MEDICINE, AND LIFE
There have been a number of recent and not-so-recent books about hope . The latest published by a psychologist in August of this year...
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Sep 25 min
LONELINESS AND MUSIC
A year and a half ago I wrote a blog about the topic of loneliness because I continued to find a lack of connection with others in the...
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Aug 164 min
IN 2024 THE MUSIC WORLD (and AI) HAS NOT "COME A LONG WAY...BABY"...AS THE 1969 VIRGINIA SLIMS' CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL SAID (image created by AI*)
Did you ever wonder what the final dying words were of famous composers? A writer for the online music newsletter Interlude , wondered....
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Aug 96 min
JOY - AND DANCING ON!
"JOY!" I heard it yesterday morning! The news media who listened, heard it . Did you? The word "JOY!" ushered out of the mouth of our...
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Aug 76 min
THINKING ABOUT DUALITY THINKING
I've been thinking about duality thinking, and how to diminish it. Diminish, because I suspect there is no "cure." All we need is a...
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Aug 52 min
MUSIC - "FROM MY VERY FIRST CONTACT ... AND UNWAVERINGLY EVER SINCE..."
Reflected in the title above is a heartfelt comment to mine that he must truly love music. It's the response by my musical...
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Aug 111 min
FURTHER THOUGHTS ON "WAR WORDS" AND ON "NO" AS A "COMPLETE ANSWER"?
" Hey, hey, hey - what ya got to say? " For a fun take on speaking one's "peace" (pun intended!), above are the Initial lyrics and video...
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Jul 2510 min
WORDS OF "STRUGGLE" AND "WAR" IN THE MUSIC WORLD - GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT?
( Followup blog on this topic) Photo by Jacob W. Frank, from the National Park Service website of the recent hydrothermal explosion in...
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Jul 1912 min
BETA BLOCKERS: ONE OPTION TO HELP WHEN YOUR BODY BETRAYS YOU IN PIANO LESSONS OR PERFORMANCE
My body betrayed me a few years ago during lessons with two piano teachers. One was my third teacher since taking up piano lessons after...
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Jul 65 min
IS MUSIC A LEGAL DRUG?
Thanks to my neighbor and friend Jeff Harris, President of the San Francisco Orchid Society, for showing me this treasured Masdevallia...
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Jul 27 min
CORRECTING THE ERRANT FINGER - OR ACHIEVING THE DESIRED AUDITORY EFFECT OF A PASSAGE: TWO UNIQUE VISUALIZATION OR "SENSING" SOLUTIONS
There is pain in learning the piano. And there are solutions to reduce the hurt. I'm not talking about tendinitis pain which I battled...
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Jun 294 min
THE WONDER OF BUTOH DANCE, ORIGINAL MUSIC -- AND HAPPY GAY PRIDE MONTH!
The evening of June 27 I received a stunning and wonderful gift by attending my eighth Groupmuse* performance in San Francisco at the...
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Jun 184 min
COULD YOU HOST A GROUPMUSE PERFORMER IN YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT AND SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS?
Amy Ahn is a remarkable, talented, enthusiastic young Bay Area (CA) performing harpist from a roster of thousands of musicians located...
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Jun 136 min
WHAT WE TELL OURSELVES CAN HELP OR HINDER
We've all heard the old adage that "familiarity breeds contempt." That's a heckava lot less harmful than what really can be bred if we...
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Jun 43 min
UP IN THE AIR: THE "UNFINISHED BLOG" (think Schubert) - Giving Someone The Benefit of the Doubt
(Listen to the Unfinished Symphony No. 8 here, conducted by Abbado) Ji-Yong Kim is a remarkable Korean pianist who gives me much hope for...
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May 306 min
DREAM CREATION IN THE ARTS, AND THE DELICACY OF CREATIVITY
About three weeks ago I started thinking about lucid dreaming and keeping a record of my dreams. I first wanted to understand what it was...
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May 225 min
LUCID DREAMING.2 - TO IMPROVE PIANO TECHNIQUE OR WRITE POETRY
View of the aurora borealis on May 10, 2024 across Mono Lake. Photo: Samantha Lindberg from the Mono County Newsletter. Listen to...
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May 118 min
LUCID DREAMING.1 - OF MUSIC, POETRY, AND IMAGE? AN INTRODUCTION (See the May 22 followup blog on improving skill in playing an instrument)
"Wave of Emotion" (Photo (c) Jeanette (Stringham) Vonier 2022) ("Ein Traum" by Grieg (orchestral version)) "Music is like a dream. One...
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