for the longest time i'd been dry of ideas to write about as it pertains to music/the philosophy of music/sociomusicology, but during a few recent commutes to work in the morning i've come up with a few new topics to discuss and a few old topics to bring back up with some new light to shed.

tonight! the role of perception in the musical ( Read more... )

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i already mentioned that i work at Herter's in Saginaw. i work with a lot of great people who amaze me the more i get to know them. here is a picture of one of my co-workers as the subject while another is the photographer:


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according to livejournal's internal chronometer it has been approximately six months since i last updated here...i am a sorry sob to say the least. in recompense and in a bit of renewed interest i have something to talk about again ( Read more... )

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i don't have anything constructive to say so, i'll leave you with a fun foto instead:


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the second annual imim fest went swimmingly. i am almost done tweaking the full day's worth of recording on the desktop, so soon the square root website will be replete with photos, video clips and audio clips from the day ( Read more... )

well, last time i mentioned some of the problems plaguing music criticism in the post-modern age. today i'd like to add yet another dilemma related to the idea of musical value in popular music: intuition ( Read more... )

recently i have been thinking quite a bit about how people are engaged by art ( Read more... )

as i mentioned before, i will be appearing on "Backstage Explorer" next Thursday @ 1 PM to discuss various things. to help promote this event mr. daniel t. Streeting made a graphic for it. here it is:


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