Music Archive
Vienna Teng – Dreaming Through the Noise
Vienna Teng's new album Dreaming Through the Noise is a thing of beauty.
I had half-listened to it a couple times after first buying it. Earlier today, though, I lay down let the full album ...
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Creativity Coaching for Musicians, by Andrew Schwartz
Regular readers of Mudita Journal and Mudita Forum are already familiar with Andrew Schwartz.
I've enjoyed his contributions here for many years now, because he's one of those rare souls who lives and breathes ...
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David Gray and the Return to Simplicity
I've recently become enchanted with David Gray's albums White Ladder and Life in Slow Motion. Something in his voice ... demolishes mere form.
While doing a little reading about him on the internet, I came ...
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Prince is determined to revolutionize the music industry
July 15, 2007 · Category: Music
I really enjoyed today's profile of the Purple One in the Daily Mail. Now how do I get my hands on a copy of this new album? Hmmmm.
UPDATE: Ah, cool. They have ...
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Travels and Travails of the “We the Living” Band
In November I finally bought a copy of the album Far from You and Your Everyday Noise by a new Wisconsin band called "The Profits" -- since re-christened "We the Living" and scheduled to release ...
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Interview with Weezer’s River Cuomo about Vipassana Meditation
Robert Cuomo -- lead singer for the rock band Weezer, whom I've never heard -- has taken up Vipassana meditation in a serious way.
This probably makes him the most high-profile proponent of Vipassana meditation in ...
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Eric Barnhill’s Classical Piano Improvisations
Diana Hsieh points us to Eric Barnhill's new music improvisation blog.
Diana's right -- Eric's playing is just terrific. His improvisational pieces sound more interesting and varied and melodic than many songwriters' carefully composed pieces ...
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My Girl (Full Tab for Guitar)
April 15, 2004 · Category: Music
Just spent the past hour writing a note-for-note transcription of "My Girl". This is the Temptations' version (which went to #1 in 1964) of the classic Smokey Robinson tune. Check it out if you're ...
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Ayn Rand Inspired Pop-Punk Band
One of the things that moves me most about the sub-culture surrounding The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged is the number of young, creative artists who have been inspired by Ayn Rand's novels.
Take, for example, a ...
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Intransition
TOC regular (and founder/long-time moderator of the PSY discussion group at wetheliving.com) Walter Foddis forwards a link to the new web site for his band, Intransition.
Their sound is indeed hard to define; "new folk adult ...
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