So, it’s been awhile. My blog’s been thoroughly wished happy birthday for over a month now and while goodness knows I certainly love a party, a month is really quite pushing it. Then again, I recently switched professions and I’m still getting used to the whole “normal people hours” thing. That and being a bit [...]
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Think Denk
Posted in Creative Writing, Life, Music, tagged cheese, jeremy denk, piano, trailers on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Classical Music Can Do It…Can You?
Posted in Classical Music, Life, Music on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am often asked (especially by people my own age) why I love classical music so much. Apparently, it’s strange for someone in her 20s to have a passion for something so…well…old and stuffy, something grandparents listen to. There are the obvious reasons, of course: I was raised listening to classical music; I started learning [...]
Make That a Rondon’t
Posted in Classical Music, Music on May 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ah, Beethoven. Honestly, if I could speak German, put up with a musical temperament nastier than my own and didn’t mind the occasional food fight, I think I’d marry the man. Oh, and I guess I’d have to ignore that pretty rank smell when he decided not to ever change his clothes and stuff. And [...]
‘Awake’ Review
Posted in Creative Writing, Music on November 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
My friend Laura and I did a joint, song-by-song review of Josh Groban’s new cd, Awake, and these are our thoughts. I’ll include a link at the end of my post to her blog, so you can read her assessement, as well.
“You Are Loved”
This was the first song I heard off the new album [...]
Eine Kleine NOT Musik
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Imagine that you’re a composer: you live in the greatest city in the world, the city of Vienna. You enjoy success with your work–more than modest, less than obscene. Your lifestyle can be described as comfortable. You work hard, have a good family and on the whole represent a good citizen. Then, along comes this [...]
Chopin Needs a New Publicist
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I want to make something very clear at this point:
It is pronounced “SHO-pahn,” not “choppin’.” Or “shoppin’,” for that matter. He was part French. Give the guy a break.
Then again, this all just plays into my title: the man needs a new PR team. Obviously, they’re not doing their job or people would know how [...]
Celebrity Deathmatch™: Bach vs. Editors
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
What is it about all of these “modern versions” of Bach, specifically his Inventions? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a purist, not really. It seems to me, however, that while we’ve updated his music to modern instruments, we’ve also added some rather creative interpretations, as well. Of course, creative interpretations don’t bother me, as [...]
Songwriting is…hard.
Posted in Music on October 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I have always loved Beethoven. There’s just something about him, you know? His improvisations, the orchestration of the symphonies, the way he can just take a fantastically major phrase and turn it into a fantastically minor one with the rearranging of a few notes…I can’t always put my finger on it but he awakens something [...]
