Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Just watched Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey
God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought. Even the categories of being and non-being.
Here’s a funny list of similarities between group therapy and Web 2.0: Web 2.0 is like Group Therapy
I’m watching the NCAA Final Four and setting up this blog on WordPress. And now that I’m ready to write my first post, the question is “what categories will I create for this blog?”
Which got me thinking about categories in general. WordPress makes you define categories for your blog posts. It’s not hard to do [...]
I just got the email I had been waiting for:
Daily Source Code has played your song On My Feet Again. Find out more about this PodShow at http://music.podshow.com/
That right. One of my songs was just played on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code! I don’t know exactly how many subscribers he has, but it’s a lot.
For [...]
This is a pretty amazing video of Ethan Winer playing 37 separate cello parts to create one song. He even plays the percussion parts on his cello. It was recorded on 23 tracks using 37 plug-in effects. He spent hundreds of hours on this project so its worth a listen.
Wow! read more.
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou, poet
Loading ...Stop by bloggingmuses.com today and wish Don Makoviney a happy birthday.
And then drop by my site tomorrow and buy me a virtual beer for my birthday.
Cheers!
Coolfer just hipped me to some awesome videos online:
Dave Brubeck performing “Take Five” on Jazz Casual in 1961.
Miles Davis with John Coltrane performing “So What” on a 1958 television show.
Grammys: Sly Stone’s mohawked performance.
Got this message on my voicemail and I’m not quite sure what to tell her. You decide…
AP reports that NBC has officially canceled the West Wing. That really bums me out. The West Wing was my favorite show. Tonight’s episode will be bitter-sweet for me.
Soul legend Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today at the age of 64. According to his management company, Pickett had suffered health problems for the past year.
Born in Prattville, Alabama, Pickett started out by singing gospel music at church. He moved to Detroit while in his teens, and joined the Falcons, with whom [...]
Soul singer Wilson Pickett dies:
Wilson Pickett, famous for his soul hits In The Midnight Hour and Mustang Sally, has died, aged 64.
I played Midnight Hour in bands all through high school and college. That song is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Damn he had [...]
Jazz HQ: Testing in tribute to 11-time GRAMMY winner Michael Brecker:
In tribute to Michael Brecker, the most renowned tenor saxophonist of his generation and among the most important contemporary jazz figures in the world today, the International Association for Jazz Education is sponsoring at their annual conference in New York City a bone marrow drive. [...]
R&B singer Lou Rawls dies of lung cancer:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Silken-voiced crooner Lou Rawls, who started singing at age 7 in a gospel choir and grew into a beloved blues, jazz and R&B performer, died on Friday at age 72 after a battle with lung cancer, his spokesman said.
Scientists May Have Found Mozart’s Skull:
Have scientists found Mozart’s skull? Researchers said Tuesday they’ll reveal the results of DNA tests in a documentary film airing this weekend on Austrian television as part of a year of celebratory events marking the composer’s 250th birthday.
All I really want to find is Mozart’s talent.
Everybody Hates Chris
This show is funny! And the music is fantastic – especially if you grew up in the 80s. Check it out.
If a reindeer could run 120 mph, it could possibly get enough lift to fly.
This is a picture of me as Elton John at my Halloween Party.
Dark Was the Night from the album “Dark Was the Night” by Blind Willie Johnson
Johnson (c. 1902-1945) was blinded at an early age. The story goes that his stepmother threw lye in his face in a fit of rage. His home burned down in ‘45 and having nowhere else to go, he lived in the [...]
On October 22, 2004, twenty-three volunteers came together to create this film in a 24-hour extreme filmmaking competition.
Watch the movie: Dante’s Denouement
What a blast this was! I had less than a week to compose the score based on a story board. Then, as they shot the film, I edited my sequences and recorded the music. [...]
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
Why Americans Don't Like Jazz http://dyske.com/paper/778 1 day ago
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