Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
In Boulder, I used to the ride the bus every morning to my job with an older gentlemen named Charles. I tell you this because I was happy to see his story go viral in a video yesterday.
Jazz is a music of integrity, and it teaches us to listen. -Wynton Marsalis
A late night interpretation of John Coltrane’s Equinox performed on my new Nord C1.
Just watched this on DVD and had to share it with you. Rent it when you can.
Watch now!
“I will never say anything that couldn’t stand as the last thing I ever say.”
Forgiveness is a journey. You need help from your community of faith and from God, and sometimes even from counselors, to make and hold on to a decision to not become a hostage to hostility. Hostility destroys community.
So far, hundreds of Diggers are getting their mind’s blown over the Shepard tone audio Illusion. I have to agree. Listen to what I mean. When the video is done playing, replay it to hear the exact same audio seem to continually rise in pitch.
I recognized Kristine Blackport, someone I worked with in Boulder, CO, from NBC’s new series, Chuck.
Max Roach, one of the original bebop drummers, died early this morning. He played with all the greatest jazz musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. I’ve personally spent many, many hours listening to him swing.
I just found out about some new free software for increasing conversion on landing pages. It’s very interesting and I’ve been coming up with all kinds of ways to use it myself.
Also, they have a great quiz that you can take to analyze your business. It gives you a custom 5-page report with valuable tips [...]
“The minute you sign your name, you lose all the rights to your music and you’ll never see a dime.” -Dick Dale
The brand new Merlin Show features Jonathan Coulton, a songwriter who gained quite a lot of popularity for his Thing a Week project. They discuss songwriting and the ubiquitous capture process. It’s a good show and the 43 Folders blog is an excellent resource for Getting Things Done. I highly recommend watching.
Update: Part 2 is [...]
You’ve got to check out this slow and sexy rendition of The Star Spangled Banner by Marvin Gaye. Then read a related story over at Thomas Dolby’s blog. Marvin had it goin’ on!
The precautionary principle: Not having the evidence that something might not become a problem is not a reason for not taking action as if it were a problem. It is a powerful triple-negative. Action without evidence is justified.
I love videos like this. They help put my life in perspective. And they put me in a resourceful state. I’ve often found that most unresourceful states are accompanied by a narrowing of the field of vision into one area — not a metaphorical vision, but the actual sense of seeing — usually downwards to [...]
At one time, Moscow was seen as the “evil enemy.” Back in the 1980s, the neoconservatives and the Islamic extremists were allies. Washington gave money and weapons to the Islamic Mujahideen. Most notable among these “freedom fighters” was Osama Bin Laden.
It turns out that the roots of today’s Islamic fundamentalism and modern perceptions of concepts such as jihad can be traced back to Sayyid Qutb’s stay in Greeley, Colorado of all places.
This video is a magnificent example of musical peak performance. It’s possible that Glenn Gould had Asperger syndrome, a disorder related to autism. He really makes Johann Sebastian Bach come alive!
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.
If Heroes needed a new superhero, it would be Montage Man. He can speed things up and add a catchy tune. 19 hrs ago
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