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Protected: Absolute Pitch University: Mind 10-16-06

October 31, 2006 By Graham English

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars

YouTube Removes Comedy Central Clips Over DMCA Claims

October 29, 2006 By Graham English

UGH!!! I'm pissed. :x YouTube removes Comedy Central clips over DMCA claims The non-cable having world needs this information! It is for the greater good. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: Comedy Central, videos, YouTube

NaSoAlMo: National Solo Album Month

October 29, 2006 By Graham English

NaSoAlMo is a free yearly competition where musicians write and record an entire album during the month of November. The idea came from NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, where writers attempt a 50,000 word novel during the same month. It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: competition, GTD, inner-critic, productivity, songwriters, Songwriting, Writing Music

Scott Adams ‘Hacks’ His Brain

October 28, 2006 By Graham English

This is an amazing story. First the Dilbert creator loses his voice due to a rare condition known as spasmodic dysphonia. Now he reveals in an amazingly affecting personal blog post how he learned to speak again. In Bodyhack. Full link: Scott … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: BodyHacks, brain, hacks, Language, MindHacks

There Is Nothing Boring In Life. Only Boring People.

October 26, 2006 By Graham English

There is a common misconception that "things" can be boring. You may find doing your taxes boring. But some people find it riveting. Therefore, we can't say that doing taxes is boring. "It" is not boring. Then what part of that sentence or thought is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: curiosity, Ear Training, expertise, generalizations, Language, listening, mind, musicianship, Practice, Psychology, quotes, thinking

Meditation Has A Measurable Effect On Alertness

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

Meditation is often credited with helping people feel more focused and energetic, but are the benefits measurable? When researchers tested the alertness of volunteers, they found that the practice proved more effective than naps, exercise or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: benefits, brain, energy, meditation, mind, Science

The Best Ad The Democrats Have Had In Years

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

Nothing is more powerful than using your opponents words to make your case. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: advertising, Democrats, election, Iraq, Language, Media, persuasion, Politics, President Bush, war

I Like The Political Dave Winer

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

Iraq and incentives: Clearly behind the scenes, when the Americans put pressure on Iraqis, they're telling them to work with each other. Even the Republicans say that, that in order for Iraq to have a chance of working, each of the factions must … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: America, Dave Winer, Democrats, Iraq, Politics, republicans

Define: Microtones

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

Division of the octave into intervals smaller than the half-tone, the smallest interval used within the tempered scale. Examples include Fokker's thirty-one-note organ, Partch's forty-three-note percussion instruments, etc. Microtonal music, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Adriaan Fokker, composing, definitions, half-tone, Harry Partch, intervals, microtonal music, microtones, octave, percussion, tempered scale

It’s Not Just The Notes You Play That Matters…

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

...but the person who plays the music. You do a lot of work on your instrument technique, your knowledge of music theory, and your craft of music composition. Do you also have a plan to improve you, the musician? Take two musicians and give them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: energy, feelings, focus, listener response, Music Theory, MusicHacks, PerformanceHacks

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