I never thought I’d say this, but I am HUGELY relieved to have – for the first time in my life, starting this September – a regularly scheduled, Monday-Friday, 8 AM – 4 PM job. Yes, a real job! Consistency, benefits, paid holidays, health insurance…but most importantly — regular and PREDICTABLE hours! As a musician [...]
Archive for the ‘Arts’ Category
A “9 to 5″ job for a musician? Yes, please!!!
Posted in Arts, Cello, Freelancing, Time management, Work on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Christmastime is here…A “best of” for Christmas, 2010
Posted in Arts, Beauty, Christmas, Food & wine, holidays, Home decor, music, New York City on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rather than therapeutically writing about the inevitable “post Christmas blues,” which undoubtedly will befall many an individual in just a week or so from today, I’ve decided to revel in the beauty of the season by creating a “best of” list for this Christmas. If you’re looking for a new cookie, a new Xmas CD, [...]
Dark, beautiful, imaginative, fun but melancholic, neo-classical (my term for it, of course) cello music: RASPUTINA
Posted in Arts, Cello, music on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Purely from a musical perspective (interpersonal dynamics aside), if there’s any band I would really, really love to be in, it would be Rasputina. I have what could be construed as a corny, melodramatic glow-in-the-dark Rasputina sticker on my cello case, which says “Cello Magic” with a beautiful graphic of an eye, plus two bows [...]
I don’t really sing much, but I sure do have a “perfect male chorus” in mind…who would be in yours?
Posted in Arts, ideas & thoughts, music, Shearwater on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater – what a voice! The last time I sang (like, really sang — not singing Suzuki cello pieces to students during their lessons) was in Mr. Kerlee’s fifth grade chorus…we did ”All God’s Creatures Have a Place in the Choir” and Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” among other gems. [...]
Shearwater – the first truly great musical discovery of 2010, and maybe by December it will be the best
Posted in Arts, music, Shearwater on February 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to NPR’s soundcheck, to which I was listening as I reluctantly drove to Larchmont to teach private lessons on Monday, I discovered Shearwater, led by frontman/singer/guitarist/pianist, Jonathan Meiburg. What a revelation hearing this music was! It is truly some of the most beautiful, passionate, atmospheric music I’ve heard in ages. When I got [...]
Reznor meets dissertation
Posted in Arts, critical theory, music, Trent Reznor on February 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One of my many running mixes (particularly the ones I use when running on the oh-so-boring treadmill) is my infamous Nine Inch Nails mix. Aggressive, angsty, passionate, driving…that’s exactly what one needs when running. Anyway, since my mind has been completely immersed in and with the concepts of identity, empowerment, resistance, & counter-hegemony, I started [...]
The Dissertation
Posted in Arts, Cello, critical theory, dissertation, ideas & thoughts, literature, music on February 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve decided to include a relatively small blurb on the research I am undertaking for my PhD. My blog, as many of you know, began as a purely fun endeavor, a way to talk (and perhaps dialog with people) about things in life about which I am passionate…namely, music, food, & wine, with the occasional [...]
Kate Bush – artist, musician, composer, pianist, poet, dancer, mime, producer, visionary, and total bad ass
Posted in Arts, Kate Bush, music on January 17, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I don’t think this photo needs a caption… Kate Bush with a fabulous biker jacket “Consider the options for a glamourous girl singer with an acute sense of melody; consider that she’s taken the riskiest, most uncommercial route; and consider whether this album should be regarded with patience and admiration, even when it occasionally slips [...]
Halloween, 2009: reading, writing/dissertation-ing, cooking – what could be better?
Posted in Arts, dissertation, Food & wine, holidays, music on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I used to view Halloween as one of the key partying high-points of the entire year. One of my first…uh, illegal experiences, was on Halloween…circa 1999. Alas, said view has changed. I love to go out, I love to party (though “party” has taken on a different color as the years have gone by, and [...]
Tori Amos’s upcoming holiday record, “Midwinter Graces”
Posted in Arts, holidays, music, Tori Amos on October 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So Tori is releasing a ‘seasonal’ record in November…so soon, so excitement abounds! At first I was mildly horrified at the idea considering Tori is the fiery, piano pounding, sometimes brash, sometimes overwhelming, yet often angelic goddess to whom I’ve been listening consistently for the last 14+ years. She is hands-down my musical idol in [...]
