“Songs”. “Pieces” if you're a classical nerd (I am). They're what we live for, and there are far too many to remember. This is why we write down music.
And there are SO many ways to do it. Indeed the…
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Music - the Art of Sound
MUSIC IS THE ART OF SOUND
Sound is described and understood through physics and therefore one must THINK
One creates music using one's body, as in athletics and therefore one must perceive, feel & LISTEN
Any Art is a language, one chooses and then communicates. It is a Doing, one must PLAY
Music is understandable, not mysterious, and it can be learned, but it requires effort REPEAT
Songdog Music Education is not like any other education site you will find on the web:
Most think of music in terms of genre. We know that sound is universal.
Most think studying music is only one instrument. Every instrument makes sound, universally.
Most think that music ability is some weird mystical “Gift.” Every musician has earned it. This means you can too.
At Songdog we are TEACHING ARTISTS
It's what we do. No one does it better. Reach Out and see (or rather, hear)
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Finding the "IN DOOR" to Music
The following is a post from an article I wrote more than nine years ago for the Teaching Artist Journal. This fabulous publication is no more, sadly, although the group does continue to do good work in the field of…
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Right Livelihood
City driving is stressy and bad. Wanna make it worse? Add rush hour. Wanna make it worser? Add a late winter Cleveland day - everything is lead grey, the road is slick, the sky is dribbling a weird substance that…
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Please Mess Up!
Learning is messy. Mistakes are an extremely important part of it, in fact mistakes can be seen as a part of the definition of learning: if you don’t make any mistakes: You are not learning.
Why? Because if you can…
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Morning Music
Good Morning!
. . . . . . every day, every one of us, we all do it.
And there is a lot of advice about how to do it, mornings, I mean. When it should be, what you should…
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Duke Ellington and the Instincts of Infielders
Denny is learning how to play the blues. The vehicle I have chosen is Duke's famous "C Jam Blues", a classic 12 bar with a dead easy melody and as much swing as a dude can possibly pack into 4/4.
…
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A Sample of what happens when you let a composer loose with a bunch of middle school singers: They make up stuff!! This song is the result of a residency in which Songdog collaborated with the choir students to create a school spirit song.
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