FCM Review
This was the third time I attended the Festival of Contemporary Music (there is some good to being friends with two of the artistic directors), and I have to say that this year's was one of the best I attended. Yes, I only went to the Saturday concert... I had to work ALL day on Friday. This is a review for Saturday's concert date.
The pieces that really impressed me was the composition "Triglyphs" by Joe Dangerfield, and the two wind quintets, "Woodwind Quintet" by Martha Stoddard and "First Light" by John Bilotta. While many can say (AKA Brian Bice) that those picks might be biased because I studied piano when I was younger and I ...
Have you ever...?
(I will bounce through four different type of columns in this blog... Thought provokers like my last column, this one, the 60 sec. music review, and the lighter, more Letterman-esque type columns. I am open to your comments that you can post after each entry, and, if you got a good "Have you ever" that you want me to write about, send me the topic through the feedback bar on the page. Make sure the subject is "Have you ever...")
Do you "horde" melodies, or do your melodies come when you start a new project?
Here is how this question came about. I did a Mother's Day gift for my baby sister from her "son" (she has a 1 year old ...
X-Training
by Micheal Vickers
According to Random House Unabridged Dictionary(copyright 2006, via dictionary.com), to cross-train means "To train(a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, etc." An example of cross-training is Mixed Martial Arts fighters. These men and women have to be efficient in boxing, martial arts disciplines like judo and jiu-jitsu, and wrestling in order to succeed in the sport. If you don't believe me, watch the replay of the UFC 81 fight between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir. Lesnar, being strong in wrestling but weak in the martial art ...