Fickle Ears

It is one thing to show the tuba to be capable of more than what it is asked to do in the orchestra, but it is another thing entirely to sh...

I've been allergic to score study my entire musical life. It's too easy to blame this solely on my education and not at all on mysel...

I've just finished reading Lawrence Lessig's 2004 book "Free Culture," which is chock full of mostly demoralizing stories,...

I'm happy to be included in writer Pamela Espeland's "Conversations on Improvisation" series at mnartists.org . Click here...

The acronym stands for "Consortium of Symphonic Transients." It refers to a large ensemble project I started last year to provide ...

I can't even remember how it happened, but a few months ago, I stumbled on a digital music vendor called Lala . Since then, I've men...

Duke Ellington is remembered, among other things, as a composer who wrote for specific musicians and personalities rather than for some name...

Whenever I return to the Complete Plugged Nickel recordings of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet, I find myself compelled to share something I...

It seems like about once a year, I receive an e-mail from another tuba player wondering which instrument, mouthpiece, etc. I use, as well as...

Returning again to the theme of musical training changing modes of perception, it occurred to me tonight* that there's a logical and str...

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Readers of this blog might be surprised to learn that there were few times in either high school or college when I struggled to get a paper ...