March 2009
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A Learning Experiment
Last week my friend and colleague Ross Karchner proposed an experiment for learning new things from books (and I’m paraphrasing below):
Each week, read a chapter from a book. After reading the chapter, think up some questions, some discussion topics, and maybe a project related to the chapter, and discuss, answer, and do.
The idea is that, as Ross puts it, “The way I imagine it...
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Minute of Music: Pressing Pause
So although I decided not to take a break from making minutes of music, it looks like life made other decisions for me. Tonight won’t get one because I hurt my hand cooking and want to let it heal before I have to type all week. And even if it is mostly better tomorrow, my MacBook Pro is flaking out and I have to send it to apple to get repaired, so I’m not going to be able to do much...
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While I was waiting for my computer to boot, I...
I keep using reason, in part because I feel like...
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Tonight’s minute of music, I wouldn’t...
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A Minute of Reflection
My friend Scott has a two hour radio show on KSFR tomorrow night, and he’s asked me to pick five of my minutes of music to play. I am, of course, deeply, deeply honored. It’s given me a chance to go back through and pick my favorites, and I thought it might be worth while to share and to put them in one place:
Ambi Groove, done in reason
Silly dance music, done on the Kaossilator
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I wanted to build something out of variations on a...
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This is the second bit of music I got to do today...
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This one is again recorded in reason, and I...
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I decided that I wanted something pretty different...
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Today I went to the Baltimore aquarium and...
I wasn’t thinking of any specific song...
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I wanted to use one of the drum loops tonight, and...
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I had two goals in mind with tonight’s...
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I’m hoping that the strange but dancy vibe...