Inspiration, Or Something Like That I’m continually amazed at how much music can attach one to a place, a situation, or a person. I’ve written before about music as inspiration, but it’s been seven or eight months since I wrote an article for Chorus, so I figured I`d go with a topic I`m familiar with. [...]
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The Boondock Solstice: Where Do You Find Inspiration To Write?
Inspiration is tricky business; it always strikes at inopportune times when you don’t have a pencil or you’re sitting beside the person who creates said inspiration. How many of us have been driving or falling asleep, or sometimes doing both of those things when an idea for a simple lyric or larger-picture musical masterpiece assaults your brain, [...]
Inspiration is tricky business; it always strikes at inopportune times when you don’t have a pencil or you’re sitting beside the person who creates said inspiration. How many of us have been driving or falling asleep, or sometimes doing both of those things when an idea for a simple lyric or larger-picture musical masterpiece assaults your brain, [...]
Sing Us a Story of Us: Mythology in Music
I’d like to start with a quote. It concerns the fate of humanity, so stay with me. “As Jung has said in his introduction to ‘The Psychology of the Child Archetype’ (par 267): ‘…we can never legitimately cut loose from our archetypal foundations unless we are prepared to pay the price of a neurosis, any more [...]
I’d like to start with a quote. It concerns the fate of humanity, so stay with me. “As Jung has said in his introduction to ‘The Psychology of the Child Archetype’ (par 267): ‘…we can never legitimately cut loose from our archetypal foundations unless we are prepared to pay the price of a neurosis, any more [...]
Organize Your Band with Google Apps
I’ve found a lot of success in the past using Google’s free applications to organize myself, my music, and my bandmates. All your band information is stored in “the cloud” and thus is easily accessible by anyone in your band whenever there is an internet connection. Let me explain a few ways in which to do this.
I’ve found a lot of success in the past using Google’s free applications to organize myself, my music, and my bandmates. All your band information is stored in “the cloud” and thus is easily accessible by anyone in your band whenever there is an internet connection. Let me explain a few ways in which to do this.
Music Makes Us Human
Music, along with humanity, is incredibly diverse. It seems that all cultures, and even subcultures, across time and space are united if only by their passionate creation of music. I personally enjoy many different styles of music, and I always have (although right now I’m really into anything from the 90s). My studies in anthropology have exposed me to [...]
Music, along with humanity, is incredibly diverse. It seems that all cultures, and even subcultures, across time and space are united if only by their passionate creation of music. I personally enjoy many different styles of music, and I always have (although right now I’m really into anything from the 90s). My studies in anthropology have exposed me to [...]
Longevity & Involvement in Your Scene
Y’know, I’ve been a part of the Edmonton music scene for quite some time. I’ve watched our scene get strong, fall apart, seperate, come together and repeat. It’s really strange how local scenes move much like the overall musical mainstream. Influences change and people do too. I’ve been shocked when really strong members of the [...]
Y’know, I’ve been a part of the Edmonton music scene for quite some time. I’ve watched our scene get strong, fall apart, seperate, come together and repeat. It’s really strange how local scenes move much like the overall musical mainstream. Influences change and people do too. I’ve been shocked when really strong members of the [...]
Tape, Tape Revolution
If you had told me two years ago—heck, even if you had told me last year—that I’d be releasing my next EP on a tape, I would have surely laughed in your face. To most people, the tape is essentially a dead medium. Long gone are the halcyon days of the late ’80s, of owning [...]
If you had told me two years ago—heck, even if you had told me last year—that I’d be releasing my next EP on a tape, I would have surely laughed in your face. To most people, the tape is essentially a dead medium. Long gone are the halcyon days of the late ’80s, of owning [...]
How Diversity Can Make You a Better Musician
Having spent the last decade and a half as a touring musician I have thought, on many occasions, how much easier things could have been for myself and those I have played with had we access to a resource like Chorus. Approaching subjects like gear maintenance or even considering which (or how many) instruments to [...]
Having spent the last decade and a half as a touring musician I have thought, on many occasions, how much easier things could have been for myself and those I have played with had we access to a resource like Chorus. Approaching subjects like gear maintenance or even considering which (or how many) instruments to [...]
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