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Category Archives: Education
Passion or a driven set of parents?
Meet Saori Yano, saxophonist extraordinaire. I can help but wonder if this is what you get if insist upon your child puttin’ in the shed time? With the silly outburst of Amy Chua’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Books, Education, In the news..., International, Jazz, Music, Saxophone, YouTube
Tagged Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Charlie Parker, Saori Yano
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Woodwind Forum: You want answers, you can’t handle answers…
Apologies to the creators of that great line Jack Nicolson delivers in “A Few Good Men”. Where do you go to get answers for almost anything. Internet forums can be a valuable piece of your solution set. When it comes … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Community, Education, Forum, Health and wellness, Hobbies, Reference
Tagged A Few Good Men, amateur, Jack Nicolson, Kenny G, Sax on the Web, Woodwind Forum
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Rich Americans ask for Social Security to be cut… again.
I will admit to using sensationalism in my title to get you to read this post. But I suspect that IF you read it, you might be better informed for those many political conversations that you have, usually with your … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Education, Family, Government, In the news..., Politics
Tagged America, Democracy, Eric Cantor, social security, taxes
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Now You’re Faculty ~ Welcome to Hell
This joke is attributed to David Hite. (1/21/99) One day while walking downtown, a musicologist was hit by a bus and was tragically killed. Her soul arrived up in Heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Humor, Music, teachers
Tagged eternity, Hell, musicologist, pearly gates, research, St. Peter, thesis
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Ten Habits of Effective Beginner Woodwind Players
From my friend JBT, “I read this great link which had some very worthwhile and practical information for beginners on an instrument: http://www.bretpimentel.com/seven-ha…ive-beginners/. However this was obviously written by a university professor and was based on habits observed in his … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinet, Education, Humor, Music, Saxophone
Tagged advice, Bret Pimentel, university, Woodwind Forum
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Top 10 Things that should have Disappeared this Decade
The first decade of the new Century and I’m already thinking about what technology and society has made obsolete. The funniest I’ve seen so far is from our friends at the Huffington Post cast as a photo show: 12 Things … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Education, Entertainment, Politics, Technology, Television, Theory
Tagged CEO, Huffington Post, jet ski, Lake Sammamish, Nudity, Philip Dick, Prude, Puritan, Sex, Survivor, top 10
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Searching for Internal Pulse ~ One Musician’s Quest
After a ~27 year break from music, yes work and family took front stage during that time, I returned to music performance. I played alto sax from fifth through 12th grade and then auditioned for marching band at the University … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Education, Everyday Science, Music, Theory
Tagged internal pulse, metronome, pulse, rhythm
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Dear Wannabe Sax Player ~ Greg Fishman
Greg Fishman has some wickedly hard and yet delightful Jazz Etude books out there. He also gives online Jazz Sax lessons, is a stellar musician in his own right, and admits to laughing as he responded to this potential saxophone … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Facebook, Jazz, Saxophone, Theory, YouTube
Tagged Greg Fishman, Jazz Phrasing, Music Instructor
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The Bis Key Chronicles 