I started on Sunday learning 2-5-1 chord progressions, just about got the right hand down, left hand is easier, I revised my knowledge of modes. I then worked out how to transpose them into different tonal centres. I am learning a standard called “Here’s that Rainy Day” by Jimmy Van Heusen, it has lots of 2-5-1 chords [...]
June, 2010
100 Hour Challenge – I’ve Picked up the Gauntlet
Alright then, I’m doing it. It’s been on my mind for a while. This is how I’m going to tackle the not being at home barrier to improvisation learning; finding pianos in Brum, asking some local residential homes if I can pop in, practice and play to the elderly, asking my old church, friends who [...]
Agony Aunties and Uncles: Am I being stubborn?
This tale is inspired by Mark Mapstone’s recount of a fraudster trying to swindle him of cash…. I’m not as confident as he about copying and pasting emails…. Also, I am stubborn, not massively, but quite, I get this from my dad, I’m not the only stubborn daughter in the fam. It’s fairly important you know this. What”s [...]
Music tech geekery
Thanks to Create Digital Music for the heads up. I’d love to deliver a music project which had young people using the MIDI grids! I like the energy of the performance, if you push the buttons does it effect the velocity? dromama from Altitude Sickness on Vimeo. The Guitarmaton (by Ian Hattwick) looks like good [...]
Return to Wordle
I used this a while back and did nothing with the data, this wordle cloud show the tags that appear more frequently on my blog, the importance of a tag is shown by its font size or color (strength): This is my twitter wordle cloud: What’s yours like? It’s made me think about how I [...]
100 Hour Challenge Anyone?
I went along to a regional creative agent conference today and was inspired by Ewan McIntosh to do a 100 hour challenge, well in fact, I was initially inspired by Rachel Carter, who was inspired by Ewan (in a previous training event) to do it. Thing is, I’m uncertain as to whether I can do [...]
margin music tour photos
Some photos from last Saturday taken by Jonathan Howells our VJ. Doctor Farrah on the mic Dusk, Blackdown and I messing with midi Trim bustin rhymes and the occasional witty one