Category: articles
2010 Grammy Nominees
The 2010 Grammy Nominees have been announced. Two great blog posts by NPR Jazz and Jazz Articles did a wonderful job of breaking down not only the jazz category, but how jazz fit into other categories. While I will admit I do not really keep up with new and popular music, skimming through the…
Jazz Article: Inside Out, Parts One and Two
Mel MartinOver at the JazzTimes, Mel Martin wrote an absolutely fascinating article regarding the internalization of music. It is a long post (in two parts, actually) and covers a wide range of deep topics. Each paragraph could be a chapter in a book. I’ve gone through and highlighted some of the parts that resonated with me.…
Year One: Blog Roundup
According to my squarespace billing history, my website has just turned 1 year old! Time for someone to smear cake on its face. But seriously, I thought I would take a moment to update you on the state of the blog, as well as link to some of my favorite and most popular posts. First…
How to clean a woodwind mouthpiece
Let’s face the facts. You probably need to clean your mouthpiece. I’ve known for a while that my mouthpieces needed a good cleaning. It’s one of those things we know we as woodwind players know we should do more often but don’t. After reading this article on NPR about wind players getting sick from the…
JazzTimes interviews Eddie Daniels
Lee Mergner of the JazzTimes recently interviewed the legendary jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels about a new upcoming project. Luckily for us the conversation went very long, with Eddie talking a lot about players he enjoys working with, ensemble concept, clubs versus festivals, tenor players around New York in the 70’s, and more. Be sure to…
Blogs and RSS explained (sort of)
What is a blog? What is RSS? Well, this is a blog. And you can use RSS as an easy way to follow updates of many of your favorite websites and blogs. My blog is all about woodwinds and music. So for a very concise explanation, I will refer you to the Blogs in…
Buffet Crampon acquires Shreiber & Keilwerth
Direct from the press release: Mantes La Ville, August 1, 2010 – Buffet Crampon, top musical instruments manufacturer and world leader in clarinets is acquiring Schreiber & Keilwerth, the internationally renowned German musical instruments manufacturer. The Buffet Crampon Group, headed by Antoine Beaussant, is acquiring all the assets of the German manufacturer Schreiber & Keilwerth, which had…
In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back
The last decade has brought an explosion in dazzling technological advances — including enhancements in surround sound, high definition television and 3-D — that have transformed the fan’s experience. There are improvements in the quality of media everywhere — except in music. In many ways, the quality of what people hear — how well the…
Music lessons build brainpower
And yet across the country, if not on L.A.’s Westside, music and other arts instruction are often whacked or cut disproportionately when budgets are squeezed. They’re seen as appropriate luxuries in good times, but otherwise superfluous and expendable, despite evidence to the contrary. such as evidence from… UCLA professor James Catterall, whose specialty is the…