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Dash Cam: happy accidents
The other day I made a post about how you should always run tape, which you should.
Finding the sculpture inside the stone
Today in office hours I helped one of our students conform some of their free playing onto a tempo grid.
Porgy
I’m going to play an F in every chord of the opening of "I Love Zupor" I’m playing an F and the droning pedal tone of the tonic note is going to …
Plagal: meet the amen chord
Meet the Amen chord, the plagal cadence.
Just tell your stories
Just tell your stories.
Voice leading game inversions
Getting comfortable with keyboard chords means getting comfortable with inversions.
Bussing
As soon as you send a signal anywhere, your stereo output, your headphones, you’re using a bus.
Put This Under Your Fingertips
Here’s another chord progression you should put under your fingers.
Equal Temperament
I’m gonna try and explain something in 60 seconds that’s taken me about 50 years to understand.
Feedback Guidelines
One of the important things they won’t teach you at recording school, it’s how to give and receive feedback.
Major Minor Diminished
Major, minor, or diminished.
