Basso Molto Profundo

Posted on August 25, 2009 by virgomusic

I’m a big fan of ambient knowledge.
In the course of my various pursuits, both musical and non-, I occasionally find it necessary to re-look-up terms and concepts that I learned a long time ago — things I’m sure I know, but which are momentarily beyond my mental grasp, due, I believe, to a combination of [...]

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If You Can’t Be With the Piano You Love… Love the Piano You’re With!

Posted on August 24, 2009 by virgomusic

Pianists are so misunderstood! :’(
As an itinerant accompanist and sometime starving-pianist-without-my-own-instrument, I’ve played a lot of different pianos. A few have been very nice; most have had various issues while still being adequate; and some can only be charitably described as piano-shaped objects.
My piano encounters last weekend in Pittsburgh fell into that middle category. Now [...]

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Miss Music Nerd Turns Orange!

Posted on August 18, 2009 by virgomusic

Literally!

I’ve just returned from Netroots Nation, the annual progressive bloggers’ conference. And I don’t know if I need to adjust the settings on my camera, or what, because in most of the pictures I took, people’s skin has a distinctly red or orange cast. One thing I’m sure of, though, is that my lighting designer, [...]

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