Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Website Updates and Content
I have been busy working on updating my website the past couple of weeks. Some of the changes include: 1) Concert Program Archive On the Calendar page, I will be posting all of the programs of the my past concerts. Feel free to check out the programs and let me know if you have any…
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IronWorks Percussion Duo Concert
The IronWorks Percussion Duo will be presenting a Faculty Artist Series Concert on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU, Long Beach. The duo will perform a diverse percussion program including: Go – Robert McClure Red Tree, Yellow Sky – Bill Ryan Ollin – Tizoc Ceballos (BCCM Alumnus) Two…
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UT, Austin Residency
It has been a busy couple of weeks! Last week, I was in Austin at the University of Texas. While in Austin, I worked with the UT Steel Drum Band and Percussion studio. During the residency, the UT Steel Drum Band premiered a new piece I wrote called Samba de los Changitos. (I will post…
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The Working Percussionist
For the past 13 years, I have been a lecturer at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music @ CSU, Long Beach, and every semester my students ask me what it takes to succeed as a working percussionist. Now that it is February and the semester is up and running, I thought I would include some…
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Technology and Its Use by Percussion Educators in the 21st Century
Over the summer, Dr. Tracy Wiggins (UNC Pembroke) asked me to contribute to an article he was writing for The Percussive Notes journal. After waiting 6 months, it has finally been released in the January 2012 issue. The article features an interview with three other percussion professors, including Norman Weinberg (University of Arizona), John W.…
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Tibetan Singing Bowl Samples
As I mentioned in a previous post that I am performing an improvisation concert on Friday, February 2. The concert will feature over 50 Tibetan Singing Bowls. Carolyn Bremer has graciously shared some of the audio samples that I talked about in that post. Here are three sounds samples below. Enjoy! [ti_audio media=”234″] [ti_audio…
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What is Proper Stage Etiquette?
There is so much to know about being a musician that sometimes the little things are not addressed. Some of those “little things” are etiquette issues. As teachers, we can only do so much in lessons and ensemble rehearsals. So I’ve have decided to start a list. I would like to start an open dialogue…
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CV or Resume: Which one do you use?
What is the difference between a CV (curriculum vitae) and a resume? In this post I want to discuss the major differences between a CV and Resume and show you an example of each. As a student, I think it is very important to have an updated resume. You will need to use a resume…
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An Evening of Tibetan Singing Bowls II
Last year, the chair of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, Carolyn Bremer, began collecting a lot of Tibetan Singing Bowls. I am not sure the exact number of bowls that she owns, but it is probably around +/- 50. During the Spring 2011 semester, Carolyn decided she wanted to record the bowls and I…
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Bossa de los Changitos
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working on a new steel drum piece called Bossa de los Changitos. The piece will be premiered while during my residency at the University of Texas at Austin on February 21, 2012. Here’s a midi realization: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/33518847″] I hope you enjoy the recording. In the…
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