The Theme Dream Machine
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/story/ckvk002b34j0c0938go4chdbo?m=comment Musical themes seem to emerge from the son...
Improvisations on The Ledge
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In "Improvisations on the Ledge," award-winning composer-pianist Peter Saltzman searches for universal truths by stumbling upon them—both with words and music. The basic premise is simple: he improvises on the piano, then talks about what the music tells him. Then makes music about what the talking tells him. Then...well, it goes on like this. Droll, funny, dramatic, musical, short.
S3-E2: The Many Layers of Musical Memory—and Forgetting
"The Many Layers of Musical Memory—and Forgetting" is an episode about how listening to music, and performing it, are really acts of thematic memory—a...
S3-E1: Theme is the Theme
After an extended layoff, I've decided to get back to Improvisations On the Ledge by sticking to the theme—literally. The entire season—including this...
Rearview Mirror
Using jazz educator David Bloom's metaphor, musicians need to look in the rearview mirror and remember the theme if they wish to move forward. But whe...
Rearview Mirror
Remember the ThemeUsing jazz educator David Bloom's metaphor, musicians need to look in the rearview mirror and remember the theme if they wish to mov...
Planned Chance
My intent was to dive into Part 2 of my “End of Melody Episode,“ but by planned chance, I rolled the dice and came up with something completely differ...
Planned Chance
Planned ChanceMy intent was to dive into Part 2 of my “End of Melody Episode,“ but by planned chance, I rolled the dice and came up with something com...
The End of Melody, Part 1
Melody. As a creative musician, you're either born with it or not. Or maybe everybody is born with it but some choose to suppress it. Why would anybod...
The End of Melody, Part 1
Melody. As a creative musician, you're either born with it or not. Or maybe everybody is born with it but some choose to suppress it. Why would anybod...
The (Un)Quantifiable Mystery of Music
Math, science, and logic can explain a lot but not everything about how music works. The strange thing, though, is that great music almost always has ...