Music to Change To
I’ve been noticing lately how connected our lives are to our music. Well, if we ARE music then that might imply that our lives and our music are the same thing. Or we can think of them as aliases of each other. On my Mac I can select an object and make an alias from […]
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey Meg Bohrman recently completed a CD at comMUSIKey that encapsulates all that we believe in with the recording process. The CD is part of a songbook of 13 songs. In each song she explores her relationship to the archetypal energy that shapes all of our lives. The recording process has been her […]
Prescott College Music on the Spot
We’ve had some wonderful improvisational music making sessions in the Prescott College Chapel recently. These were open to Prescott College student who wanted to take a chance at being musically creative. Thank you Bill Barton for setting this up. Here are a couple of examples: The next Music For Everybody Playshop at comMUSIKey will be Sunday […]
Everybody’s a Performer Performance at Art Tank
On January 15th at 6:30 comMUSIkey will be presenting our proposal to Arizona Art Tank called “Everybody’s a Performer: An extended workshop to develop performance skills for anyone who is willing to make the leap into the musical unknown.” There will be six presenters and three of them will receive $5000 to $10,000 to implement their vision. […]
The Rhythm of Nature
Here is an example of nature creating a groove. These are two different raindrop streams falling from a gutter, one playing three beats against the other’s four. They are slightly different tempos so they go in and out of phase with other, similar to Steve Reich’s Phasing Music. They cycle back and forth between a […]
Who’s Musical?
Who’s musical? Hint: Everyone Originally published in 5enses Magazine MAY 30, 2014 • Photo by Ramona Smith. By Jonathan Best Go outside and listen to the musical terrain. Start walking and listen to it change as you take part in its rhythm. The terrain is vast. It extends as far as the ear can hear. […]
Prescott College Music in the Chapel
As part of Prescott College’s Wednesday Wellness program comMUSIKey held a Music Playshop. Some participants were experienced musicians. Others had never performed before. Everyone was exploring their edges. Here is one example of the spontaneous music we created.
Our Musical Terrain
Go outside a listen to the musical terrain. Start walking and listen to it change as you take part in its rhythm. This is collaboration at its finest. The terrain is vast. It extends as far as the ear can hear. Listen to the distant reaches. Maybe there’s a chain saw barely audible in the […]
How Can There Be Wrong Notes When There Aren’t Any Notes At All?
In my studies at MUSIC FOR PEOPLE I learned that there are no wrong notes. My favorite Thelonius Monk quote is “The piano ain’t got no wrong notes.” Well I’m here to tell you that the piano ain’t got any notes at all. Read on. I’m always on the lookout for things that get in […]
Moving to the rhythm ‘can help language skills’
Moving in time to a steady beat is closely linked to better language skills, a study suggests.