Toni Morrison’s Mom
Here is Toni Morrison talking about her mom’s singing. From an interview with Terry Gross.
Beethoven’s Gift
Here is a quote from Ludwig Van Beethoven as interpreted into English by Corinne Heline in her book ‘Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies – Correlated with the Nine Spiritual Mysteries’. “I have […]
Everybody’s a Performer and What I Learned About That
You might know that performing has always been my greatest teacher. Performing is kind of like looking at yourself inside a jeweler’s loupe, the audience being the loupe. Last January 15, three […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
What Makes Great Music
Only one person showed up to my playshop today. So we had a chance to focus in. We started with what Music for People calls “One Quality Sound” where everybody […]