Creative Songbirds
The pied butcherbird is considered the most accomplished songbird in Australia. Its melodies vary across the continent with no single song being sung by all of them. They improvise like jazz musicians, and the...
Author: Jage
Do You Believe in Luck?
“Do you believe in luck?” isn’t the question I’m really asking, but “Do you feel lucky?” has too much Clint Eastwood to it. Many times there’s a difference in what I believe and how...
Dynamic Awareness – My Shift in Perspective
Music has frequently opened my heart and mind up to new possibilities and new perspectives. Sometimes it works as a metaphor, allowing me to relate tricky concepts to my own experiences with music. Sometimes...
Choosing When
How expressive music and EFT empowered me with holistic healing In October I began having periods of excruciating abdominal pain. I would lie down and the pain would fade gradually, so I didn’t know if it...
Resolutions
I find it interesting that a New Years resolution is almost the opposite of a “resolution” in musical terms. The New Years resolution is a commitment to a new change – a promise to...
Rhythm and Space
Any sort of rhythm depends on there being a gap in the sound. Otherwise it would be just a constant tone. It’s easy to notice the notes that make up the sounds, but next...
Yin Yang Genetic Resonance
Our genetic code has two aspects that resonate together to create the traits that express. We inherit many of our subconscious beliefs and our DNA blueprint from past generations. This is the yin aspect: the female,...
Heart Centered Song Accompaniment
When creating our song arrangements, we look at the words and emotional intent and discuss the feelings that we want to convey to the listener. The accompaniment creates the emotional environment for the song. Most...
This Is My Brain On Pianos
Recently I’ve been learning more about the left and right sides of the brain. The piano keyboard has a pretty intuitive design. I already knew that the left side of my brain ties to the...
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