a year of songs: number 25
- Thursday, June 18th: Some of you have pointed out that
next week is the half way point in 52 Songs. It's kind of surreal for me
to have marked my time in songs for 25 weeks. Jamie, our daughter, came home
from college and we all went to "Caroline... Or Change", a Tony
Kushner musical at the Guthrie Theatre. It began this gentle 60's style pop
song in my head. Best of all, Jamie helped me sing it. Here is Number 25, "First
To Break":
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- Songs 01 - 10
- (January 1st - March 5th)
- Songs 11-20
- (March 12th - May 14th)
- Songs 21-24
- (May 21st - June 11th)
Songs released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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the 52 song project
Writing music with a weekly deadline seems like
a losing proposition. You just can't dial up creativity on cue. I'm enjoying
the discovery that you can, however, take a stab at it and not be embarrassed
by the result. Chris passed this along:
"Stanford University experimented with
two pottery classes. One group was told they would be graded on the quality
of their pottery pieces. The other class was told they would be graded by the
total weight of how many pots they crafted. When done, separate judges were
asked to evaluate each group's finest piece. The group that produced the volume
(weight) had the better piece by the judge's evaluation. Why? Quality through
Quantity. They figure out MORE about pottery through doing MORE pieces... even
though that was not their assignment." (More
from Chris' commentary).
A little celebration for some unrelated good news: the 
documentary "Paving
the Way" for which I composed most of the music, won
a "Telly
Award" for it's soundtrack. Brandon
Wade, the filmmaker/author, said I can
consider this award mine. The DVD is available on Netflix and can be purchased
at Best Buy. The music is on iTunes
here:
