Jul 15

2009

For the longest time I could not stand the sound of music with brass instruments. It wasn't until I sat through and thoroughly enjoyed a real mariachi band while in LA a couple of years back. This really opened my ears. I somehow came across an amazing live album ("live albums" are also not one of my favorites, but I digress) called Boban Markovic Orkestar "Live in Belgrade".

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Jul 30

2008

I have been thinking about the role of silence in music lately. It is possibly the most overlooked subject in music today. Many people believe that it is a blank canvas on which the painting of sound is put upon, but its actually part of the music as well.

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