by Phil Stormer | Jun 2, 2022 | Music
Learning music is about playing music that was or is. Taking those chords, notes, shapes, melodies, rhythms and harmonies that every musician must and does and applying them in all of their mundane expressions. There is nothing new about a C chord, or a crotchet or a...
by Phil Stormer | May 26, 2022 | Music
Music can be of service. Think music in a shopping centre, music in a film, music at a boxing match or a musician playing in the background. Whilst music can be listened to and enjoyed as its own thing, it certainly serves to complement and enhance other things too. I...
by Phil Stormer | Jan 27, 2022 | Music
It’s interesting to see the role of expectation and the breach expectation in the experience of music. There is this way in which an audience will expect a degree of musicianship or style or outcome from a musician and a way in which the musician can play to this or...
by Phil Stormer | Jan 20, 2022 | Music
A garden is a place where we take what is wild and free and plant it within a confine, space or limitation. A plant or tree that would otherwise fight for survival in a wild setting is now growing with aid and support of the gardener. The gardener nourishes, protects,...
by Phil Stormer | Jan 13, 2022 | Music
Being a musician is no simple thing. It’s one of those titles that isn’t exactly clear when one becomes or is made into a musician but we do certainly when someone is one. It’s also confused when it comes to who is doing the labeling. Perhaps to some we are a...
by Phil Stormer | Jan 6, 2022 | Music
I remember studying the idea of “art for art’s sake” at university. It’s the idea that art has an inherent value independent of its subject-matter. It’s really interesting to think about music in this way. Is there a use for music other than its outcomes? Is it worth...
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