This blog entry isn’t really about ketchup… it’s about vibrato, the intentionally produced pitch pulsation in a musical sound. Why ketchup then? Here’s the story. Recently I saw an image post on facebook by a musician from Germany. It was a picture of a page from a magazine or something, and the page had a […]
So, finally I made the move from the MobileMe website to this blog-oriented content management system. Not that I’ll be blogging more often or anything, but I like the idea of being mobile and able to post a blog from anywhere, on any Internet-connected devices. And finally I’ve made my old domain name bachpeople.com more
(Originally posted on March 11, 2011) There are a few things that I always go back to when I need to uplift my spirit. When I need to motivate and encourage myself about life, humanity, and goodness of the people, those are the things I get the help from. I suppose everyone has those “things”—
(Originally posted on February 18, 2011) Now I see that I had been away from this blog for more than three months. The reason isn’t as trite as you think it is— I won’t say that I was too busy or I forgot that I had this blog. Simply that my mind had been occupied
(Originally posted on October 30, 2010) This is a dream instrument for any violinists and violists who want to play the cello. And this is the dream instrument for a guy like me who wants to do Bach cantatas that call for this instrument. It is, for me, a quite essential instrument! Sure, you can
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(Originally posted on October 3, 2010) I was in Japan during the most of September. It was nice to be back in Japan for a while— seeing familiar faces and having some Japanese goodies were priceless. But some would wonder (well, I did) why I wanted to go to Japan when not going to Japan
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(Originally posted on September 25, 2010) This past summer during the Marlboro Music Festival season, my buddy Miles and I went to a lake we had never fished before. We knew of this lake for a couple of years at least, but we had been too busy exploring Harriman Reservoir as our primary fishing water.
(Originally posted on August 19, 2010) The 2010 Marlboro season has ended. This morning, for the first time in 8+ weeks, I woke up in a room that was not Random North 7. I’m no longer in Marlboro— and I don’t even want to think what that means to me. I know, I’ll just have
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(Originally posted on June 29, 2010) What season, you ask? It’s the festival season. I’m here in southern Vermont, working for the Marlboro Music Festival as a music librarian. This is my 12th summer working for the festival, and my 7th summer as a full-season staffer. Even while I was in Japan studying Bach, I
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(Originally posted on June 9, 2010) It has been 40 days since I broke my left wrist. My plaster cast is near completion of its purpose. Am I looking forward to going out of the cast? Absolutely. But the crazy part is that I think I may miss it a little bit. I broke my
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