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Category: music

Musicians picking apart music

December 30, 2019 Robert

Musicians have a tendency to pick apart songs. You could say we dissect them but that is too clinical a…

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Posted in: music Filed under: debussy, music

How music heals

March 29, 2019 Robert

Trees are constantly growing. When a limb is cut off the tree grows around the cut to seal the wound…

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Posted in: creativity, music, music ministry, spirituality Filed under: creative, creativity, healing, play

Music, language of the soul: melody and harmony

February 11, 2019 Robert Leave a comment

The arts, including music, are the soul’s languages. Music connects with us (and connects us) because it speaks the soul’s…

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Posted in: music, psychology Filed under: harmony, melody, narrative

The art of accompanying

February 4, 2019 Robert

In Mark 9:36 Jesus tells the disciples the one who leads must be “the servant of all.” An accompanist leads…

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Posted in: music, music ministry Filed under: ensemble, music, spirit

an example of being figured by the work

June 16, 2018 Robert

in the essay, “the dream-ego in the dream, the waking-ego in creativity,” i write of how we (in this case,…

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rhythm

May 13, 2018 Robert Leave a comment

Why does Music have such an effect on us? Where does it come from? In the beginning, there was rhythm.…

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Posted in: music, psychology Filed under: music, rhythm

group mind V: connection to the audience

January 3, 2013 Robert Leave a comment

Related posts group mind I: like conversation group mind II: transcendence group mind III: the nature of music group mind…

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group mind IV: chemistry

December 31, 2012 Robert Leave a comment

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group mind III: the nature of music

December 18, 2012 Robert Leave a comment

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group mind II: transcendence

December 17, 2012 Robert Leave a comment

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group mind I: like conversation

December 16, 2012 Robert Leave a comment

Related posts group mind I: like conversation group mind II: transcendence group mind III: the nature of music group mind…

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group mind

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The phrase “group mind” in reference to ensemble musical performance is intended to gather the following below. These are developed…

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being a musician

December 1, 2012 Robert 1 Comment

At the core of being a musician is the deep desire to experience and express what goes beyond words. When…

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defining moment

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There are moments in a musician’s life – defining performances that touch so deeply that they effect a fundamental shift…

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