by Kurt Knecht | Jun 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite things about the new MusicSpoke project (follow us on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram) is that I get to spend time over the next few weeks talking with composers. I’m trying to learn some of the common problems we all face as...
by Kurt Knecht | Jun 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite things about the new MusicSpoke project (follow us on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram) is that I get to spend time over the next few weeks talking with composers. I’m trying to learn some of the common problems we all face as...
by Kurt Knecht | Jun 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am often asked how I listen to a piece of music. It is a strange question to me, because I don’t think that I listen in some way that is fundamentally different than anyone else does. That is sounds go into my ears and into my brain.I think that the primary...
by Kurt Knecht | May 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Note to self: Maybe set this textBailey, Ken: Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes p. 384-5quoting 14 year old boy from Lebanon”I can still hear the sound of thundering guns telling me that somewhere nearby people are dying.Ever since we left the village I feel as...
by Kurt Knecht | Apr 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
The other day, I discovered that because of the way we teach music history, we wind up leaving some gaps. I had some freedom in the schedule, so I spent a day talking about musique concrete. I didn’t get to everything that I wanted to, so I’m posting a...
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