Mixed Meters

Few people remember that I began my musical career as a percussionist.  In fact, even I had forgotten this fact until just recently. I was...

Here are two pictures of me taken by my mother in 1974 .  The date is September 8, 1974, one month to the day since Richard M. Nixon resigne...

Don't be fooled. This post is really about Mexican food.  I have two reasons for writing it.  These will be revealed. Here's a pi...

My last post, Pointing at my iMac , included a 20-year old Everex computer advertisement.  I kept it so long just to use on Mixed Meters.  Y...

Recognize this tune? . Of course you do; even though this midi sequence is just the chord progression. But it represents my first encounter ...

Forward: This is a long, completed essay about my relationship to the music of Gustav Mahler over 40 years. Go back to this post Buying a G...

This is a very cool music video on YouTube. The accompanying description says this instrument was made of John Deere farm implement parts ...