Sunday, October 25, 2009

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" was first performed in 1913. It was so dissonant to the audience it caused a riot. The ballet was a failure. It was again performed at a later date, but this time the audience fell in love with it.
Our ears are used to hearing certain rhythms, when this is disrupted, we react negatively. When I watched this clip when I was little, it bothered and frightened me, so usually I would fast forward through it.
In 1941, Walt Disney decided to include it in Fantasia.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Andrew Wyeth "Christina's World" 1948


Andrew Wyeth
"Christina's World"
1948
Tempera on gessoed panel
32 1/4 x 47 3/4 inches
The Museum of Modern Art Purchase

For some reason this painting in particular, but also this painter, keep popping up in my life. But I have never actually seen the REAL painting.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Silence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_silent_musical_compositions

This is a list of musical compositions which consist mostly or entirely of silence.

Songs

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009

jennifer herrema interview

"... a musician's purpose, which is,just keep yourself excited, keep moving forward as your life moves forward."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with pretty much doing anything, as long as you know why you want to do it."

[on feminism]
I think it's a huge distraction! It's a market and it's a racket; I guess it provides an outlet for females, so to speak, to guide themselves. Men and females are different…yeah, of course! But one is no better that the other. I definitely believe men can do certain things better than females can do, and females can do certain things better than men. There are fundamental differences, but why does there have to be a sect that focuses on the coping of females in life versus males? If as a female you wanna be seen as separate, or different which, by the way, you already are then go ahead!

I don't think that there's any reason to be separated. It's basically a position of weakness, not a position of strength.


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