What Music Means to Me
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What Music Means to Me
This podcast explores how music and life intersect: how music affects life and life affects music. As a music teacher, I discover these connections all the time and I thought others might be interested in hearing about them.
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Intersection of Life and Music
The premise of this podcast is that there are all sorts of connections between music and life. In each episode I have shared observations about some o...
Two important "Music Lessons"
In other episodes of this podcast, we've discussed life lessons that music can teach us. In this episode, we take a look at two more important charact...
The Powerful Language of Music
Many people compare music to a language. You may have even heard a music teacher say to you in school, “Music is an international language all people...
Classical Order and Drama
When you hear the term “classical music” you probably think of any serious art music played by orchestras, string quartets, pianists, or any other con...
Modal vs. Tonal
In this episode of What Music Means to Me I’ll attempt to tackle one of the toughest musical concepts to explain: the difference between modal and ton...
When Copying Is Good
No one likes “busy work”. And nothing seems more like busy work than copying. When I was in grade school corporal punishment – or spanking – was sti...
Musical Fusion
In this episode of What Music Means to Me, we’ll look at the concept of musical fusion, the idea of combining elements of two or more musical traditio...
The Music of My Youth
One thing I am sure of: the music of one’s youth makes a lasting impression.
What you listen to, especially in your formative years, i...
A Season for Giving (2013)
Long time followers of this podcast know that when all the leaves on the trees here in the Northeast have just about fallen, when temperatures drop, a...
Episode 20: The Importance of Being Warmed Up
I view every single moment I have with my students as precious! Whether it’s the half hour, “small-group” lessons I have with beginning instrumentalis...
Get Your Groove On
Groove is one of those extremely important, yet somewhat ambiguous, concepts in music. In this episode of What Music Means to Me we discuss and explo...
The Baroque: All About Contrasts!
The term Baroque is used to describe a style of European classical music from around 1600 to 1750. The term, used to describe the visual art of the p...
Please Don't Quit!
I’d love to see all my instrumental students stay in band, grow as players, and contribute their talents to our district instrumental program; but rea...
A Band Director's Guide to the Diagnosis of Student Diseases and Conditions
Have you ever noticed that performers of certain instruments in band share common, sometimes quirky character traits? If you’re in a band or ever hav...
"Bad Boys" of Classical Music
There are some very visible examples of classical musicians who get into some pretty silly situations in their personal life. In this episode of Wha...
Bach’s Musical Offering
The date is May 7, 1747. The place is Potsdam, in the Kingdom of Prussia….about 15 miles from the capital city of Berlin. In the newly built summer p...
Interview with Robert Sheldon, Part 2
In Part 2 of my interview with composer, Robert Sheldon, he continues to share insight into his music for band as well as his feelings about music edu...
Interview with Composer, Robert Sheldon (Part 1)
In the first episode of What Music Means to Me, back in October of 2007, I mentioned that I intended to do interviews with leaders in the field of mus...
The Significant Role of Repetition in Understanding Music
In this episode of What Music Means to Me I want to discuss the significance of Repetition in music. Specifically, we’ll look at how the right mix of...
Music Lessons: Tenacity and Diligence
This episode of WMM2M is one in a series of episodes I call “Music Lessons.” Aside from the obvious joy and aesthetic pleasure that comes from produc...
Episode 9: Encounter with Excellence
Perfection is a standard that – in almost every case – can never be met. How many lines can really be drawn “perfectly” straight? And for those of u...
The Thing About Rhythm
Pitch, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Meter, Tempo, Texture, Tone Color, Dynamics...these are often referred to as the Elements of Music. As a composer, al...
Things That Truly Satisfy Are Greater Than Ourselves
The idea that we join forces with others to do something bigger than ourselves, and that we might not live to see finished, seems kind of foreign to c...
The Awesomeness of Pedal Point
In my last episode, I vaunted the glories of certain types of notes in music called "Non-Harmonic Tones." I shared how I liked the way non-harmonic t...
Non-Harmonic Tones, Diversity, and Delayed Gratification (rebroadcast of Episode 7)
In this episode I’d like to talk about a term from the world of music theory….NON-HARMONIC TONES. Non-Harmonic Tones….the phrase sounds so negative,...
The Craft of Composition (Fantasy On An Old English Air)
Many folks imagine that composers are suddenly struck with a lightning bolt of creativity as they sit at their pianos, enabling them to pour out divin...
Episode 11: Eight Principles for Unlocking Musical Creativity
This podcast is based on my book, USING TECHNOLOGY TO UNLOCK MUSICAL CREATIVITY (Oxford University Press), and deals with pedagogical techniques to fr...
Episode 45: Parkland Holiday CD for Charity
Each year the talented students in my Music Production class at Parkland High School produce a holiday CD to sell in our school/community for charity....
Episode 44: Night Journey
On Sunday, October 14, 2007 I posted my first episode of my podcast, WHAT MUSIC MEANS TO ME. With this 44th episode, I'm moving my podcast to Podomati...