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Notes - 2011 MSBF Intermediate Jazz Tutorials

Submitted by dentonlt on 28. August 2011 - 10:17
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This year, at MSBF on Friday the 19th of August, educator Jenny Going presented a short tutorial on "Guidelines for Improvisation." The audience was students in the intermediate jazz section. I am uncertain whether she was the organiser for the materials (author/gatherer), but perhaps noone can lay claim to these sort of things anyhow.

These are my brief notes from Jenny's tutorial.

User Interface Friction

Submitted by dentonlt on 5. June 2011 - 12:14
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I'm not the first to complain about how inefficient my digital calendar is ...

Android ~> Palm + Android?

Submitted by dentonlt on 3. June 2011 - 23:09
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I recently mentioned purchasing an Android phone (HTC Incredible S) because my Nokia phone died. The latter was a great phone, but I hoped the HTC would be a good way to consolidate my gadgets. I'm afraid it's really not working out.

New Laptop Battery, No Charge-y

Submitted by dentonlt on 24. May 2011 - 22:45
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Story

or skip to the end if you want the solution I used.

Palm/Nokia -> Android

Submitted by dentonlt on 23. May 2011 - 0:25
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Over 15 years or so, I became a Palm OS zealot. Love it. It just works. Hardware, however, must eventually die.

Required Materials

Submitted by dentonlt on 10. May 2011 - 23:00
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Tools don't make better musicians. Using them probably does.

Quote - Fullness, Gradual Processes

Submitted by dentonlt on 9. May 2011 - 22:39
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These two go together, believe it or not. First,

To facilitate closely detailed listening a musical process should happen extremely gradually. -Steve Reich

Aging, what changes & what doesn't

Submitted by dentonlt on 22. April 2011 - 14:48
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Today I stumbled across an old, discarded software project called RULE: "Run Up-to-date Linux Everywhere." The philosophy behind the project is really simple:

The Washington Trombone Ensemble

Submitted by dentonlt on 5. September 2010 - 10:36
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URL: 
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4095

David Fetter put this link on the Trombone-L. As he says: "Talk about skill, stamina, expression, refinement..."

A full hour of great trombone sounds!

Three views on text & distraction

Submitted by dentonlt on 21. August 2010 - 13:34
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If you have have an opinion on short bursts of unbroken text ... then perhaps one of these will be entertaining.

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