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  1. As is my wont, a random #tangent, this time about people and #music.

    A local pop/rock radio station, apparently the most popular here, does a free-form requests program once a week. People call in, the host asks them what they want to hear and why, and it gets played, even if it's from outside their typical program area.

    Twice in recent months that I've heard, someone has called in and requested Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer", and explained that they wanted to hear it because it was their mother's " #favourite song ever".

    I don't mind #FrankMills; I grew up hearing it, though to my mind "Peter Piper" was a much better #song.

    My point being anyone saying his stuff was their favourite #music. If you're not familiar with it, it's got pop hooks and absolutely bland, #generic everything else. It is #inoffensive. It does not stand up and slap you in the face. It slides in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

    It is basically elevator #muzak played over higher-fidelity stereo systems. For someone to say it is their favourite music appears to be a category error. It is sad. It's like someone claiming their favourite food is McDonalds or Taco Bell -- technically food, but not something you should compare to anything created by a knowledgable chef who gives a damn what she puts her name to.

    If you know someone who thinks Frank Mills is the pinnacle of song, please help show them the wider world of actual music.

    #mediocre #average #MVP #popular #pianist #Canadian

  2. As is my wont, a random #tangent, this time about people and #music.

    A local pop/rock radio station, apparently the most popular here, does a free-form requests program once a week. People call in, the host asks them what they want to hear and why, and it gets played, even if it's from outside their typical program area.

    Twice in recent months that I've heard, someone has called in and requested Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer", and explained that they wanted to hear it because it was their mother's " #favourite song ever".

    I don't mind #FrankMills; I grew up hearing it, though to my mind "Peter Piper" was a much better #song.

    My point being anyone saying his stuff was their favourite #music. If you're not familiar with it, it's got pop hooks and absolutely bland, #generic everything else. It is #inoffensive. It does not stand up and slap you in the face. It slides in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

    It is basically elevator #muzak played over higher-fidelity stereo systems. For someone to say it is their favourite music appears to be a category error. It is sad. It's like someone claiming their favourite food is McDonalds or Taco Bell -- technically food, but not something you should compare to anything created by a knowledgable chef who gives a damn what she puts her name to.

    If you know someone who thinks Frank Mills is the pinnacle of song, please help show them the wider world of actual music.

    #mediocre #average #MVP #popular #pianist #Canadian

  3. As is my wont, a random #tangent, this time about people and #music.

    A local pop/rock radio station, apparently the most popular here, does a free-form requests program once a week. People call in, the host asks them what they want to hear and why, and it gets played, even if it's from outside their typical program area.

    Twice in recent months that I've heard, someone has called in and requested Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer", and explained that they wanted to hear it because it was their mother's " #favourite song ever".

    I don't mind #FrankMills; I grew up hearing it, though to my mind "Peter Piper" was a much better #song.

    My point being anyone saying his stuff was their favourite #music. If you're not familiar with it, it's got pop hooks and absolutely bland, #generic everything else. It is #inoffensive. It does not stand up and slap you in the face. It slides in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

    It is basically elevator #muzak played over higher-fidelity stereo systems. For someone to say it is their favourite music appears to be a category error. It is sad. It's like someone claiming their favourite food is McDonalds or Taco Bell -- technically food, but not something you should compare to anything created by a knowledgable chef who gives a damn what she puts her name to.

    If you know someone who thinks Frank Mills is the pinnacle of song, please help show them the wider world of actual music.

    #mediocre #average #MVP #popular #pianist #Canadian

  4. As is my wont, a random #tangent, this time about people and #music.

    A local pop/rock radio station, apparently the most popular here, does a free-form requests program once a week. People call in, the host asks them what they want to hear and why, and it gets played, even if it's from outside their typical program area.

    Twice in recent months that I've heard, someone has called in and requested Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer", and explained that they wanted to hear it because it was their mother's " #favourite song ever".

    I don't mind #FrankMills; I grew up hearing it, though to my mind "Peter Piper" was a much better #song.

    My point being anyone saying his stuff was their favourite #music. If you're not familiar with it, it's got pop hooks and absolutely bland, #generic everything else. It is #inoffensive. It does not stand up and slap you in the face. It slides in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

    It is basically elevator #muzak played over higher-fidelity stereo systems. For someone to say it is their favourite music appears to be a category error. It is sad. It's like someone claiming their favourite food is McDonalds or Taco Bell -- technically food, but not something you should compare to anything created by a knowledgable chef who gives a damn what she puts her name to.

    If you know someone who thinks Frank Mills is the pinnacle of song, please help show them the wider world of actual music.

    #mediocre #average #MVP #popular #pianist #Canadian

  5. As is my wont, a random #tangent, this time about people and #music.

    A local pop/rock radio station, apparently the most popular here, does a free-form requests program once a week. People call in, the host asks them what they want to hear and why, and it gets played, even if it's from outside their typical program area.

    Twice in recent months that I've heard, someone has called in and requested Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer", and explained that they wanted to hear it because it was their mother's " #favourite song ever".

    I don't mind #FrankMills; I grew up hearing it, though to my mind "Peter Piper" was a much better #song.

    My point being anyone saying his stuff was their favourite #music. If you're not familiar with it, it's got pop hooks and absolutely bland, #generic everything else. It is #inoffensive. It does not stand up and slap you in the face. It slides in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.

    It is basically elevator #muzak played over higher-fidelity stereo systems. For someone to say it is their favourite music appears to be a category error. It is sad. It's like someone claiming their favourite food is McDonalds or Taco Bell -- technically food, but not something you should compare to anything created by a knowledgable chef who gives a damn what she puts her name to.

    If you know someone who thinks Frank Mills is the pinnacle of song, please help show them the wider world of actual music.

    #mediocre #average #MVP #popular #pianist #Canadian

  6. " #PursuePeace is the #debut release arising from the #JewishMusic @ #YorkUniversity initiative. The #album is a collection of #music by #Canadian #Jewish #composers, and it drops on September 25, 2026 on the New Focus #Recordings label.

    JUNO-nominated #pianist, #composer — and Associate #Professor in the Faculty of Music at York University — #NoamLemish curated the album’s tracks.

    Can music serve to build the foundations for peace? LV talked to #Lemish about the album and the idea."

    [...]

    "Pursue Peace: The Album
    The album includes tracks by living Canadian composers: #SidRobinovitch (MB), #JamesRolfe (ON), and Noam Lemish (ON), and the music examine themes of conflict, resolution, and peace. The works are composed in a variety of #musical aesthetics."

    classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toro

  7. " #PursuePeace is the #debut release arising from the #JewishMusic @ #YorkUniversity initiative. The #album is a collection of #music by #Canadian #Jewish #composers, and it drops on September 25, 2026 on the New Focus #Recordings label.

    JUNO-nominated #pianist, #composer — and Associate #Professor in the Faculty of Music at York University — #NoamLemish curated the album’s tracks.

    Can music serve to build the foundations for peace? LV talked to #Lemish about the album and the idea."

    [...]

    "Pursue Peace: The Album
    The album includes tracks by living Canadian composers: #SidRobinovitch (MB), #JamesRolfe (ON), and Noam Lemish (ON), and the music examine themes of conflict, resolution, and peace. The works are composed in a variety of #musical aesthetics."

    classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toro

  8. " #PursuePeace is the #debut release arising from the #JewishMusic @ #YorkUniversity initiative. The #album is a collection of #music by #Canadian #Jewish #composers, and it drops on September 25, 2026 on the New Focus #Recordings label.

    JUNO-nominated #pianist, #composer — and Associate #Professor in the Faculty of Music at York University — #NoamLemish curated the album’s tracks.

    Can music serve to build the foundations for peace? LV talked to #Lemish about the album and the idea."

    [...]

    "Pursue Peace: The Album
    The album includes tracks by living Canadian composers: #SidRobinovitch (MB), #JamesRolfe (ON), and Noam Lemish (ON), and the music examine themes of conflict, resolution, and peace. The works are composed in a variety of #musical aesthetics."

    classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toro

  9. " #PursuePeace is the #debut release arising from the #JewishMusic @ #YorkUniversity initiative. The #album is a collection of #music by #Canadian #Jewish #composers, and it drops on September 25, 2026 on the New Focus #Recordings label.

    JUNO-nominated #pianist, #composer — and Associate #Professor in the Faculty of Music at York University — #NoamLemish curated the album’s tracks.

    Can music serve to build the foundations for peace? LV talked to #Lemish about the album and the idea."

    [...]

    "Pursue Peace: The Album
    The album includes tracks by living Canadian composers: #SidRobinovitch (MB), #JamesRolfe (ON), and Noam Lemish (ON), and the music examine themes of conflict, resolution, and peace. The works are composed in a variety of #musical aesthetics."

    classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toro

  10. " #PursuePeace is the #debut release arising from the #JewishMusic @ #YorkUniversity initiative. The #album is a collection of #music by #Canadian #Jewish #composers, and it drops on September 25, 2026 on the New Focus #Recordings label.

    JUNO-nominated #pianist, #composer — and Associate #Professor in the Faculty of Music at York University — #NoamLemish curated the album’s tracks.

    Can music serve to build the foundations for peace? LV talked to #Lemish about the album and the idea."

    [...]

    "Pursue Peace: The Album
    The album includes tracks by living Canadian composers: #SidRobinovitch (MB), #JamesRolfe (ON), and Noam Lemish (ON), and the music examine themes of conflict, resolution, and peace. The works are composed in a variety of #musical aesthetics."

    classicalfm.ca/ludwig-van/toro

  11. I've been privileged to know many talented people throughout my long life, and Rob Brown is at the top of the 'Creative' list. Author, Artist, Pianist, Filmmaker, and Actor--there is very little in the Arts world this man cannot do. Bravo. #creative #creativity #creating #creatingart #creatingartwork #creatingartworks #art #arting #makingart #artist #artists #creativeartist #creativeartists #painter #painting #music #musician #pianist #performer #actor #actors #acting #communitytheater

  12. "'Round Midnight" (sometimes titled "'Round About Midnight") is a 1943 composition by American jazz #pianist #TheloniousMonk that quickly became a #jazzStandard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk's quintet was added to the #GrammyHallOfFame in 1993. It is one of the most recorded jazz standards composed by a jazz musician.
    youtube.com/watch?v=K0EY67-amQM

  13. 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 50 𝗷𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝘆

    Pianist Bernd van den Bos geeft een show in het Concertgebouw ter ere van het 50-jarig bestaan van het nummer Bohemian Rhapsody van Queen. Het concert vindt plaats op 5 december. Van de Bos wordt begeleid door een koor en het orkest The New Symphonics.

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/55319

    #Pianist #Bohemian #Rhapsody

  14. This week's Sunday Song is one of my all-time favorites to perform, even though (because?) it's wildly confusing. No normal song structure, changes cadence throughout, it's a dark mystery that suddenly adds a name at the end just to be confusing.

    This is Warren Zevon's "The French Inhaler," with the tiniest bit of secret sauce added in Ableton.

    #SundaySong #SundaySongs #musician #piano #pianist #AbletonLive #AmateurMusician #singer

    youtu.be/wkYHavq-N28