Comments for Alan Coady's Musical Blog http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady What's life like for an instrumental instructor in East Lothian? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on In-Tune: Music with the Brain in Mind - 1 by Alan Coady http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/19/in-tune-music-with-the-brain-in-mind-1/#comment-4184 Alan Coady Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:17:25 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1233#comment-4184 Simon, Thanks for you comment. I'll be writing up the short lunchtime workshop of verbal impro soon (and then the afternoon session called, Music Leaves Its Mark). Are you still playing the trumpet? I recall we did a gig together years ago in a pub in Shandwick Place - with the unlikely combination of voice, trumpet & piano - no bass, no drums Cheers Alan Simon,

Thanks for you comment. I’ll be writing up the short lunchtime workshop of verbal impro soon (and then the afternoon session called, Music Leaves Its Mark).

Are you still playing the trumpet? I recall we did a gig together years ago in a pub in Shandwick Place - with the unlikely combination of voice, trumpet & piano - no bass, no drums

Cheers

Alan

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by Bram http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4183 Bram Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:28:43 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4183 Alan, this is brilliant! It reminds me of a wonderful moment in the recent Coen brothers film Burn Before Reading. John Malkevich, whose brilliant performance takes exasperation to new heights in some scenes, finally says to one of his tormentors "I know who you are. You're one of the league of morons I've been fighting against my whole life!" Valete! Alan, this is brilliant! It reminds me of a wonderful moment in the recent Coen brothers film Burn Before Reading. John Malkevich, whose brilliant performance takes exasperation to new heights in some scenes, finally says to one of his tormentors
“I know who you are. You’re one of the league of morons I’ve been fighting against my whole life!”

Valete!

]]> Comment on In-Tune: Music with the Brain in Mind - 1 by J. Simon van der Walt http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/19/in-tune-music-with-the-brain-in-mind-1/#comment-4182 J. Simon van der Walt Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:19:10 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1233#comment-4182 Thanks for posting this article; sounds a fascinating event, wish I could have been there. Chimes with a lot of thoughts I have about the relationship between improvisation and composition; particularly my growing conviction that, to get some of my students to *really* compose (instead of aimlessly typing derivative gestures into Sibelius), I need to encourage them to *improvise*. Possibly in some other domain than music; I'd like to find out more about what an exercise in verbal improvisation would be like. It seems to me that the inhibitory blocks which need to be removed in order for people to 'improvise' might be the same blocks which stop people from composing. Thanks for posting this article; sounds a fascinating event, wish I could have been there. Chimes with a lot of thoughts I have about the relationship between improvisation and composition; particularly my growing conviction that, to get some of my students to *really* compose (instead of aimlessly typing derivative gestures into Sibelius), I need to encourage them to *improvise*. Possibly in some other domain than music; I’d like to find out more about what an exercise in verbal improvisation would be like. It seems to me that the inhibitory blocks which need to be removed in order for people to ‘improvise’ might be the same blocks which stop people from composing.

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by Gill http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4181 Gill Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:27:46 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4181 This brightened up my Monday morning- Thank you!It takes dumbing down to a whole new subteraean level.Loved the carpy dm. This brightened up my Monday morning- Thank you!It takes dumbing down to a whole new subteraean level.Loved the carpy dm.

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by Rosalía Rodríguez-Vázquez http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4180 Rosalía Rodríguez-Vázquez Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:53:05 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4180 Too late! The English-English speakers should have thought about all this around Alfred's time. But then, I get the feeling that many of those (sorry) illuminated (sorry) individuals don't know when that was, because, as happened with Latin, (sorry) subjects such as History, Philosophy, languages other than English itself, ehem... Music (?) have (sorry) de facto been deleted from the (sorry) curricula in order to be replaced by a few (sorry) pseudo-subjects which will not get us any more free -- which is the role of (sorry) education, innit? Too late! The English-English speakers should have thought about all this around Alfred’s time. But then, I get the feeling that many of those (sorry) illuminated (sorry) individuals don’t know when that was, because, as happened with Latin, (sorry) subjects such as History, Philosophy, languages other than English itself, ehem… Music (?) have (sorry) de facto been deleted from the (sorry) curricula in order to be replaced by a few (sorry) pseudo-subjects which will not get us any more free — which is the role of (sorry) education, innit?

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by Alan Coady http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4179 Alan Coady Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:21:09 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4179 David, Perhaps I should have declared (Westminster-style) my "disinterest" in the affair by confessing that I was too thick to do Latin at school. For anyone interested in language, though, it's often guessable. In any case, I'm pleased that you provided the hyperlink, which will go straight into my del.ici.ous collection. That, I suppose, makes you part of my learning network. Vice versa? David,

Perhaps I should have declared (Westminster-style) my “disinterest” in the affair by confessing that I was too thick to do Latin at school. For anyone interested in language, though, it’s often guessable. In any case, I’m pleased that you provided the hyperlink, which will go straight into my del.ici.ous collection. That, I suppose, makes you part of my learning network. Vice versa?

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by David Gilmour http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4178 David Gilmour Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:37 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4178 <a href="http://latinphrases.info/page/3/#post-8" rel="nofollow">Lingua Latina non mortua est quod eam loquimur</a>. Lingua Latina non mortua est quod eam loquimur.

]]> Comment on Edict…I mean Decree…I mean Statement… I mean…read on by Robert Jones http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/11/15/edicti-mean-decreei-mean-statement-i-meanread-on/#comment-4177 Robert Jones Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:42:36 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1227#comment-4177 Nice example of a reductio ad absurdum argument Alan ;-) Nice example of a reductio ad absurdum argument Alan ;-)

]]> Comment on Ann Cruickshank by ann cruickshank http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/10/05/ann-cruickshank/#comment-4127 ann cruickshank Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:27:03 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1153#comment-4127 Monday,3rd of November 2008 I am sorry it has taken me so long to make a comment. I have been in bed with a bad cold/chest infection for a few weeks. Just can’t seem to shake it off. (Am I suffering withdrawal symptoms?) Thank you for your contribution to the party. (I don't just mean the duet with Mike McGeary) You enter into the spirit of every occasion I have seen you at and this was no exception...kitted out in your kilt and dancing feet, you charmed everyone. I am left with happy memories of a wonderful evening. Monday,3rd of November 2008
I am sorry it has taken me so long to make a comment.
I have been in bed with a bad cold/chest infection for a few weeks.
Just can’t seem to shake it off.
(Am I suffering withdrawal symptoms?)
Thank you for your contribution to the party. (I don’t just mean the duet with Mike McGeary) You enter into the spirit of every occasion I have seen you at and this was no
exception…kitted out in your kilt and dancing feet, you charmed everyone.
I am left with happy memories of a wonderful evening.

]]> Comment on Seasick Steve by Alan Stewart http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/2008/10/26/seasick-steve/#comment-4113 Alan Stewart Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:24:10 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/alancoady/?p=1180#comment-4113 First up on my first SearchMe Stack!!! http://www.searchme.com/stack/23dfb Loved this guy since I heard Bob Harris talking about him last year. First up on my first SearchMe Stack!!! http://www.searchme.com/stack/23dfb Loved this guy since I heard Bob Harris talking about him last year.

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