You’ve all been there. To the top. To the place where life is easier to see. Problems seem distant. Challenges seem possible. The place where spirits rise and troubles fall away.
Years ago I stood on the summit of Mount Ranier after a long climb over the glaciated shoulders of that great peak. On that [...]
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — Rick Rubin is a healthy reminder of the danger in relying on superficial impressions.
He’s a bearish man with long, flowing hair, a bushy beard and ever-present dark sunglasses. See him at a club and you might be tempted to slip out, taking care not to tip over any motorcycles on [...]
The Music Technology of Dralion
by Lachlan Westfall
(from the Roland User’s Group magazine)
The icon is a Dragon-Lion: a physical representation of East-meets-West. Also present are the elements of air, water, fire and earth. As we approach the new century, Canada’s Cirque du Soleil has chosen these basic yet powerful themes for their latest show, Dralion. [...]
Literally, “tessitura” is the Italian for “texture.” So it isn’t just the range of pitches that is included in the concept of “tessitura”, but also their arrangement. Examples of differences in tessitura include: does the piece have mostly sudden or gradual rises and falls in pitch; the relative number of very high or low notes, [...]
