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Double Bass "What I Learned In Jazz Class"
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Nnicklloyd said:
Maudlin monkeys kissed arse yesterday?
Mickey Mouse kicks arrogant yak?
Moldy muffins kill adulterous yuppies?
***?
Yer kidding me, right?
It's a reference to South Park... the guidance counselor... "Instead of saying f*ck, say mmkay, mmkay?"
I just meant to say "okay".
It's a reference to South Park... the guidance counselor... "Instead of saying f*ck, say mmkay, mmkay?"
I just meant to say "okay".
its funny cause I took this class to fullfill music and history degree's and thought the same on more then a couple points.
I finished a degree in english despite my horrid spelling and terrible forum posting. What I took away from that degree was the ability to write convincing paper on subjets teachers would rather not read.
For instance, my concert review for jazz class. I was seated last, although first in line. My drink orders were taken, but never served. I was seated in the back, despite the seats in front of the band. After an hour I left and wrote a paper all about why I dislike jazz because its incohesive, and why I despise jazz because the people surrounding it treat me poorly because I'm "poor/uncultured/dont tip/impollite/loud/dont dress well/drive an old car/dont spend $100 at the bar/dont swing dance/dont dance/not over 65/didnt fight in ww2/have never played a record" (I honestly dont know).
A week later I got the paper back, and was nicely asked If the teacher could keep the paper because all my point were valid and venues that treat me and other music students poorly give jazz a bad name.
I finished a degree in english despite my horrid spelling and terrible forum posting. What I took away from that degree was the ability to write convincing paper on subjets teachers would rather not read.
For instance, my concert review for jazz class. I was seated last, although first in line. My drink orders were taken, but never served. I was seated in the back, despite the seats in front of the band. After an hour I left and wrote a paper all about why I dislike jazz because its incohesive, and why I despise jazz because the people surrounding it treat me poorly because I'm "poor/uncultured/dont tip/impollite/loud/dont dress well/drive an old car/dont spend $100 at the bar/dont swing dance/dont dance/not over 65/didnt fight in ww2/have never played a record" (I honestly dont know).
A week later I got the paper back, and was nicely asked If the teacher could keep the paper because all my point were valid and venues that treat me and other music students poorly give jazz a bad name.
All music is noise until you've heard enough to figure out what's going on. That's why we hear things like, "There are only two bluegrass songs" or "All that headbanger **** sounds the same" or or "operas are so ****ing dull" or "jazz is incohesive."
Then, one night, you're kicking back and Miles tells the truth, and the light bulb goes off. (Or maybe not!)
Keep digging. There's some incredible stuff out there in the midst of all the good and mediorce.
Then, one night, you're kicking back and Miles tells the truth, and the light bulb goes off. (Or maybe not!)
Keep digging. There's some incredible stuff out there in the midst of all the good and mediorce.
gilbert46 said:
This doesn't sound very "convincing" to me...
But then I hear they're teaching "Creationism" in schools in the US....
...and someone just opened a Creationism Musuem across the river in Petersburg, Kentucky. They expect over 500,000 people in their first year... sigh... I wish Douglas Adams was still alive.
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But his face flashing across the screen at the end of the Hitchhiker's Guide movie was good enough.
Not up here in the free states they're not. We teach science in science class.
"Nobody likes Jazz!"- my jazz bass professor
These 3 words have been my practice Mantra for 6 years.
These 3 words have been my practice Mantra for 6 years.
At the risk of sounding like those college kids who are not very educated in the ways of Jazz...I'm still learning (I hope) to massage both sides of the brain.
In a free society we should remember that science involves the approach of observation, hypothesis and testing; and reworking the hypothesis. Oftentimes we get beat over the head enough with a theory, we may regard it as fact. However reproducible, it is still a theory. Earth in the past was flat and was orbited by the Sun. The "plum pudding" model of an atom (however tasty) soon gave way to the nuclear atom with electron clouds. New genetic research has raised a lot of questions about the Theory of Evolution.
Evolution is based on the rise of new species from genetic recombination, mutation, and natural selection. New bacteria strains mutate and become resistant to antibiotics. Mosquitoes become resistant to the latest pesticides. Researchers are finding that the bacteria are performing this feat by dragging existing proteins into the nucleus to essentially "turn on" the protein useful in counteracting the effects of the antibiotic. Nothing is created new. Mosquitoes "turn off" affected genes. This is a genetic loss, and basically devolving. The famous pepper moth of all high school and college genetic books felt the pressures of natural selection during the industrial revolution, as the darker colored moths blended into the soot-covered trees and weren't picked off by owls. But even then, all the genes were present in the moth, and no new genes were added. Its true that Darwins finches felt the pressure of natural selection, but all the genes were present to create a long hooked bill, or a shorter bill that couldnt crack nuts. (Why crack nuts if there are none around; and you prefer bugs anyway?) This is analogous to a room with rows of lights. The professor may turn off a couple rows so the class can better see the film that is being shown; turn just the front row on when he wants to feel like a star; or illuminate the whole room when everyone is beginning to nod off. Nobody is shooting the lights out or changing the bulbs from fluorescent to halogen, just turning on or turning off lights as needed.
It's kind of like the deconstructionist view of music. All the notes and sounds are out there, musicians collapse wave functions to create the audible sounds at that moment. Pulling from the ether, if you will. It's the old adage that it ain't really all the notes that are played, it's the silence between the notes. (Just had to throw that in there.)
In a free society we should remember that science involves the approach of observation, hypothesis and testing; and reworking the hypothesis. Oftentimes we get beat over the head enough with a theory, we may regard it as fact. However reproducible, it is still a theory. Earth in the past was flat and was orbited by the Sun. The "plum pudding" model of an atom (however tasty) soon gave way to the nuclear atom with electron clouds. New genetic research has raised a lot of questions about the Theory of Evolution.
Evolution is based on the rise of new species from genetic recombination, mutation, and natural selection. New bacteria strains mutate and become resistant to antibiotics. Mosquitoes become resistant to the latest pesticides. Researchers are finding that the bacteria are performing this feat by dragging existing proteins into the nucleus to essentially "turn on" the protein useful in counteracting the effects of the antibiotic. Nothing is created new. Mosquitoes "turn off" affected genes. This is a genetic loss, and basically devolving. The famous pepper moth of all high school and college genetic books felt the pressures of natural selection during the industrial revolution, as the darker colored moths blended into the soot-covered trees and weren't picked off by owls. But even then, all the genes were present in the moth, and no new genes were added. Its true that Darwins finches felt the pressure of natural selection, but all the genes were present to create a long hooked bill, or a shorter bill that couldnt crack nuts. (Why crack nuts if there are none around; and you prefer bugs anyway?) This is analogous to a room with rows of lights. The professor may turn off a couple rows so the class can better see the film that is being shown; turn just the front row on when he wants to feel like a star; or illuminate the whole room when everyone is beginning to nod off. Nobody is shooting the lights out or changing the bulbs from fluorescent to halogen, just turning on or turning off lights as needed.
It's kind of like the deconstructionist view of music. All the notes and sounds are out there, musicians collapse wave functions to create the audible sounds at that moment. Pulling from the ether, if you will. It's the old adage that it ain't really all the notes that are played, it's the silence between the notes. (Just had to throw that in there.)
