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The FASTEST Way To Learn MODES
This episode focuses on the essential elements of the Modes of the Major Scale. I discuss how they are constructed and how to use them in Composing and Improvising. Mode of the Major Scale: Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian … Continue reading
[Sakamoto, Hisaishi, et. al.] – Common Japanese Chord Progressions
This is a bit of a video “literature review” of modern Japanese music that I like to find out what chord progressions are common in this music. Hopefully you can use them to access the modern Japanese sound in your … Continue reading
An Animated Stan Lee Explains Why the F- Word Is “the Most Useful Word in the English Language” (NSFW) | Open Culture
FYI. The language in this video is not safe for work. And now, on to our post. In the last couple years of his life, Stan Lee was ill, his health failing, but he stayed engaged and remained his old … Continue reading
3 Ways to Express Your Thoughts So That Everyone Will Understand You | Alan Alda | Big Think
Alan Alda doesn’t want you to take “pro tips” from anyone—not even Alan Alda. When it comes to his area of expertise—public speaking and empathetic communication—there are no hacks or shortcuts; if you want to be a world-class public speaker, … Continue reading
Regeneration Manchester: Len Grant and a city in transition
How a local photographer captured the city’s growing pains in words and images I’ve grown up with Len Grant and so has Manchester. I became an official tour guide for the North West in 1996, and a couple of … Continue reading
Dominique Agius
Pianiste Dominique purchased his first camera at age 15. He studied Fine Arts in France. These studies allowed him to get specific knowledge that changed the way he looked at the world. In 2010, Dominique finally opened his own studio. This … Continue reading
‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest | Guardian
Tens of thousands of ice age paintings across a cliff face shed light on people and animals from 12,500 years ago Dalya Alberge Sun 29 Nov 2020 10.00 GMT One of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art has … Continue reading
The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree
Humanity’s place in the natural order is under scrutiny as never before, held in a precarious balance between visible and invisible forces: from the microscopic threat of a virus to the monumental power of climate change. Drawing on indigenous traditions … Continue reading
The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree
24 SEPTEMBER – 28 FEBRUARY 2021 Current, Exhibitions The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and The Cosmic Tree >> Click here to book Eileen Agar / Anni Albers / Josef Albers / Gemma Anderson with Wakefield / Lab and John Dupré … Continue reading
An Eccentric Cast of Hybrid Creatures Mirrors the Diversity and Humor of Human Experience
“I will not burn bridges” (2020), stoneware and mixed media, 23 x 10 x 10 inches From a dowdy California quail to an incendiary horned lizard, Alessandro Gallo’s peculiar menagerie of animal-human hybrids is teeming with personality. The colorful characters … Continue reading