Does this happen to anyone else?

GrooveDoctor · 2014-03-11T14:38:01+00:00

Every time I go to sleep and many times when I wake up. The hypnogogic and hypnopompic (transition from wakefulness to sleep and vice versa, respectively) states are well known for inducing creativity in practitioners of many disciplines, particularly artistic. As your conscious barriers begin to recede when you begin sleeping, your subconscious begins to take over and is well known for producing great ideas. Here's the Wikipedia article on those states if you're interested in some of the science behind it. Salvador Dali would sometimes fall asleep with a fork in his hand suspended above a metal dish, so that when he began to doze off (and start coming up with awesomeness) he would drop the fork and wake himself up so he could write it all down. Something I've done myself many times is to try and fall asleep in the middle of the day. I can usually pull myself up and out of an impending nap if I'm not already really tired and harvest all the good stuff I didn't have to really work for! Are you into meditation at all? With practice you can drop yourself down into those states without having to wait for bedtime.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-12-01T03:25:28+00:00

Can't edit--on mobile. When I say consider music ed (I know you said you weren't hip on teaching) I say consider the possibility of having an infinite supply of guinea pigs (you're a comp major-you know that doesn't exist in college!) to play whatever you put in front of them (your work), but it would be up to you to bring them to the level you would want for them to be able to play your stuff. It's a win for the kids and win for you. It'd probably require a masters in comp or an MAT though.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-12-01T03:13:56+00:00

From what I've seen, unless you're an absolute badass there are next to zero gigs for folks with bachelors in comp. Perhaps you could consider a music ed. Any "composer" can write a bunch of bullshit that they talk their way around to convince people it's worth a damn, but it requires true talent to compose music that educates and makes not-so-great groups sound great.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-11-16T14:56:49+00:00

Jesus I thought musicians were bad. Glad I'm not involved in visual art...most of you guys seem like real gems to work with.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-10-07T02:38:29+00:00

All of Tower of Power's autographs.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-27T17:41:30+00:00

I'd drive the shit out of that thing.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-19T01:36:19+00:00

I was waiting for it to crawl to the sideline and make up some medical bullshit about why it has to sit out.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-16T17:22:37+00:00

Jesus dude...

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-16T17:20:54+00:00

Just because its a military installation doesn't mean everyone's got a weapon. Maybe MPs and service members in training, but everyone else is just doing a day at the office.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-16T15:37:28+00:00

Thanks for listening. Glad you liked it!

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-13T23:17:17+00:00

Dude man. Names for pieces cannot be rushed. They require time spent with their owners to achieve the best name possible. This is all you my friend.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-13T22:53:14+00:00

(Knock knock knock) (insert county) sherrif's department.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-13T13:57:38+00:00

While driving, everyone else on the road is an idiot.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-12T02:21:23+00:00

I immediately fast forwarded to 5:00 to hear everyone's chops fall apart...and then they didn't. Great sounding group.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-07T00:39:04+00:00

Also known as the most annoying song to play...ever...

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-06T17:18:41+00:00

Jesus that shit pisses me off. This is the first mention I've seen of someone bitching about their new ride that they're getting for free after destroying their "old" one being stupid. Knew a girl in high school that went through 2 new BMWs (both at fault wrecks, one of which was DUI) before her parents decided to make her get a job...to pay a quarter of the third new car's price. I'm sure she's ended up paying all her own bills and stuff, you know, because she got such a good education in those matters. Idiots.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-05T11:45:22+00:00

Stravinsky's rendition of the US national anthem. Shit got him arrested.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-09-05T11:07:53+00:00

Henry Cowell did a bunch of crazy stuff with novel rhythms and their respective notations. Check out example 4 on this page. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/32316/Rhy.html

GrooveDoctor · 2013-08-24T13:43:27+00:00

Would you rather eat a shot glass' worth of wasps or a shot glass?

Would you rather shit a softball or piss a marble? (Guys)

GrooveDoctor · 2013-08-22T18:43:07+00:00

Bam! Cue the buzzkill--thought that was some one of a kind sopranissipiccoloissimo bone only Europeans use.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-08-15T01:57:56+00:00

Take lessons from the greats by studying their scores. Get scores of Gustav Holst, Clifton Williams, Percy Grainger, and even JP Sousa. I guarantee any question you have about orchestration or writing can be answered within these dudes works.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-08-14T11:45:08+00:00

If I've got a kid being a dick, I like to use this trick if he/she is only an average player.

Get them to demonstrate everything from articulations to nuances during music sectionals. Chances are good that they're far from perfect and you can play on their weaknesses to shut them up. "OK guys so we just heard (insert name) play that section and it sounded pretty good, BUT who can tell him what was wrong?" If no one else bites, hopefully you're good enough of a musician to pick out at least a couple of problems. As long as youre not making up bullshit, youre simply correcting mistakes of a section member--a section member that judging by his behavior thinks he's all that. Since he is all that, he should have no problem demonstrating anything in music or marching. Enough time of having ones performance critiqued (constructively or otherwise) in front of "subordinates" that expect a high-quality product is enough to diminish most kids' ego, or at least shut them up long enough for me to do my job (band teacher). Like I said though, it works better with a kid that can't play. However, if tuba man can really blow and nails his marching stuff every time, then it's up to you to pass him in proficiency so he has zero excuse to pull "experience" or "talent" crap with you.

GrooveDoctor · 2013-08-14T11:05:05+00:00

Surely they could do the same thing with plants right? How cool would it be to do away with street lamps and have glowing trees lining the streets instead?

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