For Orchestra

You all may remember Rana June from my CupCake Symphony a few months ago, and my orchestral arrangement suggestion. She recently performed at iDev Camp to a very eager group of people. This performance was unique though. How? Well, she did it through her two Apple iPads. The performance soon got picked up by Robert → Read More

The purpose of this post is to remind you to protect your ear., That’s all. As musicians, and listeners/fans of music, our ear is the most important thing. But we unknowingly listen on music on our iPods at a deafening volume. We turn up the sound during movies, and we sit front row at a → Read More

I went to the Blue Note Jazz Club last night. Nothing new, except that I haven’t been in the Jazz scene for years – we’re talking college. I used to attend all the time. I played jazz shows, went to school for Jazz guitar, took private lessons, taught privately, and wrote tons of Jazz songs. → Read More

Where are all the orchestra festivals?! Festivals are a place for community, and some our best memories are with our friends while at these ‘outdoor parties’. Simply put, they rock. Every genre has festivals. Metal, Rap, even Philadelphia has their own Folk Festival. So I was happy to discover about the National Orchestra Festival via → Read More

I love this video. Chris Weingarten, music writer for Village Voice and Rolling Stone, brings up a fantastic point about the future of music in this age of digital journalism during his presentation at 140 Conference. To check out his awesome speech at last year’s 140 conf click here. He stresses that its an SEO → Read More