Category What Others Say
What Others Say / Arnold Jacobs
Don’t encourage mediocrity. Play at your best and don’t be second class in the head. —Arnold Jacobs, principal tubist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1944–1988 Tweet: What Others Say / Arnold Jacobs
What Others Say / Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. —Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German theoretical physicist, violinist
What Others Say / Leonard Bernstein
Music … can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. —Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor, musician
What Others Say / Frank Zappa
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —Frank Zappa (1940–1993), American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, recording engineer, record producer, film director
What’s Wrong With a Day Job?
I happen to be really bad at reading blogs. I admit it. I spend ridiculous amounts of time in front of my computer and just never think to open my RSS feed and read the blogs I’ve subscribed to. But I’m glad I did today. I was going back through old posts by Seth Godin, […]
What Others Say / Miles Davis
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. —Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer
What Others Say / Victor Hugo
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. —Victor Hugo, French poet and novelist
What Others Say / Will Durant
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” —Will Durant, summarizing Aristotle, in The Story of Philosophy (1991) Good advice for all the high school musicians heading to band camp soon. And for anyone in the practice room.
What Others are Saying / Øystein Baadsvik
I saw this on Oystein’s FaceBook just the other day and I had to repost. I have said things very similar to this to my students before. He is a phenomenal musician and tuba player. I wish more people thought like this. . . “Sound is nothing. Music is everything. I am SICK and tired […]
Long Tones: The Pursuit of a Life in Music 