music review: love is a four letter word
If I wasn’t already convinced before, Jason Mraz’s new album has convinced me that the man is surely an old soul. Every single song is filled with so much heart, and the words strike a chord that only...
View ArticleLazy Summer Magic
"guitar girl" by Jane Heller - click for info Ahh. The dog days of summer have arrived. Here in Wisconsin, like much of the US, we are experiencing record-setting high temperatures and have just come...
View ArticleMusic Review: Underwater
I swear that every time I feel like perhaps I’m starting to figure this life thing out, life laughs and proves to me otherwise. Life has been tugging at me lately, pleading with me to realize and...
View ArticleThe Perception of What You Hear
image by StoicDesign – click for info It’s always interesting how people perceive things within themselves, as well as things outside themselves. You see a tree, and I see the roots deeply implanted in...
View ArticleSounds of Sweet November
We are all individual and come into our own at different points in our lives. For some it happens early; others spend their lifetime waiting to feel comfortable in their own skin. For me it happened...
View ArticleMusic Review: Tegan and Sara’s “Heartthrob”
Buying new music can be a huge risk, especially when it is from an artist you have loved since their very first album. Tegan and Sara are a band that I have loved since This Business of Art was...
View ArticleMusic Review: Truce {Andrea Gibson}
There are moments when we meet someone, read a poem, or hear a recording that change us for the rest of our lives. We can pretend haven’t met, or never heard the words, but they forever ring in our...
View ArticleMusic for the Muse, Part 3
(Photo credit: Flickr) SCIENCE + SONG = SUCCESS In undergraduate school, my music theory professor made us analyze music using the SHMRG method. Each letter represented an element found in music:...
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