paulbailey.us (beta) » blog http://www.paulbailey.us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 An Education for All: My Story http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/03/04/an-education-for-all-my-story/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/03/04/an-education-for-all-my-story/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:29:57 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2724 wichita state university as a full scholarship student. this should have been a good thing, but there was a 'small' hitch because at that time WSU only gave three year scholarships. overall it shouldn't have been much of a problem because i thought i had worked it out with my parents. you see they weren't too excited about me going to music school (my father's reaction was "you can major in music?") so they refused to pay for school. of course this pretty severely limited my choices for college, but I practiced quite hard and probably surprised them when I got a full ride (room/tuiton/books) scholarship to WSU. all in all they weren't so happy with my continued insistence to attend music school but we did come to a deal in which as long as i made my grades and they will pay for my senior year. of course things didn't go quite as planned. the summer before my senior year I'm on the road all summer performing with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps and didn't have much contact with my parents. when i got back to school i found out not only did father run off with his bosses secretary, but he also locked my mom out of all the bank accounts. not only there was no money for school, there was no money at all. so to make a long story short, there was no way for me to continue school at WSU ($9,000 a year in 1989 dollars), so i pretty quickly made some connections and in fall 1989 i moved out california to start over. by 1995 i had established residency, worked as a fulltime musician at disneyland, finally finished my degree at CSUF and began teaching at Marshall High in LAUSD. since then i added a masters in composition (at CSUF) and now teach in the same system that made it possible for me to pull myself up with very little support. unfortunately the very educational system that has given me a 2nd chance is quickly disappearing and we are losing what has made california one of the few states that had a higher education master plan that stressed AN EDUCATION FOR ALL. of course this is only one story, but over the last 15 years i could always point out out that no matter how bad things got, a college education was one of the best and realistic solutions. right now is the time to start doing something about this and hopefully the marches today are only the beginning. Related posts:
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]]> this is a story that few people know (until now)

22 years ago from last fall i was going into my senior year at wichita state university as a full scholarship student. this should have been a good thing, but there was a ’small’ hitch because at that time WSU only gave three year scholarships. overall it shouldn’t have been much of a problem because i thought i had worked it out with my parents.

you see they weren’t too excited about me going to music school (my father’s reaction was “you can major in music?”) so they refused to pay for school. of course this pretty severely limited my choices for college, but I practiced quite hard and probably surprised them when I got a full ride (room/tuiton/books) scholarship to WSU. all in all they weren’t so happy with my continued insistence to attend music school but we did come to a deal in which as long as i made my grades and they will pay for my senior year.

of course things didn’t go quite as planned. the summer before my senior year I’m on the road all summer performing with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps and didn’t have much contact with my parents. when i got back to school i found out not only did father run off with his bosses secretary, but he also locked my mom out of all the bank accounts. not only there was no money for school, there was no money at all.

so to make a long story short, there was no way for me to continue school at WSU ($9,000 a year in 1989 dollars), so i pretty quickly made some connections and in fall 1989 i moved out california to start over. by 1995 i had established residency, worked as a fulltime musician at disneyland, finally finished my degree at CSUF and began teaching at Marshall High in LAUSD. since then i added a masters in composition (at CSUF) and now teach in the same system that made it possible for me to pull myself up with very little support.

unfortunately the very educational system that has given me a 2nd chance is quickly disappearing and we are losing what has made california one of the few states that had a higher education master plan that stressed AN EDUCATION FOR ALL.

of course this is only one story, but over the last 15 years i could always point out out that no matter how bad things got, a college education was one of the best and realistic solutions. right now is the time to start doing something about this and hopefully the marches today are only the beginning.

Related posts:

  1. comfort zone
  2. balance
  3. designer education

]]> http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/03/04/an-education-for-all-my-story/feed/ 0 a little balance http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/02/26/a-little-balance/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/02/26/a-little-balance/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:53:45 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2703
  • balance
  • the composer’s ear?
  • THE NEXT BIG THING
    • ]]>

    over the last few weeks it’s been interesting getting into photography as a hobby/creative outlet b/c i have discovered a new way of scratching my urge to make things (and even perform). part of the the major changes i have been going are trying to find a balance between my different personas (creative/teaching/personal) and it looks like photography is going to be just what i need.

    i think it’s interesting that  for quite a long time i have been an active photography enthusiast, always taking my camera with me to document and capture life as it rumbles along, but what has got me interested now how you can you photographic technique (perspective, color and light) to capture (i.e compose) a shot.  calling it a composition (in the musical sense) is really a misnomer, b/c it’s really much more like counterpoint in music except you are using a camera as digital tool to adjust the light, shadow, and color to create the heightened reality through the illusion of balance.

    i guess at this point of my life a little balance could go a long way

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/02/26/a-little-balance/feed/ 0     an open letter to thesixtyone.com http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/21/an-open-letter-to-thesixtyone-com/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/21/an-open-letter-to-thesixtyone-com/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:04:15 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2689 Sam and James, I applaud you for trying to innovate but I think you should really step back from this a bit. Your changes have removed many of the best features of thesixtyone.com and now make music discovery a very tedious task. The features I miss most are:
    1. social networking- t61 made it easy and possible for me to find and interact with enthusiastic and adventurous listeners who were interested in my music (independent, DIY, art music)
    2. genres- your intention of swapping genres with an "adventure meter" with is very subjective. I have no interest in browsing mainstream pop music so wouldn't that be adventurous for me?
    3. the UI- the old lists (recently submitted, most active, genre) made it easy to find music that was interesting in a short period of time. When I suggested the site to friends who were initially put-off by all the pop music, I always explained that they needed to search for at least 5 minutes to get the hang of it. Right now your setup is more like Pandora which is like searching through the dirt for a few small gems.
    The best thing about T61 is that you had found a very engaging way (maybe inadvertently) to connect artists/bands directly to their listeners which created small communities based on genres/micro-genres. Your kudos system of hearts and quests is a great way to encourage a wide variety of "adventurous" listening experiences and I encourage you to focus new development on that area. What is so amazing about how you had T61 setup is that it could help any artist find their audience. This in effect gave listeners (myself included) a very strong incentive to find value in music again and put my money behind what I was listening to. I wholeheartedly (and many others on your facebook page) encourage you to rethink the redesign, Sincerely Yours, Paul http://www.iusedtolikethesixtyone.com/ Related posts:
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    ]]>     Sam and James,

    I applaud you for trying to innovate but I think you should really step back from this a bit. Your changes have removed many of the best features of thesixtyone.com and now make music discovery a very tedious task.

    The features I miss most are:

    1. social networking- t61 made it easy and possible for me to find and interact with enthusiastic and adventurous listeners who were interested in my music (independent, DIY, art music)
    2. genres- your intention of swapping genres with an “adventure meter” with is very subjective. I have no interest in browsing mainstream pop music so wouldn’t that be adventurous for me?
    3. the UI- the old lists (recently submitted, most active, genre) made it easy to find music that was interesting in a short period of time. When I suggested the site to friends who were initially put-off by all the pop music, I always explained that they needed to search for at least 5 minutes to get the hang of it. Right now your setup is more like Pandora which is like searching through the dirt for a few small gems.

    The best thing about T61 is that you had found a very engaging way (maybe inadvertently) to connect artists/bands directly to their listeners which created small communities based on genres/micro-genres. Your kudos system of hearts and quests is a great way to encourage a wide variety of “adventurous” listening experiences and I encourage you to focus new development on that area. What is so amazing about how you had T61 setup is that it could help any artist find their audience.  This in effect gave listeners (myself included) a very strong incentive to find value in music again and put my money behind what I was listening to.

    I wholeheartedly (and many others on your facebook page) encourage you to rethink the redesign.

    Sincerely Yours,

    Paul

    Paul Bailey
    Composer/Musician/Educator
    Los Angeles, Ca

    UPDATE January 25, 2010-

    it looks like thesixtyone.com as we knew it is gone for good. at this point a few other sites have popped up that are covering the bigger picture of the whole demise:

    the rise and fall of t61 (via dreaming of butterflies)

    http://www.iusedtolikethesixtyone.com/

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/21/an-open-letter-to-thesixtyone-com/feed/ 4     RIP NetNewMusic 2008-2010 http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/19/rip-netnewmusic-2008-2010/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/19/rip-netnewmusic-2008-2010/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:51:11 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2680
  • Soundcloud.com
  • “the secret community of marching band”
  • zeitgeist (nov 2008)
    • ]]>     it started off with such promise, a real online ‘clubhouse’ for an fiercely independent, eccentric, and highly opinionated art music community on the interwebs. throughout it’s short existence it’s become a cautionary tale for how new music social networks might be organized with some sense of shared vision.

    as a founding member (and a very short-lived site admin) it became clear that the “my way or the high way” management style didn’t really mix well with the many unique and idiosyncratic personalities that an art music site attracts. over time NetNewMusic became a ghost town as less people were willing to be a party to the backstage drama and personal attacks by it’s founder jeff harrington.

    the bottom line here is that we are all dealing with the limitations of one person running a social network based on their personal eccentricities and narcissistic traits.

    these might be useful traits in an artist, but they don’t lend themselves to running a social network.

    i think we all owe jeff a lot for the hard work he has put in promoting the new music community online, but his day to day management of NNM has made it impossible for many of us to participate. right now i’m not sure what a post-NNM new music community will look like, but i’m pretty sure it will be based on a shared vision and hope many of those who were chased away will participate in wherever we choose to reorganize.

    picture courtesy of jeff harrington

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/19/rip-netnewmusic-2008-2010/feed/ 0     Paul Bailey: Music for Controllers VI (2009) http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/13/paul-bailey-music-for-controllers-vi-2009/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/13/paul-bailey-music-for-controllers-vi-2009/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:46:20 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2669 Paul Bailey: Music for Controllers VI (2009) Music for Controllers VI by paul bailey this track was based on a field recording i made of my last day of work before my "fall break" at CSUF (a one-week non paid work furlough). a few days later i improvised over the recording of my commute (from highland park to union station) with some materials of an earlier piece i made last spring (not getting fired is the new promotion). when it was finished i felt it was a little too minimal and forgot about it until about a week ago and when i listened to it again i realized it pretty accurately captured my dread of what this financial disaster has become in my life. interestingly enough on that was the same day on my commute home the conductor on my amtrak route told me that she had lost about 75 daily commuters between san diego and los angeles from a year ago and it was pretty sad how so few of us were left. i know for me there aren't many part time faculty left in the music department at CSUF and at this point it's can get pretty depressing whenever i think about all of my friends who are out of work. probably a little TMI, but yeah... i guess it is a bit dark. spoken word piece based on twitter RSS feeds on the keywords "fired" and "job". parts of this piece were originally contained in the piece "not getting fired is the new promotion" (2009) made using ableton live, novation launchpad, korg kaossilator, iphone (buddha machine, srutibox), text-2-speech, and a field recording (zoom H2) of my morning commute (metro goldline from heritage square to union station; los angeles, ca 10/15/2009 (10 min) Related posts:
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    3. paul bailey ensemble-eagle rock music festival, sunday october 3rd
    ]]>     Paul Bailey: Music for Controllers VI (2009)

    Music for Controllers VI by paul bailey
    this track was based on a field recording i made of my last day of work before my “fall break” at CSUF (a one-week non paid work furlough). a few days later i improvised over the recording of my commute (from highland park to union station) with some materials of an earlier piece i made last spring (not getting fired is the new promotion). when it was finished i felt it was a little too minimal and forgot about it until about a week ago and when i listened to it again i realized it pretty accurately captured a specific time and a place from fall 2009;  i.e. what this financial disaster has become in my life.

    interestingly enough on that was the same day on my commute home the conductor on my amtrak route told me that she had lost about 75 daily commuters between san diego and los angeles from a year ago and it was pretty sad how so few of us were left. i know for me there aren’t many part time faculty left in the music department at CSUF and at this point it’s can get pretty depressing whenever i think about all of my friends who are out of work.

    probably a little TMI, but yeah… i guess it is a bit dark.

    spoken word piece based on twitter RSS feeds on the keywords “fired” and “job”. parts of this piece were originally contained in the piece “not getting fired is the new promotion” (2009)

    made using ableton live, novation launchpad, korg kaossilator, iphone (buddha machine, srutibox), text-2-speech, and a field recording (zoom H2) of my morning commute (metro goldline from heritage square to union station; los angeles, ca 10/15/2009 (10 min)

    Unlike

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/13/paul-bailey-music-for-controllers-vi-2009/feed/ 0     Music for Solo Controller 1 http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/02/music-for-solo-controller-1/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/02/music-for-solo-controller-1/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:04:39 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2647 Music for Solo Controller 1 finally getting around to making music with my launchpad and max/msp. getting the software and hardware to play nice with each other is still a challenge (the midi gets bogged down when 4 or more patterns are triggered), but overall i finally 'get' what all the hubub about the monome. i think my best description is that it's bringing modular improvisation (that i'm very much into) very successfully into the a very programmable music machine that is easy for anybody to intuitively music with. (kinda like an very sophisticated orff instrument for adults) this track was created using my novation launchpad, max/msp, nonome (monome emulator) and the polygome64 (P4/M2) inside of ableton live. [soundcloud url="http://soundcloud.com/pbailey/music-for-solo-controller-1"] Update: January 3, 2010 i just added a 2nd version that plays a little bit better with MIDI Music for Solo Controller 2 Music for Solo Controller 2 by paul bailey Related posts:
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    3. learning a new instrument
    ]]>     Music for Solo Controller 1

    finally getting around to making music with my launchpad and max/msp. getting the software and hardware to play nice with each other is still a challenge (the midi gets bogged down when 4 or more patterns are triggered), but overall i finally ‘get’ what all the hubub about the monome. i think my best description is that it’s bringing modular improvisation (that i’m very much into) very successfully into the a very programmable music machine that is easy for anybody to intuitively music with. (kinda like an very sophisticated orff instrument for adults)

    this track was created using my novation launchpad, max/msp, nonome (monome emulator) and the polygome64 (P4/M2) inside of ableton live.

    Update: January 3, 2010

    i just added a 2nd version that plays a little bit better with MIDI

    Music for Solo Controller 2

    Music for Solo Controller 2 by paul bailey

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2010/01/02/music-for-solo-controller-1/feed/ 0     obsolete in aughts… http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/31/obsolete-in-aughts/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/31/obsolete-in-aughts/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:51:20 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2638 in the aughts i stopped:
    1. wearing a watch and now use my cellphone to keep track of the time
    2. using a landline and now use my voip/cellphone/text message/facebook/twitter) as my primary form of digital communication
    3. reading the newspaper and magazines now i skim news aggregators like slate, huffpost, drudge report (it's useful to know what the right is thinking)
    4. reading and buying paper books and now i read them on my kindle
    5. using a thomas guide as a map and now use my nav system or google maps on the iphone
    6. listening to the radio for traffic reports (again hello google maps)
    7. listening to music on a stereo and now i listen on my iphone or laptop
    8. using a thomas guide
    9. listening to physical CD's and mostly stopped paying for downloading music (hello lala, thesixtyone, and mog)
    10. using a desktop computer as my main computer and now i use a netbook/macbookpro/iphone as my main computer
    11. using windows products and became a mac and linux fanboy
    12. renting DVD's at brick and mortar stores (hello netflix streaming)
    13. paying for cableTV and now we download/stream on the interwebs
    14. using our analog TV and started watching TV on the wall (using an overhead projector i bought for shows and work)
    15. stopped blogging on a regular basis and now i mainly tweet (except for long form posts like this)
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    ]]>

    in the aughts i stopped:

    1. wearing a watch and now use my cellphone to keep track of the time
    2. using a landline and now use my voip/cellphone/text message/facebook/twitter) as my primary form of digital communication
    3. reading the newspaper and magazines now i skim news aggregators like slate, huffpost, drudge report (it’s useful to know what the right is thinking)
    4. reading and buying paper books and now i read them on my kindle
    5. using a thomas guide as a map and now use my nav system or google maps on the iphone
    6. listening to the radio for traffic reports (again hello google maps)
    7. listening to music on a stereo and now i listen on my iphone or laptop
    8. using a thomas guide
    9. listening to physical CD’s and mostly stopped paying for downloading music (hello lala, thesixtyone, and mog)
    10. using a desktop computer as my main computer and now i use a netbook/macbookpro/iphone as my main computer
    11. using windows products and became a mac and linux fanboy
    12. renting DVD’s at brick and mortar stores (hello netflix streaming)
    13. paying for cableTV and now we download/stream on the interwebs
    14. using our analog TV and started watching TV on the wall (using an overhead projector i bought for shows and work)
    15. stopped blogging on a regular basis and now i mainly tweet (except for long form posts like this)
    Unlike

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/31/obsolete-in-aughts/feed/ 0     end of the year housecleaning http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/23/end-of-the-year-housecleaning/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/23/end-of-the-year-housecleaning/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:22:38 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2625 Terry Riley: In C (PBE and LANME Live at Columbia College) Terry Riley: In C (PBE and LANME Live In San Pedro) Paul Bailey: Principle of Sufficient Irritation (PBE and LANME Live In San Pedro) LANME: christina giacona, clarinet patrick colon, violin kelly haley-sibler, flute james miller, voice audrey snyder, cello daniel formidoni, sound design PBE performers included: paul bailey, trombone scott mcintosh, clarinet matt menaged, bass guitar ryan nunes, vibes nicholas white, piano Related posts:
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    ]]>     i was enjoying a little extra time over the break and was able to upload some recordings from our late summer concerts that we played with the LANME.

    here are our performances of terry riley’s “In C” and my “principle of sufficient irritation”at our performances at collumbia (recording) college and in san pedro.

    enjoy!

    Terry Riley: In C (PBE and LANME Live at Columbia College)
    Terry Riley: In C (PBE and LANME Live In San Pedro)

    Paul Bailey: Principle of Sufficient Irritation (PBE and LANME Live In San Pedro)

    LANME:
    christina giacona, clarinet
    patrick colon, violin
    kelly haley-sibler, flute
    james miller, voice
    audrey snyder, cello
    daniel formidoni, sound design

    PBE performers included:
    paul bailey, trombone
    scott mcintosh, clarinet
    matt menaged, bass guitar
    ryan nunes, vibes
    nicholas white, piano

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    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/23/end-of-the-year-housecleaning/feed/ 0     an experiment in narrowcasting and curation http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/14/an-experiment-in-narrowcasting-and-curation/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/14/an-experiment-in-narrowcasting-and-curation/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:16:02 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2602 an experiment in narrowcasting and curation of the independent DIY music community as some of you may know i have been kicking around the idea of creating a new website to feature music from our community (independent DIY art music). my original idea centered around the observations of how various website in the community functioned. originally there was Sequenza 21 which like a new music magazine functioned as good watercooler to discuss whatever articles and music being promoted. then there was Net New Music; which has been very interesting community fourm/clubhouse (on most days) for the new music community. both of these sites have specific purposes, but neither functions well as a music publishing and aggregation platform. after thinking about this quite a bit and surveying many of the platforms available and as an experiment i decided to try and create a website that focuses on curating and aggregating this music ourselves Related posts:
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    ]]>     writing on walls

    as some of you may know i have been kicking around the idea of creating a new website to feature music from our community (independent DIY art music). my original idea centered around the observations of how various website in the community functioned.

    originally there was Sequenza 21 which like a new music magazine functioned as good watercooler to discuss whatever articles and music being promoted. then there was Net New Music; which has been very interesting  community fourm/clubhouse (on most days) for the new music community. both of these sites have specific purposes, but neither functions well as a music publishing and aggregation platform. after thinking about this quite a bit and surveying many of the platforms available and as an experiment i decided to try and create a website that focuses on curating and aggregating this music ourselves

    the big idea

    the “big idea” is is as simple as this; let the new music community aggregate itself. i.e. making use of the talent of those “in the know” and aggregating it to the enthusiasts (the wider public). after my latest conversation on NNM i don’t think it matters how any of us find the music, but what is interesting to me is what is the music that each of you like. of course the harder job is to how to publishing this information in a usable format. so what i’m proposing is for us to create a aggregated feed of the music we like which can be as simple as this:

    a curated-aggregated (re-blog) that features downloadable music that is tagged and organized on a separate website.

    in general i think the anybody who is an active participant in these communities should be welcome to curate. i wouldn’t want to base the aesthetic on my own tastes. crowd-sourcing curation from the community to the enthusiast is a much better solution for now. if any of you are familiar with the slashdot and digg.com websites i think there is a similar analogy. slashdot is a curated reblog of the tech community that was supposed to be supplanted by the more neutral and crowd-sourced digg, but interestingly enough after 5 years slashdot still is the better place to go to get the more interesting articles about the tech community. they are focused on one thing while digg.com is a great place to find wider variety of content for a larger mass market. as i alluded to above this is an experiment that i want to try. i think it might work and make it easier for others to find the best music of our community. i always have my non-music creative friends in mind when i’m creating this site.

    my good friend john sinclair comes to all my shows and loves reich and nyman, but doesn’t have any idea of where to get music like it (i’m his main source). what this site is primarily is a place for all our friends to find new music. i also assume along the way as the site grows with content we will have a pretty good idea of the breadth of musical aesthetics in our community (while creating our own little record store). although all the music on this site will be free and easily downloadable, there is no reason why it can’t point to our itunes/emusic/rhapsody accounts. if you still aren’t sure the power of free i highly suggest you read chris anderson’s “free” (the link is to his a free podcast version of the book)

    for now also think that all of the music on the site has to be downloadable. eventually tools will be made so we can listen to streams anywhere, but i think we are 2-3 years away from that and having many options of how you listen is very important. i know won’t listen to many tracks if i can’t download them to my iphone for later.

    although we had a pretty spirited discussion about this on NNM it really helped solidify my ideas. i know there probably will not be consensus, but i’m interested to see what you think.  till the end of the year i will be featuring our favorite tracks from 2009 and the “best of the aughts”.if you want to send your favorites along please send them my way.

    thanks,

    paul

    www.alt-classical.com

    originally posted on 12/6/09 on the improv friday social network

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    2. shame

    ]]>     http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/14/an-experiment-in-narrowcasting-and-curation/feed/ 0     “the secret community of marching band” http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/04/the-secret-community-of-marching-band/ http://www.paulbailey.us/2009/12/04/the-secret-community-of-marching-band/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:46:59 +0000 admin http://www.paulbailey.us/?p=2582 JMHS students who just got into grad school based on "the secret community of marching band"
    "The interview was 45 minutes and it went great.  Toward the very end though, the interviewer asks, "So, you were in the marching band?  What instrument did you play?"  I thought to myself, "That was a random question," and told him.  He told me he was a trumpet player in the marching band and was the Drum Major.  Whoa.  Then the interviewer went on to say that marching band people have a secret community...I agreed and said everyone has their groups in high school and I was in the marching band...and we simultaneously nodded our heads.  ='D  I thought to myself, "This conversation is bananas."  Holy shit you helped me get an in buddy.  Yaaaaaahhh.  I am so thankful for your help in all of this."
    Woot! Related posts:
    1. band night?
    2. weddings and funerals
    3. it was my third year
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    jmhs marching band trombone section 2008

    i was very happy to hear from one of my very first JMHS students who just got into grad school based on “the secret community of marching band”

    “The interview was 45 minutes and it went great.  Toward the very end though, the interviewer asks, “So, you were in the marching band?  What instrument did you play?”  I thought to myself, “That was a random question,” and told him.  He told me he was a trumpet player in the marching band and was the Drum Major.  Whoa.  Then the interviewer went on to say that marching band people have a secret community…I agreed and said everyone has their groups in high school and I was in the marching band…and we simultaneously nodded our heads.  =’D  I thought to myself, “This conversation is bananas.”  Holy shit you helped me get an in buddy.  Yaaaaaahhh.  I am so thankful for your help in all of this.”

    Woot!

    Related posts:

    1. band night?
    2. weddings and funerals
    3. it was my third year

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