A friend of a friend once challenged me in conversation after I stated something related to music, and I’ll never forget what the guy said, with a snide tone: “Well, what do you know about music?” This question infuriated me, for reasons you might not fully understand. Even without that context, I had just met this [...]
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A Declaration, Part I: My Parents Are Musicians
June 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Mapping, Music, Personal
Tags:declaration·denial·gift·I am a musician·jamming·music·musician·my parents·perfect pitch·piano·piano teacher
Why I Want To Be Like Gungor
May 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Music, Personal
Gungor is a musical outfit lead by Michael Gungor. Gungor is more recently known for a piece called “Beautiful Things,” the namesake of their 2010 album. If you aren’t familiar with their music, let me start by saying this: if Muse, The Civil Wars, Elliott Smith and Mumford & Sons could conceive a collective Christian-music-lovechild, [...]
Tags:Beautiful Things·Ghosts Upon the Earth·Gungor·identity·music
