Today’s Why We Make Music: Engage in a life-long commitment! Jane Little, who debuted as a bassist in Atlanta on Feb. 4, 1945, at age 16 and who never stopped…
(Warning: If you have relatively good ears, this can be very uncomfortable.) Today’s Why We Make Music: *REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION*, more quality music = foster the ability to…
Today’s Why We Make Music: Learn more words to make more terrific and terrible puns. Pun maestro Sam Corbin crams 50 classical music puns into a 2-min story. I, for…
Today’s Why We Make Music: Every opportunity to play – including a sound check – is a chance to explore, connect, and influence. RIP to one of the most influential…
(Warning: some adult language mixed in with excellent music making) Today’s Why We Make Music: Instant connection between strangers. Kiddo Kat and Heidi Joubert perform a subway session (Frankfurt) and…
Today’s Why We Make Music: Mashups! YouTuber Syd R Duke takes Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and throws in some Chopin flourish. The resulting “Chophoven” is love and also very, very fun…
Today’s Why We Make Music: to have a good educated guess at what this song means to Aretha and Carole, to the whole audience, in this very moment. Aretha Franklin…
Today’s Why We Make Music: For measurable unity. Researchers of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied the heart rates of high school choir members as…