A week or two ago I received an e-mail from my good friend Swan Dancin’. He was looking for some kid’s songs because he was about to become a father himself, but he had some very specific requirements. The first, of course, was that they are songs that kids will like. There’s no point in […]
Category Archives: Music
How Long Does It Take to Sing Opera?
It’s time once again to answer questions posed to this blog via google search results. One popular way that people find this blog is by searching “How long does it take to sing opera.” Since I don’t really have anything posted that answers that question, I’ll try to provide answers here. Now, the main reason […]
Good Names For Christian A Cappella Groups
I’m thinking of starting a Christian a cappella group at my church. I have sung in, directed, and formed many other a cappella groups in the past, and I miss it. At a recent music meeting at the church, we were talking about doing new arrangements of old hymns, and I brought up the idea […]
The Difference Between Opera and Operetta
The main difference between Opera and Operetta is, obviously, the letters “ett” inserted into the word, giving Operetta an extra syllable. Upon further analysis, we find that having an “ett” towards the end of a word generally makes it female, such as in the case of “Smurfette,” the female Smurf, or in the case of […]
Music and Fashion
I was watching Project Runway the other night, and one of the guest judges, at some point during the runway show, started making an impassioned speech about how fashion is more than just clothes. Clothes can change the way we feel, and the way we act. What we wear affects us deeply, and to design […]
Rap Music Is Music, But It’s Still Okay To Hate It
Back in the arrogant days of my youth, I firmly declared to anyone that would listen that rap was not real music. Where were the notes? Where were the pitches? It was all just yelling and thumping as far as I was concerned, and I have heard this argument repeated by many other grumpy old […]
Recycling Music
I am trying to clean out my house. I have x amount of space, but it seems like I have 2x amount of stuff, so half of it has to go. The problem is, I hate getting rid of things. Everything I own has some sort of memory attached to it, and I must confess […]
Tonal Eclipse
I am leaving for New York one week from tomorrow. This is partly exciting, and mostly terrifying. The exciting parts are the fault of my agent, my voice teacher, and my family. The terrifying parts are the fault of Leonard Bernstein. I suppose he thought, since it was his last show, that he could write […]