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I got put on the spot at choir rehearsal tonight. Our actual conductor was occupied at the moment, and I was asked by our accompanist to conduct a piece I had only ever sung before, with no prep. It was literally, hey can you come up and conduct this? Oh, and can you sing the opening solo for us now that you're up there?

I didn't make a complete ass of myself, and the choir was super attentive and kind, so I'll take that as a win.

Rick Beato breaks down the global Spotify top 10 songs from August 24. I was pleasantly surprised how good some of these songs are.

youtu.be/xVcnsQS-eqQ

I found this years ago and just rediscovered it. SO awesome.

A pipe organ tribute to Michael Jackson performed at Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC. You'll hear a few different themes, but I especially like the fugue on 'ABC'.

youtu.be/teRNPr7bZtY


Also gets and tags because of the compositional techniques used.

This is my fight song.

Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93, II.Allegro

"Teresa Carreño" Youth Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

youtu.be/gB2nLIhsqIY

Victor Wooten shows all those other people who do solo live looping performances how it's done.

Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely

youtu.be/D0Kw7C6LtoY

This is the most gorgeous tone on trumpet I've ever heard. And what phrasing and dynamic control!

Rachmaninov - Zdes' khorosho

Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Eivind Aadland, conductor

youtu.be/88fE_ol0xdw

This gorgeous piece is always on my mind in Autumn, but especially this year. Choral music doesn't get any better than this, folks. I'm very excited to be performing this in a few weeks.

Brahms - Im Herbst (from Fünf Gesänge, op. 104)
youtu.be/j-ZmsnI6nJQ

Score and text with translation (copied in thread below):

cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Im_Her

I did a little investigation tonight involving playing with an excellent free Oberheim synth plug-in I found. Learned some interesting things. Thread and results here:

counter.social/@voltronic/1109

I don't know how many Van Halen fans have ever seen this video, but it has bothered me for years that the poster of this video and all the people in the comments assumed Eddie was out of tune, when in reality the synth part is playing in (almost) C-sharp Major while Eddie and Wolfgang are correctly playing in C Major.

I believe they used a recorded synth part, and there was a sample rate mismatch somewhere in the chain which could cause this.

youtu.be/LCIyeXn1sKQ

WOW. This is a STUNNING performance and recording of Bach's "Little" Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578.

Performed on the Hazel Wright Organ at Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA
youtube.com/watch?v=2fqeVXQ3yE

The organist is Paul Jacobs, whose reputation precedes himself.
pauljacobsorgan.com

Recording engineer is Christian Amonson, who I occasionally speak with on Gearspace.
seeingsound.com

Both are at the absolute top of their craft, and it shows.


Pop quiz:

Name all 3 Led Zeppelin songs that reference the legendarium.

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