A Hard Day’s Write (Steve Turner)

What comes to mind when I mention a banker with a motorcar? Don’t most bankers have cars? Yes, but you probably thought of the same banker that I did. Have you ever heard of little Lucy O’Donnell? You know Lucy.  She’s Julian’s friend from school. Have you seen [...]

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This is Your Brain on Music (Daniel Levitin)

Musicians are constantly toying with us. They roll a melody up and down a musical rollercoaster. They take us on unexpected sidetracks. They bounce themes from one instrument to another like kids playing hackey sack. And sometimes they smuggle other tunes (themes or motifs) into their melodies to knock us off our guard. Somehow we [...]

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Stradivari’s Genius (Toby Faber)

Let’s agree on something up front: No audio clip of me screeching a bow across a violin string will be attached to this blog.
You’re welcome. Now, then…
Some books pique your interest into exploring things further. Stradivari’s Genius [LibraryThing / WorldCat] by Toby Faber did that for me. The photos of the Messiah on page four [...]

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