•   Musicians on Music   

   Food for thought from some great musicians

•   Controlling Reality   

   Some tips for musicians from Tuck Andress

 

•   The Miracle of Mozart

   David Gordon's collection of wonderful comments on Mozart

 

•   The Healing Power of Music

   A new article (October 2004) at www.scena.org

 

•   What the Bleep Do We Know?

   Quotes from the Movie Website

 

•   The Art of Technique

   Joseph Conrad's view of excellence as art

 

•   Niels Bohr: Think Outside the Box

   Not really about music ... it's about 4-dimensional thinking

 

•   Sounds of the Voyager Spacecraft

   amazing and haunting sounds from outer space

 

•   Email Spam Poetry

   Vol 1      Vol 2      Vol 3      Vol 4

 

•   Crossing Over: - - healing music for the dying

- by David Gordon

 

•   Why Mozart didn't get tenure

- a spoof about academia and music professors

 

•   The Healing Voice

- a collection of articles by David Gordon

 

•   Tongue Twisters

- delightful excrcises for warming up the lips and tongue

 

•   The Genetic Mystery of Music

- Does a mother's lullaby give an infant a better chance for survival?

 

•   Reflections of Bach

- Great composers reflect on the miracle of J. S. Bach

 

•   Sabbath

- quotes about rest, contemplation, thoughtful silence
inspired by "Sabbath," a book by Wayne Muller

 

•   Arts and Ideas

- inscriptions from the beautiful James Michener Art Museum
      in my home town, Doylestown, Pennsylvania   (brief quotes)

 

•   How to Stay Stressed

- David Gordon's advice for making sure you always feel bad

 

•   Why Learne to Sing

- the charming wisdom of William Byrd (1588)

 

•   Great Musicians on Sound, Spirit, and Heart

- musings by Menuhin, Casals, Beethoven, Stokowsky, and others

 

•   Euterpe

- quotes about music and the Muse of Music
and info about "The Nine Muses," a new book by Angeles Arrien

 

•   When in Doubt, Breathe

- thoughts about the art and science of breathing

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