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Servus! I’m not quite sure where to start this post. I’ve stopped and started so many times that it feels almost silly to try to jump ahead to this moment from when I last blogged. I am hoping to do this more regularly and keep it up to date so I may speak on more…
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The Conflicting Image of Billie Holiday Created by the Media and Government 4/10/2021 Billie Holiday was already a controversial figure when she first performed “Strange Fruit” in 1939. She had played with Artie Shaw and became the first Black woman to work as a headliner for an all-white orchestra, she had been kicked out…
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Regret is a weird thing. How often do we find ourselves in a mindset where we can’t escape our feelings toward the past? Why? Why do humans have this ineffable ability to be nostalgic and relive our past experiences over and over, rather than live in the present world and be happy in the moment?…
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I have been trying to improvise over John Coltrane’s Giant Steps on my guitar recently and it is just not happening. For anyone that is unaware of the history of this song, I recommend starting with this video: It is ridiculously hard and switches between 3 keys what seems like every bar. Coltrane highlights how…
Chipper Dreher 