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Sound Reasoning

@soundreasoning

Musician, Educator, Performer - Culture, Physics, Psychology

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Feb 7, 2018, 11:52 PM UTC

Amp Modification || Custom Circuit Board and Wood Burning (DIY)

# The Goal... Turn my old amp into a work of art. For all the years I've been performing, I've always had my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe as a reliable workhorse (well, mostly reliable). This year, though,…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Sep 16, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

Understanding Your Favorite Songs: Song Form Made Easy + Analysis (Fast Music Theory #8)

Most people's exposure to music is through song, which is, in general terms, a window of time in which intentional sound happens. Songs tend to move through different moods as they progress to create…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Aug 12, 2017, 5:13 PM UTC

Slay Your Writer’s Block: Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies for Conquering the Dilemmas In Our Lives + Why We Make and Consume Art

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether per…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 20, 2017, 11:05 PM UTC

World Instruments You Should Hear Immediately - Part 2: GUZHENG

Since the dawn of human invention, our opposable-thumb-weilding ancestors have been stretching animal skins and innards over wood and shells to create different kinds of sounds. It’s easy to forget t…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 16, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

More Than Just Notes: Dynamics and Articulation - Understanding and Communicating the Speech-Like Qualities of Music

A good melody can pull at your heart strings, transmit the most complex emotions, or make dancing irresistible. Melodies tend to derive their good qualities from natural patterns found in speech from…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 12, 2017, 9:57 PM UTC

INTERESTING NEWS - 'World's First Robot Lawyer' Now Available In All 50 States

Quoted from a report from The Verge: > A chatbot that provides free legal counsel using AI is now available in all 50 states starting today. This is following its success in New York, Seattle, and…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 12, 2017, 2:27 PM UTC

INTERESTING NEWS - Microsoft's Default Font is at the Center of a Government Corruption Case

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/e62qbsqzf0o9dtq/steem nawaz.jpeg?dl=0 The font Calibri became the default option on Microsoft Office products in 2007. It has become the defining detail in a corru…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 11, 2017, 2:34 PM UTC

The Elusive Musical World of Modes Explained Simply - Natural Minor, Song Examples, and Modal Jam Ideas (FAST MUSIC THEORY # 7)

Music all over the world contains uncountable accounts of unrestrained creativity. Once one understands what it means to play in a key, the doors of music theory have been blown open. A major key imp…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 9, 2017, 6:01 PM UTC

World Instruments You Should Hear Immediately - Part 1: Kora

Our planet is busting at the seems with beautiful music-making inventions. In western culture, we are so used to the instruments that make up rock bands, orchestras, and jazz ensembles that we forget…

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Sound Reasoning
@soundreasoning Jul 6, 2017, 2:48 AM UTC

How to Make Any Chord On Any Instrument: A Counting Game + Shortcuts (FAST MUSIC THEORY #6)

Every wonder how guitar and piano players seem to know how to play any chord? It may seem like lightning fast muscle memory, but it is more often a working knowledge of the musical patterns that go i…

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