Monthly Archives: December 2011

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Festive Kwanzaa & Season’s Greetings to you all!

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A Sweet & Sour Christmas

The Christmas Story . . . in two parts.

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Can You Be Too Passionate About Music?

“Why some performers’ attitudes may hurt them.”
Becoming a professional musician requires an incredible amount of work, and having a passion for music can help motivate the many required hours of practice. But can a passion for music also be destructive?

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Music Appreciation: TEDxAmsterdam 2011 – Henkjan Honing

Henkjan Honing cites studies and engages his audience in auditory participation to shed light on how absolute pitch is very common and relative pitch is very special and fundamental in music appreciation.

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Stupidity Rules for Creative Professionals

To be innovative, enter the Zone of Productive Stupidity.

I’m having trouble being stupid. Productively stupid, that is. I have infinite reserves of unproductive stupidity—ignoring my car’s oil light, losing my wallet, hiring the wrong person. That’s the variety of a presidential candidate forgetting during a national debate which federal agencies he wants to eliminate (“Oops”).

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When Desperate, Flip

Shifting perspective on a challenge, the framing of it, can lead to some great insights and ideas.

When truly desperate to get out of the box, one creative tool is to turn the challenge upside down, inside out, or “flip it.”

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