I had a curious interaction on the train ride out here for fresh inc festival 2013. I met a young man who had packed his worldly possessions …
Discuss
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: I'm Old-Fashioned
“There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink.” ― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: Crystallize Your Community
More planning, better planning, equals less stress. Anyone who has been to Disney World with children can tell you that's true. Still, you …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: The Implications of Dissonance
"Dissonance needs to be even more in tune because the implications of consonance are clear, but the implications of dissonance aren't …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: The Show-Do Model
Musical integration in various areas of education is one of the main tenets of the outreach Fifth House does. They are constantly creating …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: "The World is Not Waiting for Another Composer"
(And the world sure as heck isn't waiting for another singer...) On our first full day of fresh inc festival 2013 we were treated to a Skype …
let's discuss: When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
I happened to be flipping through the newest edition of Real Simple magazine on my handy little Nook and read, "There is no greater role for …
let's discuss: Performers and Composers by David Smooke
Many of you who read the Sybaritic Singer regularly understand my commitment to performing new music and working with living composers. For …
let's discuss: I Didn't Win This One (aka: getting your ass handed to you still sucks)
After a ill-foreboding dream this morning of not getting in to the summer program I so sincerely wanted, I clicked through my email to see a …