3x Thursday gave me questions that fit my blog theme nicely again:
1.When you listen to music, do you focus on the music or the lyrics? Both? Neither? Why/why not?
Most jazz is actually more musical than lyrical (obviously not counting the songs). As a result, I easily focus more on the music – especially for songs [...]
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From the Monday Madness site:
Name THREE of your……..
1. Pet Peeves: Folks who need anger management, people who use their disabilities as an excuse NOT to do better in life, people who don’t listen to what you say.
2. Favorite Sounds: raindrops, cat meows, babies
3. Desk Items: Chequing statement, one of the anime DVDs I reviewed, CD-Rs
4. [...]
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From the 3x Thursday:
1. How do you get your music/new music these days (radio, tv, internet, friends)? What kind of music are you into right now?
A combination of streaming Internet radio (I’ve really grown enamored with the Mercora network) and songs I’ve purchased from Puretracks.com (iTunes for Canada).
2. By which medium do you recieve music? [...]
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From Post of the Day:
What music piece from a movie stands out for you as particularly memorable and/or enjoyable?
Hmm… let me think… offhand the first film to come to mind is the original Hallowe’en. The piano theme always gets my heart pounding.
(I tried to come up with a jazz-themed one, but couldn’t. Sorry.)
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Well, Canadian Idol is over for this year – and in my opinion, Canada got it wrong.
Regardless of my feelings for her, Theresa Sokyrka was the one who showed she could actually sing a variety of styles and genres. She didn’t capture Janis Joplin when she sang Another little piece of my heart, but I [...]
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Canadian Idol crowns their winner tonight.
Why do I have this in a blog with a Jazz theme, you may ask? Reason: one of the finalists, Theresa Sokyrka, is a jazz singer.
I like her voice – I like her period. I think she’s Canada’s sweetheart. I don’t think her performances blew voters away like other finalist [...]
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I flipped through the 2004 Jewish Ad directory as I waited for my Transport this morning.
In an ad, clear as day, was a party DJ calling himself DJ Jazzy Jeff.
The funny thing is the fact that a year or so ago, I called myself DJ Jeff Jazzy to avoid confusion with the guy who works [...]
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