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  • Allow me to explain

    Sharolyn 9:38 pm on 18 March 2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    One of my students wore this today.

     

    • june 10:02 pm on 18 March 2010 Permalink

      When I think of my husband wearing this, I laugh.

  • The Three O'Tenors

    michael 1:01 am on 17 March 2010 | 2 Permalink | Reply

     

    • Gretchen Lee 7:34 pm on 17 March 2010 Permalink

      so perfect. I love these guys :)

    • sharolyn 9:17 pm on 17 March 2010 Permalink

      I showed it in class. (They’ve been singing “Danny Boy” for three weeks, and we listened to two legit versions. Just so you don’t think I’m easy.)

  • Sharolyn 3:58 pm on 9 March 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

    An interesting way to think of Chopin.

     

    • Stick 12:40 pm on 11 March 2010 Permalink

      Cool. I like how you can see the more dissonant intervals inside pretty sounding passages.

    • sharolyn 5:45 pm on 11 March 2010 Permalink

      Yes. It also made me realize how long he intended those bass notes to last. Little things like that.

    • michael 5:57 pm on 11 March 2010 Permalink

      Very cool.

  • michael 1:36 pm on 1 March 2010 | 14 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: ACDA, , , conducting,

    So, on Wednesday I’m flying to Tucson to conduct “Our Father, Vindicate” in front of the annual convention of the American Choral Directors Association. I am … crapping bricks. As I said to the guys in the choir, “Why couldn’t be the annual ‘People Who Rock Out on B3′ convention?”

     

    • sharolyn 7:42 pm on 1 March 2010 Permalink

      Whatever! It will be an absolute hit. The talk of the convention. The people who rock out on B3 can’t be bothered by a convention. Waaay too many details.

    • Stick 9:03 pm on 1 March 2010 Permalink

      Very nice. Rock it hard.

    • michael 9:59 pm on 1 March 2010 Permalink

      Had an amazing rehearsal with the guys tonight. Probably the most productive 45 minutes of rehearsal I’ve ever experienced. They were focused, I was well-prepared, and everything we went in to change, actually changed!

      Great to go into this thing with a strong rehearsal.

    • Daniel Semsen 10:09 am on 2 March 2010 Permalink

      Dude–you’re going to be awesome. Don’t even sweat it–you have an amazing piece and a stellar group performing it.

    • aly hawkins 10:38 am on 2 March 2010 Permalink

      Yay!

    • michael 11:03 am on 2 March 2010 Permalink

      It’s the actual conducting that worries me the most. Did you know that those flippity flappity hand movements actually MEAN something?

    • aly hawkins 10:08 am on 3 March 2010 Permalink

      Praying for you today, dude. Knock ‘em dead.

    • michael 10:22 am on 3 March 2010 Permalink

      Thanks!

    • Gretchen 10:48 am on 4 March 2010 Permalink

      Mike’s performance is from 3 to 4:30 today. Thanks for praying with me for him!

    • aly hawkins 11:33 am on 4 March 2010 Permalink

      On it. Can’t wait to hear how it goes…

    • sharolyn 3:35 pm on 4 March 2010 Permalink

      Count me in the praying fan club.

    • Michael Lee 8:43 pm on 4 March 2010 Permalink

      It was beyond words. The guys were so full of intensity and passion, and they nailed it, even the most difficult parts. I love these guys.

    • aly hawkins 9:33 am on 5 March 2010 Permalink

      Yippee! Is there any video?

    • michael 8:22 pm on 5 March 2010 Permalink

      I think so – I’ll find out.

  • michael 9:39 am on 28 February 2010 | 1 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , theme, , wp

    Ditching the old site, and the “Featued Post” vibe, going with a more facebooky public feed feel. Login is on the sidebar, and if you still want to do a content heavy (audio, pics, etc.) type of post, then you can login and write it the old way. You can do quick thoughts from the front page.

    Thoughts?

     

    • june 5:53 pm on 2 March 2010 Permalink

      bleah. I like the old way better. Flippity flappity. You asked.

  • Stand By Me ... e ... e ... e ... e ... e

    michael 2:16 am on 26 February 2010 | 7 Permalink | Reply

    Proof positive that Michael Lee should not be left alone in a room with a bottle of scotch, a laptop, and a classic soul music icon after Gretchen has gone to sleep.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you an utterly destroyed version of Stand By Me.

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    update
    made some edits to the ending, tweaked the mix a bit now that everyone is awake and I don’t have to listen on earbuds.

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    • aly hawkins 10:50 am on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      Ben E. King shows up at your house after Gretchen goes to bed?

      I dig these as discrete ideas. I’ll have to listen a couple more times to see if it hangs together.

    • michael 10:51 am on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      It doesn’t. It’s me farting into logic and calling it roses.

    • Trevor Carpenter 11:00 am on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      Next up?

      “Stand By Your Man”

      Sticking with a theme here.

    • sharolyn 12:25 pm on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      {laughing} Just curious – was there a purpose to this? You are a kook! I mean that in the most fun sense of the word. You don’t just watch SportsCenter like most dads I know? Nice clarinet upbeats.

    • michael 12:28 pm on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      This is actually a real live homework assignment as part of getting an actually legitimate master’s degree in music.

      Really.

    • sharolyn 6:44 pm on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      So, a little different than your last Masters experience.

    • michael 7:37 pm on 26 February 2010 Permalink

      Soooo much more swearing.

  • Bernstein on Stravinsky

    michael 12:11 pm on 25 February 2010 | 2 Permalink | Reply

    Sharolyn, this one is for you. Remember seeing this for the first time back at APU? We watched it in my arranging class last night, and loved it all over again.

     

  • Sharolyn 10:18 am on 25 February 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

    If Don Giovanni had an iPhone.

     

    • michael 11:29 am on 25 February 2010 Permalink

      hah.

    • sharolyn 1:52 pm on 27 February 2010 Permalink

      First, this is going on behind the singer during the current production Jason is involved with. Second, I love this gig! He plays 10:45-11:15 (if it’s an 8:00 show) and gets paid the same as everyone else. This means he helps bathe and put the kids down, THEN goes! I should have studied bass trombone. When I asked if he gets to leave early, the answer was, “Don Giovanni goes to Hell, and then I get to leave.”

    • june 5:21 pm on 27 February 2010 Permalink

      Heh!

  • New Music

    michael 12:16 am on 24 February 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

    I’m writing something. It goes like this:

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    • Brian Steckler 11:36 am on 25 February 2010 Permalink

      Dude, if you’d have recorded that through a Neve pre it would be a hit.

    • michael 12:13 pm on 25 February 2010 Permalink

      12 hours from now, it’s still going to be stuck in your head.

    • michael 9:45 am on 28 February 2010 Permalink

      btw, totally not a joke. This is the start of an epic chamber orchestra piece.

  • Sophia, social critic, age 4

    michael 9:45 am on 18 February 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Me: So why can’t Mommy and I play with your stuffed animals?

    Sophia: (exasperated sigh) Because you’re adults! Adults don’t need toys – money is your toys!

     

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