Category Archives: Music

Making ‘Black MIDI’ White

Posted on 15 November 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Black MIDI is music, impossible to be played by human hands, on say a piano, because it is so note dense. Indeed the fact that it is so note dense means if these songs were written with normal music notation … Continue reading →

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Young Disney Stars Go Rogue Way Too Often

Posted on 8 August 2015 by Larry Russwurm

We’ve seen it all before. A young, incredibly good youngster who is also very talented, grows up with Disney to become a megastar and then immediately goes rogue. Is it the onset of puberty that builds until the star is … Continue reading →

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Rest In Peace Stephen Huss

Posted on 6 August 2015 by Larry Russwurm

My best friend, Stephen Huss, died last weekend. He was my age, only 47. The electronic music aware of you might recognize his name from the rock band Psyche. Now that he is gone I find it a bit comforting … Continue reading →

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The Case for Fat Chords

Posted on 25 July 2015 by Larry Russwurm

A chord is comprised of at least 3 notes. Octaves of these notes don’t count as separate notes. So the maximum number of notes a chord can have is twelve. This is all the spacings in the octave. Since we … Continue reading →

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Double Dipping?

Posted on 4 July 2015 by Larry Russwurm

For Canada Day (July 1) I attended a music festival with a small fireworks show in downtown Kitchener. The show featured Canadian acts, two of which I suspected were not Canadian acts. Those two bands were Treble Charger and Hollerado. … Continue reading →

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Number of Musicians and Time

Posted on 27 June 2015 by Larry Russwurm

In the 1800s, symphony orchestras were all the rage. Cities prided themselves if they had one of these musical groups and a large hall for them to play in. One of these orchestras could easily contain 80 members. With so … Continue reading →

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Are ‘Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Green Day’ Fan Boys?

Posted on 30 May 2015 by Larry Russwurm

On the surface the band Twenty One Pilots are light years different from pop punk Green Day. First of all Twenty One Pilots are a keyboard centric band as opposed to the guitar centred music of Green Day. (This is … Continue reading →

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Beautiful yet Horrific Lyrics

Posted on 2 May 2015 by Larry Russwurm

The song Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder has such a nice sentiment in its lyrics that I’m a bit hesitant in pointing out its flaws. The main lyrical hook of the song goes like this: Ebony … Continue reading →

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Female Song Names

Posted on 11 April 2015 by Larry Russwurm

Only this week did I hear that Barry Manilow married his manager. His manager is a male which leads me to suspect that he’s been gay all his life. Barry Manilow has kept his private life close to his chest. … Continue reading →

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CEOs as DJs of the Business World

Posted on 21 February 2015 by Larry Russwurm

A “successful” CEO will try to limit her lowest level employees to less-than-inflation wage increases. After all these employees should have gotten better education and skills. It’s their fault that no one at the top speaks for them. Then the … Continue reading →

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