“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
— Kurt Vonnegut (via wordsnquotes)
Happy Eid ul-Adha(or Bakrid, or Eid Mubarak) to any people of the Muslim faith this year! This is for 6/29/2023
STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]
what’s a string player’s favorite food
rosin
raviola
Mmm love me a steaming hot bowl of raviola
Is there an altonate option I could have?
Perhaps you’d prefer some vermicello
or even some rosini
i literally can't hear the bassoon
can somebody turn up the bassoon??
who the FUCK keeps re blogging the bassoon posts i will kill
did i even tell you guys how i pretended to know how to play an instrument for three years and only two people ever figured it out.
i don't mean i was like. telling people i could play guitar, i mean i was sitting in band class holding a french horn to my lips and looking at the music and not understanding any of it or knowing how to play a single note. for 3 years.
the two people who knew were my best friend who knew i was too stupid to play such a complicated instrument and the only other hornist in my section who had to desperately cover for me because he knew i had blackmail material on him. i only came clean this year in my senior speech and to this day people still call me mellophony and the no hit wonder.
Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.
so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.
…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor, and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.
The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.
The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.
Eid Mubarak to all you lovely humans celebrating. May your days be filled with all the love and happiness that you deserve ☾☀︎︎❣︎
Touches de piano en nacre construites en 1850 par Henry Hawky. Mother of pearl piano keys built in 1850 by Henry Hawky.
this thumbnail for a video about fiddle playing kills me every time i see it
music should always be a little bit horny a little bit slutty. its great
Say that
what they don’t tell you about making art is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
i love you banjo i love you mandolin i love you 12-string guitar i love you appalachian dulcimer i love you autoharp i love you fiddle
The Dance of a Thousand Hands.
I think this is a snipet of a performance called Thousand Hand Bodhisattva by the China Art Troupe of Disabled Persons. All of them are deaf. You can see the full performance here, it’s just under 6 minutes. Very talented!
