I would never advocate for anyone NOT to learn to read the staff, but I would say that perhaps it is not the most important musical skill going forward.

One problem is that the general public and #musiceducation as a whole put a lot of emphasis on it, because somehow it "legitimizes" music learning.

#musiced #mused #notation #musedchat

Music in School: A New Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsigOnPJTtA

Shoreditch School 1969

#musEd #musicEducation #experimentalMusic
@experimentalmusic

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Engaging more boys in your program is as easy as offering authentic opportunities for exploring the rock/metal/grunge genre.

Distorted guitars, heavy drums, hi-gain bass, and harsh vocals.

#musiced #popmused #musiceducation #rockcoach #grunge #harshvox #mused

He tells me of the flaxen crescent
dipped low on the twilight sky,
and I remember him,
above me, hair aflame,
as the pallid sun greeted day,
and I wonder if I will ever be the same.

@wordsmith
#poetry #mused #callAndResponse

Ripple Effect

Ripple Effect

Sometimes your poetry
seeps under my skin.
Other times, each drop
oxygenates this waterlogged body.
Then there are the wild surges
water cresting, wave crashing
doubt clearing, part drowning
relentless
And I am left breathless
For you, and your
tummy-dropping
honey-dripping
lips-spilling
poetry for me.

(It's really more of a positive feedback loop than a ripple effect.)

@wordsmith
#poetry #call-and-response #mused #water