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I love this one about #FreeSpeech from https://xkcd.com/1357/

That.

Free Speech

xkcd

RIP Angelo Badalamenti, whose music I think about almost every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eqgr_gn4k&t=53s

Angelo Badalamenti explains how he wrote Laura Palmer's Theme

YouTube
I have learned two very important lessons in life. I don't remember the first one, but the second one is to write down everything. 😉
Another blog post from a few years ago, this one on Triad Pairs: https://glennwhite.net/blog/triad-pairs
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We must never forget that this exists.
"Snake handler" implies that snakes have handles.

Polytonality series, part 4 - common ground between Vincent Persichetti and Jerry Bergonzi: https://glennwhite.net/blog/polytonality-4

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Opinions About Polytonality 4 – The Spectrum - Glenn White

The degree to which polytonality is perceived is often governed by the relationship(s) between the keys that are presented. Vincent Persichetti elaborates: "The fundamental quality of polytonal texture is determined by the key relationship set up by the tonics. In major-key combinations, a polytonal order of tension from consonant to dissonant is secured by combining

Glenn White - saxophonist, composer
Opinions About Polytonality 3 – Momentum and Motive - Glenn White

In the following examples, repeated melodic fragments (motives) factor importantly in how new keys are introduced into an established tonal environment. Further, one of the tonal environments (either the established or the newly introduced) can be purposefully ambiguous, suggesting perhaps two or more tonal possibilities. In what is one of Lennie Tristano’s most widely acclaimed

Glenn White - saxophonist, composer
Opinions About Polytonality 2 – A Survey of Published Investigations - Glenn White

While Darius Milhaud was the first to use the term “polytonality” as a means of describing his own compositional technique, pointing out the similarities of his techniques with those of more traditional harmonic environments: "It is easy to find the sources of polytonality. From the harmonic point of view, they are found in passing tones,

Glenn White - saxophonist, composer