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Music, Music Ed Mondays

Music Ed Monday – A Flute Player’s Relationship With Music

Good afternoon! Here is another essay from a Grade 11 Fundamentals of Music student describing her relationship with Music.  It’s very personal (but I have her permission to post it) and that’s its greatest strength: It’s authentic. This reminds me how lucky I am to teach Music to young adults who are invested in this collaborative effort.  But while the ensemble is collaborative, there are individual rewards 🙂 … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – A Flute Player’s Relationship With Music

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Music Ed Mondays – What We Remember

Think back to when you were in school… all the way back… What do you remember? (Think outside of your subject area, if you’re a teacher) Raise your hand if you remember how to play Ab major.  How about the symbolism of Piggy’s glasses in Lord of the Flies? SOH CAH TOA? How many parts of the cell can you name? How about Newton’s Laws … Continue reading Music Ed Mondays – What We Remember

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Music, VGM Wednesdays

VGM Wednesdays – All of the Cutscenes from Ninja Gaiden

Cutscene Music from Ninja Gaiden, composed by Keiji Yamagishi and released in 1992 Things I love about this game: 1) The Music (goes without saying, right?) 2) Cutscenes in an NES game! And by the same company that made Tecmo Bowl! 3) ScrewAttack rated this game as the 7th hardest NES game of all-time… I agree. 4) … (and I suppose a nostalgic connection). Initially, … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – All of the Cutscenes from Ninja Gaiden

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Composition, Music

“Filum Vitae” Recording #3 – University of Manitoba Concert Band!

So, you know what’s awesome? This 🙂 A huge thanks to the students of the University of Manitoba Concert Band, Dr. Fraser Linklater (for rehearsing/conducting/opening up time in his class) and to Brenna too, because we should always thank our fantastic significant others. Recording to follow soon! Kenley Continue reading “Filum Vitae” Recording #3 – University of Manitoba Concert Band!

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Music Ed Monday – … Now Go Do It

In the last few posts, we’ve talked about visualizing our classroom – “What if it were…” and “What does that look like?” Now comes the hardest one: Now go do it. The cliche is “if you build it, they will come,” isn’t it? But the problem with cliches is that so many of them are true.  Another good cliche that I love comes from (I … Continue reading Music Ed Monday – … Now Go Do It

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Music, VGM Wednesdays

VGM Wednesdays – ~Revived Power~ Battle with the Colossus

“~Revived Power~ Battle with the Colossus” from Shadow of the Colossus by Koh Otani, released in 2005. How did this get published? This is supposed to be next week’s VGM Wednesday.  I must have hit “Publish” instead of “Schedule”… Oh well, I guess it’s already out there! ________________________________________________________ Aren’t you pumped now? What a ride! I love so many things about this game’s score.  There … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – ~Revived Power~ Battle with the Colossus

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Music, VGM Wednesdays

VGM Wednesdays – “Close to Home” from Uncharted Waters: New Horizons

“Close to Home” from Uncharted Waters: New Horizons, by Yoko Kanno and released in 1994. I covered this game in my podcast a few years ago and I penned as “one of the best scores you’ve never heard” because the game achieved so little success in North America and Europe.  In Asia, the Uncharted Waters franchise did okay – it wasn’s Mario or Dragon Quest, but … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Close to Home” from Uncharted Waters: New Horizons

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Music Ed Mondays – What Does That Look Like?

In our last post, we talked about the things that that get in our way, if only… Your homework was to find an “if only” in your life and write it down.  Beneath it, you were to write “what does the solution look like?” So how did that go? It’s hard to get what you want if you don’t know what it looks like.  We … Continue reading Music Ed Mondays – What Does That Look Like?

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Composition, Music

Conception to Completion – Filum Vitae

Making parts and I have a love/hate relationship.  I love the formatting, the making every part beautiful, the tweaking of fonts and the slight adjustment of dynamics and articulation… until about the fifth hour. You see, it’s painstaking and precise work.  I love that kind of work… up to a point. The other catch with making parts is that, while there are many steps between … Continue reading Conception to Completion – Filum Vitae

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VGM Wednesdays – “Fluffy Sweet” from Cloud

“Fluffy” from Cloud, by Vincent Diamante and released in 2005. Have you ever put down a game after a few hours (or minutes) or play and thought, “man, that was just so beautiful?”  That’s Cloud. I was exposed to this game at an IGDA meeting in Winnipeg about four years ago and it really stuck with me.  Noah Decter-Jackson of Complex Games was leading a small presentation … Continue reading VGM Wednesdays – “Fluffy Sweet” from Cloud

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