Posted under Music News & Gossip
A few days ago it was announced on E! Online that Paris Hilton is working on a new album, to follow last year’s only moderately successful debut ‘Paris’. This news has been met with a predictably negative reaction from many.
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Posted under Music Quotations
“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” - Alphonse de Lamartine
“When words leave off, music begins.” - Heinrich Heine
How true. There are altogether too many words in the world today. Too many people, and too much information coming at you from all directions (and yes, I’m aware of the irony […]
Posted under Misc. Ramblings
This is not (for the most part!) a bitchy blog. I am a musician, and while I like to write about other people’s music here, I’m certainly not interested in playing the role of critic. I’ve never thought much of music (and other) critics who seem to believe that they are the divinely-appointed arbiters of […]
Posted under What I'm Listening To
Recently I’ve been listening pretty much non-stop to HIM. I tend to go through phases of just listening to one band for a few days or weeks, but I especially like HIM. I don’t have one favourite band, but they’re up there in my top favourites! (Actually, having been listening a lot to The Rasmus […]
Posted under Music Styles & History
I’m of the opinion that the whole notion of musical genres is flawed, and that to try to classify and define music in any rigid way is often inaccurate at best, not to mention inimical to the free-flowing creative spirit that underlies musical inspiration.
Having said that however, it’s practically impossible to have any kind of […]
Posted under Practice
It’s odd, but it’s possible to really love doing something (like writing and playing music), yet simultaneously avoid it. To want to do it, yet keep putting it off. This is a creative block! I encounter them from time to time, and regardless of why it happens, it has a negative effect on technical performance, […]
Posted under About Musical Cosmos
I quite like MySpace - I don’t spend a lot of time there, but I’ve discovered some new music that I really like through it, and also have a page for my own music, which is quite useful.
I’ve also just set up a MySpace page for Musical Cosmos, so if you’re over there, feel free […]
Posted under Classical & Romantic Composers
Beethoven is my favourite composer. Now that’s not such an unusual choice (one of the few areas in my life where I’m in a majority position!), but I think that artists who have enduring fame and popularity (as opposed to the 15 minute pop culture variety) have it for a reason, and his music […]
Posted under About Musical Cosmos
Musical Cosmos is about the world of music and sound - or more specifically, about the aspects of these huge topics that interest me. This blog will eventually be expanded into a full-blown site, but for now I’ll be writing about playing and composing music, musical styles, theory and history, the performers and composers I […]
Musical Cosmos
From Beethoven to binaural beats, Musical Cosmos explores my interest in writing and performing music, favourite artists/bands and styles, and the influence of music and sound on consciousness and the physical world.
