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How do you even notate this? I mean, it’s a...

Dec 7th

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Dec 6th

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Why I Won't be Protesting at UCD Today

I’ve garnered more criticism than I thought I would for this decision, so I thought I would attempt to coherently express my position here to avoid fumbling about for words when people ask me in person. People have confused my decision not to protest with not supporting the protesters’ cause. On the contrary, I was appalled by the brutality exhibited by the police on Friday....

Nov 21st

My first Californian assignment… write a...

Sep 29th

So, I actually play the piano. Yeah. This is...

Aug 31st

My stylistic demise. (synthesised by garritan)....

Jun 27th

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Pourtant les Arbres Dansent... I wrote something... →

… and it actually sounds good. Enjoy.

Apr 26th

Nov 29th

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Many people have asked me how I “have all these ideas” in my head. I actually don’t. In actuality, I just video myself being weird with the piano and shit just happens. Enjoy.

Nov 3rd

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“… this was the only sad time in Paris because it was unnatural. You...”

– Hemingway; A Moveable Feast.

Oct 18th

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A random piano piece I’m currently tidying...

Sep 29th

So, the video didn’t upload yesterday. This...

Sep 18th

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For those of you who couldn’t make it to classical performance forum, here is a recording of a rehearsal. Melanie is an AMAZING flautist, this was our first rehearsal together and the only mistake she made was playing a normal trill instead of a timbral trill. I realise it’s a bit jumpy - the video time was 5:03 and the tumblr limit is 5:00, so I cut out some pauses. Enjoy.

Sep 17th

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So pumped for performing some george crumb.

Sep 13th

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Aug 26th

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My Version of Abbott's Speech

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a night for utter distress at our political choice as a country. This has been an awful night for the australian people, and I would like to kick the australian people in the cock for whom they voted. The “crowd” is anything but enthusiastic. I hate you all for your apathy. I have to say to you that I feel utterly disgusted as I think of the...

Aug 21st

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Jul 25th

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Jul 21st

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Jul 21st

... a conformist geek

Rather like my good friend @Ploogy, I will be undertaking the “30 Day Challenge” that’s been floating around tumblr for a while now. Also, quite like him, I will try and do 3 posts every 3 days, rather than one a day - I’m busy dammit (he says, sitting in his pyjamas at 1:00. Ahhhh uni holidays, where dignity ceases to exist). The full list is after the jump. Day 01- A...

Jul 21st

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Jul 21st

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“I am listening to Missy Higgins’ The Sound of White. It/s the white gay...”

– via @TomCBallard

Jul 18th

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“Patti Smith began her career as a “street poet”; whether to...”

– A sample from my Genmus notes. Sweet jesus that subject sucked balls.

Jul 17th

Jul 16th

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“I don’t want her growing up and joining a star cult - I don’t trust...”

– The Doctor Who Season Finale. I lol’d.

Jul 10th

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Jun 28th

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“Dan, you count as a hot female; your prettiness transcends normal gender...”

– Swanson, I fucking love you.

Jun 28th

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A dodgily rendered (ie - sans most extended...

Jun 28th

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My second piece for children; and yes, I realise it’s the first one I’ve uploaded. In any case, I like this one more. The notes themselves aren’t that hard - there are only two strictly different “gestures” within the piece - even the change in tonality only shifts the original hand positions up or down; their overall shape is maintained. However, the expression is...

Jun 27th

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... a music geek. →

SPANDEX! SPANDEX OF EVERY COLOUR!

Jun 25th

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... a disturbed geek. →

A woman birthing a horse. I shit you not. I love Japan,

Jun 25th

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Jun 24th

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A Visualisation of the BP-Oil spill… superimposed on ADELAIDE. You really don’t understand how massive it is until you imagine gawler covered in black slude. It’s ok though, guys! MURRAY BRIDGE SURVIVES. via @Ploogy

Jun 24th

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Jun 23rd

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Jun 23rd

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“… saying that - folks - we’ve got to zip!”

– Kevin Rudd’s final words as Prime Minister. Why did he endear himself to us after he lost his leadership?

Jun 23rd

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... a music geek.

For those of you following me here who use my blog as a source of winnage arrangements, I will begin posting them here. :D

Jun 22nd

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“…we shall not be taking a lurch to the right in regards to Asylum Seekers...”

– Kevin Rudd, Press Conference: 10:10, 23 July 2010. Because illegally cutting off applications of certain classes of asylum seeker isn’t a lurch to the right?

Jun 22nd