https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/07/05/contemporary-musics-hope-is-writ-small-not-large-new-york-times/ Jeff Albert's blog Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/07/05/contemporary-musics-hope-is-writ-small-not-large-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:21:52 +0000 http://scratchmybrain.com/?p=208#comment-324 What a great article, thanks for pointing it out. I left a composition career about 25 years ago at the University of Miami, mostly because I was way too unsure of myself but I was also confused about my musical loyalties (I was studying classical and contemporary composition and performing classical double bass while I was attracted to Jaco, Weather Report and Metheny). I made the right decision in abandoning it because my heart wasn’t in what I was doing. I ended up immersed in jazz in the long run, mostly the bass, but now guitar. I still have the composition itch but I’ll wait until I feel I really have to scratch it, I think.

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