Play any Schönberg piece, but only play the notes belonging to C major.
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Play any Schönberg piece, but only play the notes belonging to C major.
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Review music reviews.
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Listen attentively to the music you loved when you were young.
Listen attentively to the music your parents loved when they were young.
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Composition Overgrowth
Write a piece in which the performer is allowed to change or completely overwrite one original bar before every performance.
If another musician plays the piece she is to continue where the previous player left off, changing another bar.
The final performance is to take place when every bar has been changed and a completely new piece has emerged.
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Boast a bit more/less about your music (choose as appropriate).
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Take the lyrics from a popular song and sort the words alphabetically.
Now write new lyrics, using those words in alphabetical order as much as possible while adding what’s necessary.
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Underline the important parts in your improvisation.
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#106.01 Ask for a higher salary next time you play.
#106.02 Pay more the next time someone helps you out for less than it’s worth.
#106.03 Do things for free when there’s no money but you think they’re important.
#106.4 Stop worrying about money for a while.
#106.5 Just buy that piece of gear, for once.
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Study platitudes every now and then – they might just trigger an epiphany.
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Make it a habit to look up the history of words that are often used in your field, and the words you use in thinking and talking about your own process.
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