by johnhongclarinet | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
WHEN A COMPOSER SITS DOWN TO WRITE, he[ref]Or she, of course.[/ref] is tasked with the documentation of his own experience. The composer draws upon his life, made up of contributions from other people: their own experiences, their emotions, their creations. The...
by johnhongclarinet | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
IN 2009, The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys played their first game in Cowboys Stadium[ref]It is now referred to as AT&T Stadium, as AT&T bought the naming rights. To avoid confusion, I’ll use Cowboys Stadium for the rest of the post.[/ref], a venue with an...
by johnhongclarinet | Oct 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
“I don’t really have a gimmick or a ‘thing.’ I’m one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.” Drake MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH DRAKE could be summarized in a few words: “Are you kidding me?” I’ll take you...
by johnhongclarinet | Oct 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’VE RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS over the past few months about why I read so much, recommendations for books, and how to motivate yourself to read more often. After bouncing around several ideas, I thought it would be useful to approach the topic with...
by johnhongclarinet | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
WHAT HAS FASCINATED ME about the era that we find ourselves in today is the reign of click-bait. There are entire industries and well paid careers built upon figuring out how to get people to fucking look at a company for two seconds. Jeff Hammerbacher, an early...
by johnhongclarinet | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a radical fringe eventually appears to blow it up and rebuild from the rubble. Beat poets in the ’50s, and rock musicians in the...
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