Music in Motion
A Blog by Gondola Music.
Featured Posts
Imitation vs. Inspiration
The two skillsets required for learning jazz.
Written by Timothy Gondola.
Microtonal Accidental Systems
Have you heard of microtonal music?
Written by Stephen Weigel.
Is It Harder To Memorize In Jazz Than Classical?
Insider tips from a master arranger.
Written by Timothy Gondola.
What I’ve learned from transcribing over 200 solos.
A transcriber’s diary.
Written by Jorre Reynders.
7 Advanced Tips For Solo Piano Writing
Insider tips from a master arranger.
Written by Heui Sung Kim.
Compositional Writer’s Block
On stuckness.
Written by Mitchell Wooldridge.
How Timbre Affects Creative Output
Perception, pleasure, and emotion.
Written by Nota.
Acoustic or Electric Guitar| Which One Should You Start With?
Which guitar should you start with?
Written by Matthew Suchman.
How Your Brain Feels Music
On the neuroscience of musical emotion.
Written by Jethro Reeve
What Is A Personal Musical Voice?
What does it take to discover your personal expression as
a musician?
Written by Ariel Anurantha
Secrets Of Microtonal Notation
The ins and outs of transcribing microtonal music.
Written by Stephen Weigel
Where Does Music Come From?
An exploration of the metaphysics of music.
Written by Timothy Gondola.
Brain Soup| Part III
Brain Soup| Part III: Do You Feel That?
How music is unified by our shared anatomy.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Microtonal Transcription Basics
Who said there are only 88 keys on a piano…?
Written by Stephen Weigel
Brain Soup| Part II
Brain Soup| Part II: Mind-Brain-Body
How inseparable components of sound intertwine.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Self-Esteem And Improvisation
Can you only improvise as far as your self-esteem will take you?
Written by Ivan Lee
Brain Soup| Part I
Brain Soup| Part I: Embodied Spacetime
How the structure of the human brain means jazz will never die.
Written by Jethro Reeve.
Arranging And Improvisation Are More Similar Than You Think.
The surprising overlap between these two musical fields.
Written by Matthew Suchman.
The Benefits of Software in Transcribing
How to leverage audio software to facilitate transcribing.
Written by Tom Parker.
The Power of the Circle of Fourths – A Hero’s Continuum
A Hero’s Continuum– the versatile utility of the Circle of Fourths.
Written by Mitchell Wooldridge.