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F*ck you. Pay me: Some Thoughts on Musicians and Money.

Yesterday morning, Ellen McSweeney wrote an excellent piece detailing payment trouble she and others...
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Andrew Lee
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Who Feeds the Artist? [From our Magazine]

This opinion post by Xenia Pestova was originally published in Issue 2 of our magazine and is offere...
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Xenia Pestova
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Beethoven Could Have Used More Dinosaurs

Kids, Graphic Scores, & How Music Education is a Two-Way StreetI suppose I should open with a di...
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Danny Clay
Cathy Berberian

Waiting for the Berberians

Here's a story I hope is true. Years ago, Laurie Anderson contacted Thomas Pynchon via snail mail to...
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Sam Zelitch
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Minimalism is Boring (and that’s OK)

Last May, I had the wonderful opportunity to present at a conference on time and the arts in Caen, F...
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Andrew Lee
Alfred Brendel - Photo by Betty Freeman

Performers as Co-Composers

I am not a governess who treats the composer like a child and tells him what he should compose. I tr...
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Andrew Lee
Composer Ann Southam

Handwritten vs. digitally engraved scores, an opinion post by R. Andrew Lee

Earlier this week, a tweet by R. Andrew Lee (a wonderful New Music pianist that you should really di...
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Thomas Deneuville
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