I’ve started to “curate” a pool of musician resources that I hope you’ll appreciate. Click the images to read more. Playful blessings, Stan
If you’re still looking for a way to gleefully ground yourself in 2012, grab the idea put forward by Cynthia Winton-Henry and followed by Anita Bondi at our most recent new year PULSE event. Anita facilitated us in choosing a card from a deck of beautifully hand-drawn letters. I chose the letter “G”. It [...]
Please click over to my guest blog on “Gates Of The Heart” hosted by Carolyn “CJ” Jones. Carolyn has become a dear friend, introduced through Susan Featro on Twitter. There are two posts. Both are essentially a follow up to my post on transforming fear into creative energy and the subsequent conversations with Carolyn and [...]
Set your intention before you set your resolutions. PULSE ecstatic trance dance and drumming Our initial PULSE of the year, will be on the standard first Monday of the month: January 2, 2012, 7:30-9:00PM. We hope you’ll join us for this very special event. Wellspring Holistic Center 554 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Stroudsburg, PA 18327 [...]
In February, 2012, I will post an article/review about online musician services. I’ve looked at a few of them myself, but it would be impossible for me to check out all of them, so… I need your input. If you’re a musician or band using an online music service, I want your feedback. (I’m looking [...]
Here’s an unedited piece that I just improvised this morning. Piano instrumental improvisation for your enjoyment! If you can’t see the player on your mobile, click here to listen. Please spread the word using the share buttons below!
On November 11, 2011 (commonly referred to as 11-11-11), I spent over 6 hours in a high school classroom offering an experience of InterPlay techniques and forms to 6 different classes of students. I’m grateful to my co-teacher, Anita Bondi, who is a magnificent teacher and improviser. She responded to the students in the moment in [...]
Each month, on the first Monday, we offer this fabulous experience of your embodied self. Join us to get your heart beating to the rhythm of the drum. Your movement may be fast or slow. Set your intention and let yourself go. PULSE Monday, December 5, 2011, starting at 7:30PM, the warm-up and introduction by [...]
As I’ve started to become part of the blogosphere, I am reading more and more blogs. I especially like to read the blogs of creative people. Typically, I like to count myself among them. I find that as I’m writing, there’s a temptation to compose the post as if I have a lot to say [...]
People enjoy, appreciate, adore, and admonish music. Music creators (musicians) can tend to be a quirky breed. It turns out that this is scientifically backed: music has an effect on your mind in the creating, playing and listening. Many studies in neuroscience back the idea that music is like “medicine to the mind“. Like the pharmaceuticals dispensed [...]
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Jan 30, 2012 - Stroudsburg, PAPULSE Ecstatic Trance Dance
Feb 6, 2012 - Stroudsburg, PAInterPlay class
Feb 13, 2012 - Stroudsburg, PAInterPlay class
Feb 20, 2012 - Stroudsburg, PAGuest teacher at River Crossing Playback workshop series
Feb 25, 2012 - Marietta, PA
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