22 entries for February 2022

FAQs – All the Music LLC

[We generated and wrote to disk all mathematically possible melodies, then dedicated them to the public domain.]

[To become so centered that anyone coming to you with an opinion simply forgets. You can kill Jesus or Buddha but not push them.]

[Creativity comes easily to those who are loose and natural. Doing anything becomes a creative phenomenon. Touching something turns it into art, saying something into poetry. Even walking is creating a rhythm. Not because of obsession: simply being filled with energy makes you create.]

Much happens but nobody is the doer.

[A giver knows they have given and would like you to recognize it by giving them a receipt saying "Yes, you have given me", thanking them, feeling grateful to them. This is not a gift but a bargain, where something is expected in return. They give to get.]

[Birds don't need any religion.]

Let's talk about why countries don't follow the manual....

[It's not the side who can dish out the most that wins, but the side who can take the most.]

Creating Community Wherever You Go with Digital Nomad Alex Salinsky

[A couple of people are having dinner at this place (which isn't true the first few times, but later on it is), would you like to join us?]

[Give people something to say yes to; they may even be relieved if they were looking to have plans for the evening.]

The 2nd Winter Moon Cycle: Thoughts on Covid-19, Vaccination, VAERS, and Related Topics

[What kills people from COVID is the overreaction of their immune system to a pathogen.]

[A 'strong' immune system is bad language.]

Composition as a way to remember musical ideas by putting them in mental structures.

[Don't ask what's their favourite X or most important Y.]

I love you today.

[The accountant is accountable and therefore can get emotional about numbers not lining up.]

How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit

He is soft-spoken, even shy. As a boy, he once wrote, “I was timid and extravagant.” He can seem suspiciously modest for a world-famous musician. Many of his contemporaries are technically superior, he’ll say. “But there is this more mysterious aspect” to his talent, he told me: “The atmosphere that comes with my voice.” He described it as “my presence, my personality,” which echoed an old song of his, called “Minha Voz, Minha Vida,” or “My Voice, My Life.” His liquid tenor, melodic and trance-like, is one of the most distinctive voices in music. Away from the microphone, he listens intently, and goes into languorous digressions full of references to books and films.

You remove the clothes of your soul when traveling.

Let's talk about improv and talking to liberals and centrists....

[Five rules of improv: 1) yes, and…; 2) no open ended questions; 3) make them look good; 4) no need to be funny; 5) tell a story and keep it going.]

[Centrist lack a theoretical framework, keep it focused on right and wrong.]

The roads to funding your community network projects....

[Make goals that are quantifiable, and achievable: big enough to matter and small enough to win. You want to overshoot your goal every single time. Set it up so that you win every single time.]

[In pre-advertising: announce what you're going to do and how people can get involved.]

[Naming your benefactors might create a burden of association when you are perceived as divisive. Maybe don't tell them or mention them until its done.]

[Remind people of the cause but don't focus on the negative aspect so that people walk away feeling positive. If they feel bad, they won't return.]

[Don't guess what they need: ask them.]

[Delivering on the goal means not failing: if you're short, cover out of pocket.]

[Document the delivery so that the people involved can see it after and feel good about making it happen.]

Making people feel they're participation made the difference isn't just for humility, it's to help them feel their impact.