tries to trip the master and gets tripped
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Not ordinary to take hard decisions that no one around would take.
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Not ordinary to take hard decisions that no one around would take.
tries to trip the master and gets tripped
middle eastern jazz with microtonal piano, occasionally some Mehldau-style punching and counterpoint
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Seeking truth means addressing contradictions that you can't resolve, which might be less comfortable.
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Feeling like you are responsible for and to the world gives you the strength to see past false narratives.
nicely obnoxious swingy free jazz
don't blame the beginner if you know better
[On the internet in 1993…] There was no advertising, and no talk of money. I met someone who said he wanted to make money online, and I tried to explain to him that that’s not what the internet is about. It’s a free helpful place where everyone contributes and benefits from others’ contributions.
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Languages help you empathize instead of feeling offended.
freestyling a lesson in rhythmic subdivisions from quarter note to 16ths and triplets
Harry Mack: How To Improve Free Association
[Practice free association with your notes app by making a list starting with any word and following it with whatever comes to mind. Try to be non-judgemental. More important that it makes sense to you than to other people. When you're comfortable to try with a beat, you can just fill space with "uhh" or other rhythmic sounds and simply land on your next word to practice changing in time.]
Music training really trains you to break things down into manageable parts. Teaching well exposes the atomic elements of a practice so that you can find the right entry point for your level of skill or experience.
Harry Mack: How To Get Better At Freestyle Rapping - Setup, Punchline
[Practice is strategically targetting your weaknesses to help them improve over time.]
[Wanting to sound great means willing to sound bad so that you can practice.]
[Deciding what object in the room you'll freestyle about and what to call it takes up mental RAM that could be spared if you use a simple word generator to practice.]
culture has no website
engagement-bait accounts love to weaponize Cunningham’s law:
"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is to post the wrong answer"
it's a lose-lose for the target because if you don't reply it allows misinformation to spread, if you do reply it boosts the post
Roberta Sá: Quando o Canto É Reza (2015)
ኃይለየሱስ ፈይሳ [Haileyesus Feyssa]: ፍቅር ተወደደ [Fikir Tewedede]
cool surprise change in timefeel in the beginning; multiple beats/rhythms simultaneously
Virginia Rodrigues: Vá Cuidar de Sua Vida
sweet melody and lyrics with references to capoeira and candomblé
When you notice conflict or strong emotions being minimized, beware.
[Appeasement is always a red flag in relationships.]
How an Open-Source Marketing Lab works
[A self-regulating label doesn't make you trustworthy: it means that you can be tested, which favours those who implement the protocol.]
[The goal is to make good actors provable as opposed to punishing bas actors.]