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Let's Form A Band, Daddy

  07/11/11 01:21, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: commentary, family, guitar, harmonica, music, musical musings, paul bourgeois
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois I have no idea what a kid is going to grow up into. As a parent I can only encourage. I can only present my child with opportunities to learn. I can only be an example through my own activities, and if my child is… more »

The Front Man (The King and The Fool, Part 3 of 3)

  07/04/11 12:00, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: barefootmusicnews, fiction, fool, guitar, harmonica, king, magic, music, musical theory, paul bourgeois, tarot
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Simon could count to four. He composed these solid rhythmic structures. He held them steady. He studied all the keys, all the modes, all the chords, the triads, flat fives, major sevenths… and he knew what… more »

The Front Man (Tectonic Shift, Part 2 of 3)

  06/17/11 06:02, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: bebop, cover bands, fiction, front man, john coltrane, paul bourgeois, root note, the blue monsters, thelonious monk
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois Max plugged his mic into his Yamaha JX 15 guitar amp. He shifted between harp and vocals with a cheap Behringer distortion pedal. It wasn’t great but it was all he could afford, and if he pulled back on the bass… more »

The Front Man (Hurt in a Bottle, Part 1 of 3)

  06/06/11 01:20, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: barefootmusicnews, front man, johnny cash, nine inch nails, paul bourgeois, singer, trent reznor
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois He sweated under the spotlights. The guitar shifted into the extro and he closed his eyes and screamed out all his rage into what he thought was an empty pub. His knees shook from the energy and he cupped the… more »

Raindrops

  05/30/11 16:11, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: composition, fiction, glenn gould, music, ornette coleman, paul bourgeois, pianist, piano, raindrops, savant, schostakovich, time signatures
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois He couldn’t sleep. The rain pounded on the windows, a low irregular drumbeat. He began to hear his own breathing and the click-chink of the radiator. There was no pattern, but his mind couldn’t let them… more »

Lies Are More Honest than Truth

  05/23/11 01:03, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: barefootmusicnews, beatles, blues, fiction, jazz, julian lennon, kathmandu, lies, lucy in the sky with diamonds, media, music, news, paul bourgeois, stories, trumpet, truth
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois It sounds weird, doesn’t it? But it is easier to tell the truth about stuff if you are making it up. Otherwise you have to contend with permission forms and people saying “I don’t want my story… more »

A Trumpet Player in Kathmandu (The Runner, Part 4 of 4)

  05/16/11 06:37, by , Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: ashram, charlie parker, coltrane, fiction, jazz, kathmandu, miles davis, music, paul bourgeois, trumpet
Musical Musings with Paul Bourgeois India gained independence in 1947, a triumph of passive resistance, the same year Pete Seeger published “We Shall Overcome.” And in 1989, when I was in the Banwasi Seva Ashram, “We Shall… more »

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