Tag: music
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Music Recommendation: David Bowie – Blackstar
This song is about something that we often forget about: our pending doom an upcoming end to what we know as life. Blackstar is about that, death, I think. It is a complex and beautiful song. The song jumps melody and rhythm and evolves. It is part rock, part jazz. It escapes words. It…
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Music Recommendation: Minimalist Classical Music
When I was in college I discovered Philip Glass. I spent the four years of college collecting Glass’s albums. That was my first introduction to minimalist classic music (although Glass’ all music would not qualify as such). I think I spent about a month where I listened to Glass’ Solo Piano everyday: These days,…