be honest: is culture the abilityto sing the same songs togetherin joyful abandonwith your neighbors? is culturea shared recipe,or a coordinatedchildcare plan? is culture the fact that you’ve shoppedat the same Target,or are recovering from the same expectationto sit still and keep quiet? is culture the purchaseof the right brand,that signals casual, but not struggling? … Read more
Music-making belongs to everyone. Here’s what I built to make this real—and why I need your help this spring.
What Are You Charging? Three conversations happen regularly in our community. A colleague texts: “what are you charging for lessons?” Another sends an email: “a school offered me this schedule and this salary—is that reasonable?” A third says, in person, something harder to articulate: “I feel like I need to charge more for a private … Read more
as an autistic person, who is highly competent in certain environments, and near disabled in others, I’ve found that I can do things that are normally quite difficult for me if they are related to my field of interest–parsing seemingly arbitrary lists of conditions to fill out necessary forms, for example. I’m doing this a … Read more
It’s been very emotional for me to reemerge from the darkness of lockdown to return to building community through music-making. In my conversations with folks, it becomes clear that a younger generation of families don’t know about some of the ways we connected before, and don’t necessarily remember many of the ways things were different … Read more
if one aspires to advocate, one is wise to watch the baby. the baby is the perfect advocate,advocating directly for their own needs. (may all our babies’ needs be met,directly) one is wise to meet the baby’s needs, directly,knowing where a baby with unmet needs is liable to be led. only the wise know this.(who … Read more
Affirming neurodiversity is recognizing that, in a musical space, one person is tuned into the soprano register, even though their voice presents in the bass register; another person hears long melodic phrases when everyone else is creating short rhythmic phrases; and someone else’s brain is turning the patterns of sound into physical shapes, and they … Read more
I was in Taqueria La Familia today, having an excellent pescado burrito, and listening to the cumbia that was coming over the radio, when… Kristi Noem’s DHS spot totally killed the vibe. I can’t believe they are selling ads like that in California, but I guess these big media companies don’t care. She literally says … Read more
