One of the sonic features of Dutch historical centers has always been the Draaiorgel, literally “Turn Organ” (it used to be crank-operated, today they are all electric). It’s a huge, multi-timbric instrument…
Author: SM
Safe European home*
If you considers how global immigration fluxes have changed in the past 20 years (and keep changing as I write), it seems that Europe, traditionally less appealing for immigrants (I’m not talking…
Who plays who?
Among musicians, there is an old, quasi magical idea about musical instruments: that they have tunes in them. I often heard it said among guitar players, as in: “This guitar has a…
Label wanted
As I mentioned a million times here, I’m making an album. It’s been a very long time, I’ve made a lot of music in the meantime (alone or otherwise), and I felt…
Global Warning
I am somewhat worried about writing this post, as I understand I might sound slightly out of sync with the rest of the world. Yet it’s something I need to address, as…
Of all people, Meryl Streep
I don’t know if you saw it, but I found Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech of the 2017 Cecil B. DeMille award (at the Golden Globes) quite amazing (I’m referring to the part…