justaguy
male, 51 |
Professor/Catedrático
Conway, AR / U.S.A.
member since 09.01.2005
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College professor (geography); Jazz musician/composer. (Catedrático de geografia, bajista y compositor de la musica jazz.) Politicamente soy izquierdista o mejor dicho socialdemócrato, y siempre contra la guerra porque la guerra casi nunca produce la paz.
El neoliberalismo ha sido disastre para mucha gente de America Latina, especialmente los campesinos. Opino yo que la voz izquierdista es la voz para el porvenir de la juventud.
Cada vez más la filosofía de Foucault tiene razón. La busqueda del poder, nada más por el poder, por parte de la clase capitalista es lo contrario al progreso social, verdad?
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I strongly dislike automobiles and automobile culture. The terror attacks around the globe since 2001 are horrible, but over a million people die each year around the world in car accidents. Where is the war against *that* terror?
I'm accused (correctly so) of being impulsive, especially when cooking or offering an opinion.
Most importantly, I love it when I have to admit that I am wrong because it happens so often.
On composing music: an interesting composition involves a collection of parts that create a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts, but the parts must each stand on their own to be relevant. Most of my compositions are quite linear; the most common intervals are seconds, sevenths, and fourths. The Norwegian composer Terje Rypdal, upon listening to a crummy demo tape of mine many years ago, kindly advised me to ". . . allow the melody, etc. to breathe." I have taken that comment to heart. That's JAZZ.
I find quite interesting this quote by Bill Dixon: "I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff."
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