I was a bit of a late-bloomer as a fan of Tom Petty. When he first got popular (with the Heartbreakers) I was in the Navy, and being 1979, we didn’t have the luxury of listening to music as we…
Mike Galke
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Year: 2017
Like the Lava in a Lava-Lamp… We’ll All Be One Again
My daughter’s lava lamp, once turned on, usually takes a good 45 minutes to an hour for the blob of lava to heat up enough to begin to mobilize. This day, I looked at the blob, still all in one…
Tagged with: Spirituality
Our enduring cultural contribution, and only purely original American art form—The Blues….
….and of course, Jazz, Funk, Rock (up-tempo Blues), and Hip-Hop. American music leaves its mark on the planet, documented wonderfully in the movie “Crossroads”.
Tagged with: Performance Art
Essay on Musical Score & Composition for 2007 Movie “August Rush”
Director Kristen Sheridan does a superb job telling the story about the impact of music on an orphaned boy, and the family he never knew. The boy, 11-year old Evan Taylor, who eventually is given the name August Rush, exhibits…
Tagged with: Music
Report of a Critique of a Jazz Concert
Michael Galke MUS-205 BAS01 Professor Leon Bernardyn May 15, 2017 Report on a Critique of a Jazz Concert I concede that I did not get to a jazz concert during this semester, which I genuinely regret. When I first saw…
Tagged with: Music
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