Swart Donkey

Vooroordeel is 'n nuttige kortskrif vir beginners. Wanneer iemand sê, 'Ek kan nie die klavier speel nie', beteken dit nie: ...

As I write this, I’m listening to the Smiths’ “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”. It’s perfect for an overcast Sunday morning. “Why do I give...

My big cousin Jodie was one of my inspirations growing up. Her daughter pointed out to us this morning that she is older, but I am taller. ...

I have had various stabs at playing the piano. Today is the start of another. When I purged most of what I owned and headed down under fo...

I know very little about music. I have favourites that come up and I love, but my collection is a mess and I often don’t know the song or ...

Guest Post: Andrew Gladwin Andrew  has a deep interest in mentoring and has given a lot of time to the Actuarial Society of South Africa ...

We learn through pain and turmoil . But if your artists are good enough, that pain and turmoil doesn't have to be a direct experience. ...

Guest Post: Bruce Du Bourg Bruce and I became family when he married my sister-in-law Katherine's sister. Scattered around the world,...

Ken Robinson  points out that if you ask a classroom full of 5 year olds who can draw, they all put their hands up. If you ask a group of 1...

It is incredibly difficult to express what we mean. I find there are several conversations going on in my head at any time. Even picking whi...

Despite the man partly responsible for my learning where Middle C on a piano is going, 'Oh no......' on hearing of my purchase of a ...

I haven't had a ' Yay Internet !' post in a while, so please indulge me. But it did strike me as awesome when I saw the link to...

Seth Godin writes a lot about the Music Industry, how it has changed and how it needs to respond. Here is the transcript of an interesting t...

I think I really irritated some friends this evening, or rather amused. Well, probably irritated a bit. Our discussion started with me makin...