The Marsupial Mumbles!

…and meanders, apparently. As a violist, it is both a job hazard and a job requirement that I be tragically misunderstood (or at least, be tragic while creating misunderstoodings)… and so it seems apt that I begin this blog with an explanation of its name:

Andrew Filmer says:
You recommend your own blog provider?
JDA says:
It's the most popular one
And by and large quite idiot-proof
Andrew Filmer says:
You were smirking as you typed that:
I just know it
You're a violist too ya know
Doomed to the intelligence of a medieval marsupial
Whatever that means
Actually I think I'll start a blog... and name it just that
Here goes!
JDA says:
who me!
I never smirk.

And so that’s that. Obviously my choice of font size there was based on the latest report by the International Squinters Federation that stated that scientific evidence shows promising results that the muscles used while squinting also compact the brain cells, increasing one’s IQ.

Seriously though, in the teaching of music, one is based on the principle that through words you can communicate some concept of a system of physical movement that leads to the sounds you use to make music. Then you get some fabulous recording, or meet a great musical moment of your own, and you realize some things can’t be taught. Words just aren’t enough on their own – which is why we have music, to begin with.

Words however have their value – like their use in me welcoming you to this blog, wherever you are.