HeyJaredSound the Gong: Music and Movement
I'm a Jazz Pianist and Composer, and Teacher. I also practice and teach Internal Martial Arts, Taiji, Bagua and Qigong. Let's Dance to the Music and Sound the Gong!
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My Trip to China: Taiji with Master Wang Fengming (opens the original)
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Just a few days ago, I returned from Fuzhou, China. Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province. It’s on the coast of China, across the Taiwan Strait from Taipei, Taiwan. The climate is tropical, very hot and humid, with lots of rain. <img alt="" class="s
China Trip (opens the original)
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In about a week and a half, I’ll be on my way to China. I’m going to Fuzhou for a workshop with my Taiji teacher, Master Wang Fengming. It will be a relatively short trip, but I’m sure very interesting. I hope to earn an International Taiji Teacher’s certificate.Sound the Gong: Music and Movement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input c
Non-Conceptual Awareness and Time (opens the original)
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There is only this present moment, now. Time is a concept. Like other concepts, it is not substantial. If investigated, it falls apart. Both past and future appear in the present moment, as memory or imagination. We can’t relive the past, but it is there in memory. If memory arises, it is still appearing now, in the present moment. Likewise, future might arise as imagination, but that is appearing in the now. Read more
Blame My Friends (opens the original)
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Studio One is the audio software that I’m learning. I’m so psyched about it. If you get sick of me sharing tunes and attempts at tunes here, please blame my two friends that turned me on to this and have been helping me learn it, Jim & Dave. They also sell ice cream….But seriously, I’ll never make fun of trombone players again, guys, at least not until the next opportunity.Sound the Gong: Music and Movement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and suppor
Dance Noir (opens the original)
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I’ve introduced this piece before, and recently I’ve been working on it again as part of a larger project. This tune is particularly challenging because it’s in 7/4 meter. I’m basing the 7/4 on Rupak Tal, which is a rhythmic cycle used in Indian classical music. It’s counted 3-2-2, three beats, then two and two. Sound the Gong: Music and Movement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<
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