In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there was a much greater distinction between music for public and private entertainment than is generally the case nowadays. Symphonies, concertos, and operas were intended for the most part, to be public entertainment. Chamber music was intended as private entertainment for those who could afford it. It was [...]

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Matt Mullenweg While searching for a plugin at the wordpress site, I chanced upon this July 16, 2007 post by a certain Bobo, entitled “Is someone stealing your hard work?  Read this before you get angry.” What caught me was the quote he got from Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress (WP), in response to some [...]

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     In this essay I will present my views on why the debate of evolution verses intelligent design (from hereon referred to as ID) is completely ridiculous. It is on a par with debating whether thunderstorms are caused by meteorological forces like convection, condensation, and meeting of different air masses, or are designed by an [...]

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      If you read the religious scriptures of the world (the Bible, the Upanishads, the Baghavid Gita, the Koran, the Pali Canon, etc) you will see that the doctrines contained therein are very different, despite a certain common thought now and then. But read the writings of the mystics throughout history and you will notice [...]

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Our community of Music Education (ME) bloggers is increasing.  Mustech’s campaign to draw in 100 ME bloggers by 2009 is gaining ground.  And I seriously doubt it’s going to be just 100. If you want to be counted, go visit Music Technology website, founded and originally authored by Joseph Pisano. Mustech’s campaign slogan: 100 Music [...]

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